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Adding life to years — new ideas and attitudes to housing older people
Corporate Author	Building and Social Housing Foundation
Publisher	Building and Social Housing Foundation, Coalville, Leics, 1998
Pages	35 pp
Source	Building and Social Housing Foundation, Memorial Square, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 3TU.
Keywords	Housing [elderly] ; Needs [elderly] ; Participation ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Independence.
Annotation	Meeting the housing needs of older people has frequently been carried out without consultation or involvement of the user, and without consideration of the total living environment. Choice of accommodation has been limited, and options for independent living have been restricted through inflexible and poor housing design, and lack of long-term or co-ordinated planning. This consultation at St George's House sought to identify ways in which the current choice and quality of housing for older people could be improved, to add life to years, and encourage independence, participation, choice and self-fulfilment. The International Year of Older Persons 1999 is seen as an opportunity for global awareness raising, and meeting older people's housing needs would be a useful focus. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980908221 P
Classmark	KE: IK: TMB: TOB: C3
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