Inclusive housing in an ageing society: Innovative approaches

Description

The housing problems of older people in our society are highly topical because of the growing number of retired peop le in the population and, especially, the yet-to-come increasing number of "very old" people. Government policies on the care of older people have been forthcoming from Whitehall, but the issue of housing is just beginning to be seriously addressed. This book represents an attempt at bringing together people from the worlds of architecture, social science and housing studies to look at the future of living environments for an ageing society. Projecting thinking into the future, it asks critical questions and attempts to provide some of the answers. It moves beyond the issues of accommodation and care to look at the wider picture of how housing can reflect the social inclusion of people as they age. Inclusive housing in an ageing society should appeal to a wide audience - housing, health and social care workers including: housing officers, architects, planners and designers, community regeneration workers, care managers, social workers and social care assistants, registered managers and housing providers, health improvement staff and, of course, current and future generations of older people.

Sheila Peace has been a senior lecturer in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University since 1990 prior to which she was a senior research officer and founder member of the Centre for Environmental & Social Studies in Ageing at the University of North London. She has a long record of research in the area of environmental well-being in later life especially within residential care. Carolinc Holland is a Research Fellow in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University having previously worked in housing with Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords. She has recently researched housing histories and is currently focussing on the domestic environment in later life.

"excellent text" "deserves to be read by activists in pencioner forums, by housing and social services officers, and carers alike. Indeed this book should be read by anyone who has an interest in how we should be housing our older people in the coming centery." ROOF