Independent for Life : : Homes and Neighborhoods for an Aging America / / ed. by Henry Cisneros, Jane Hickie, Margaret Dyer-Chamberlain.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ball, Scott,; Carstensen, Laura L.,; Chin Hansen, Jennie,; Cisneros, Henry,; Collins, Keith,; Dishman, Eric,; Downs, Anthony,; Dunham-Jones, Ellen,; Frank, Lawrence D.,; Franklin, Shirley,; Ginzler, Elinor,; Glynn, Michael,; Green, Richard K.,; Greenhouse, Esther,; Hayutin, Adele M.,; Hickie, Jane,; Hofland, Brian,; Leinberger, Christopher B.,; Littlefield, Ron,; McNulty, Robert H.,; Miedema, Greg,; Painter, Gary D.,; Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth,; Robbins Black, M.,; Roldan, Hipolito,; Rowe, John W.,; Scharlach, Andrew,; Torres-Gil, Fernando,; Williamson, June,
• HerausgeberIn: Cisneros, Henry,; Dyer-Chamberlain, Margaret,; Hickie, Jane,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (319 p.)

Do you want to age independently in your own home and neighborhood? Staying home, aging in place, is most people's preference, but most American housing and communities are not adapted to the needs of older people. And with the fastest population growth among people over 65, finding solutions f...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• PART I Introduction: Independent/Successful Longevity
• Introduction
• 1. New Visions for Aging in Place
• 2. A Hopeful Future
• PART II Demographics and Challenges
• Introduction
• 3. Changing Demographic Realities
• 4. Future Social and Economic Changes
• PART III Housing and Services
• Introduction
• 5. From Home to Hospice: The Range of Housing Alternatives
• 6. Community Services
• PART IV Homes
• Introduction
• 7. The Home Environment and Aging
• 8. Technology Solutions
• 9. A Contractor’s Perspective
• 10. A Case Study: Interior Design for Aging in Place
• 11. Multifamily Housing
• 12. A Case Study: Th e Freedom Home
• PART V Neighborhoods
• Introduction
• 13. Healthy Communities
• 14. Local Community Action
• 15. Retrofitting Suburbs
• 16. Longevity and Urbanism
• 17. Neighborhood Development
• PART VI Strategies for Change
• Introduction
• 18. Vulnerable Populations
• 19. Housing Finance
• 20. A Political Strategy
• Conclusion: Aging in Place
• Resources
• Glossary
• Index