Inclusive housing in an ageing society : : Innovative approaches / / ed. by Sheila Peace, Caroline Holland.

The housing problems of older people in our society are highly topical because of the growing number of retired people 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 White...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2001]
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Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on contributors
  • Housing an ageing society
  • Policy and technology debates
  • From ‘special needs’ to ‘lifestyle choices’: articulating the demand for ‘third age’ housing
  • Lifetime Homes
  • The politics of accessible housing in the UK
  • The implications of smart home technologies
  • Dementia and technology
  • New lives for old?
  • Integrated segregation? Issues from a range of housing/care environments
  • Older people’s CoHousing Communities
  • Retirement communities in Britain: a ‘third way’ for the third age?
  • Shaping everyday life: beyond design
  • Inclusive housing
  • Index