Description
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 Whitehall, but the issue of housing is just beginning to be seriously addressed. This book represents a first 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 uniquely 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 will 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.
Chapter
INCLUSIVE HOUSING IN AN AGEING SOCIETY
List of tables and figures
1. Housing an ageing society
The changing nature of households
So where are older people housed?
Living arrangements across the life cycle
What do we mean by independent living?
Part One: Policy and technology debates
2. From ‘special needs’ to ‘lifestyle choices’: articulating the demand for ‘third age’ housing
Medical and architectural disability
Older people and disability
Macro- versus micro-approaches to design: the genesis of ‘special needs’
Sheltered housing: a micro-approach to third age housing
From ‘special needs’ to ‘lifestyle choices’
Macro equals ‘mainstream’
Macro equals ‘retirement community’
Macro equals ‘all-age communities’
Lifestyle choices: the power to choose
Housing today: current guidelines and standards
Supporting Lifetimes Homes initiatives
Integration and flexibility without blandness
4. The politics of accessible housing in the UK
Housing quality and deregulation
The trend towards reregulation and the disability movement
Attitudes of the private house-building industry towards reregulation and accessibility
Accessible new housing: a review of the responses to extend Part M/T
Accessible housing: rethinking housing quality
5. The implications of smart home technologies
The origins of smart homes
What should a smart home do?
User acceptance and ethical issues
6. Dementia and technology
Dementia and negative attitudes
Design for people with dementia
Technology for people with dementia
Characteristics of technology
The availability of technology
Part Two: New lives for old?
7. Integrated segregation? Issues from a range of housing/care environments
Care housing for people with dementia
Discussion: segregation, integration, and the organisation of housing for groups of older people
8. Older people’s CoHousing Communities
The need for a familiar neighbourhood
The development of CoHousing Communities
Infrastructure of the Dutch CoHousing Communities movement
How groups get started in the Netherlands
Life in an older persons’ CoHousing Community
The value of a CoHousing Community
The CoHousing Community and policies for old age
Challenges in the British context
A case study – the pilot CoHousing project
Conclusion – innovation in Britain?
9. Retirement communities in Britain: a ‘third way’ for the third age?
What is a retirement community?
Benefits of retirement community living
Critique of retirement communities
Researching health, identity and well-being in retirement communities
10. Shaping everyday life: beyond design
The built environment, daily activity, choice and decision making
Acceptance and resistance to ‘special’ housing
Lifetime Homes – a new idea?
Inclusive housing in an ageing society
：Innovative approaches
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