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The influence of the family on the future housing preferences of seniors in Canada
- Authors:
- WEEKS Lori E., BRANTON Olive, NILSSON Thomy
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(2), June 2005, pp.29-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article addresses how family factors influence the future housing preferences of seniors. A total of 100 adults ranging in age from 65 to 98 participated in face-to-face interviews. The vast majority had no plans to move, and most wanted to remain living in close proximity to family. The results showed several linkages between family support currently provided and the future housing preferences of seniors.
Household changes and diversity in housing consumption at older ages in Scotland
- Authors:
- FIORI Francesca, GRAHAM Elspeth, FENG Zhiqiang
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 39(1), 2019, pp.161-193.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper contributes to understanding housing adjustments in later life by investigating the role of four key lifecourse transitions experienced by older individuals and their households, namely changes in health, retirement, union transitions and adult children leaving the household. Using data from a representative sample of the Scottish population for the decade 2001–2011, the study examines who moves and, for movers, whether they adjust their housing size in response to changes in their personal and household circumstances. In particular, the study explores diversity in housing consumption at older ages by investigating whether the triggers of upsizing or downsizing differ across tenure groups. The majority of older adults in Scotland do not change their place of residence during the study decade. For the minority who do move, all four lifecourse transitions are significant triggers for residential relocation but there is considerable diversity across the two major tenure groups in the influence of household changes on their housing consumption adjustments. In both tenure groups, however, the presence of children in the household is associated with upsizing and is a significant impediment to downsizing. Given the relative rootedness of older parents with co-resident adult children and their propensity to upsize rather than downsize if they move, the authors' findings raise concerns over the interdependencies between younger and older generations in the housing market. (Publisher abstract)
Moving as a family affair: applying the SOC model to older adults and their kinship networks
- Authors:
- PERRY Tam E., THIELS John F.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Social Work, 19(2), 2016, pp.74-99.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In cases where moves are voluntary, older adults may decide to move as a strategy to optimise their living experiences. The authors use the Baltes and Baltes (1990) model of selection, optimisation with compensation (SOC) to understand the impact of moving on a family network. Extending the SOC model beyond individual analysis offers an innovative addition to the literature. Moving may serve to optimise one’s life by enriching one’s emotional and physical reserves, but relocation may also challenge the older adult and their kin with other demands and frustrations. While moving can be optimal in some ways, it is also important to consider how the act of moving may be exchanged for future emotional and instrumental support from spouses and kin. To complete this ethnographic project, the researcher conducted interviews, participant observation of the moving process (packing, garage sales, moving day, adjustment) and document review with older adults (n = 81), members of their kin network (n = 49) and supportive professionals (n = 46). This approach allowed for the possibility of tracking a network through the moving process, using formal interviews, participant observation and document review to find out if and how moving optimises lives. (Edited publisher abstract)
Navigating the journey of aging parents: what care receivers want
- Author:
- KUBA Cheryl A.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 177p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Exploring issues of housing, spirituality, personal care and death, Cheryl Kuba has created a testament to the dependent elderly. This book draws on numerous interviews with aging people and discusses common caregiver mistakes and interpretations, what a caregiver should expect when an aging parent moves in, and how to care for an aging parent from afar. Kuba also delves into such phenomena as guilt, role reversal, changing family dynamics, financial stress, and caring for oneself while caring for another.
Older people and homelessness: a story of greed, violence, conflict and ruin
- Author:
- HAWES Derek
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 28p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Presents a picture of trends in homelessness among older people, revealing gaps in official statistics. Defines the major reasons for home loss, including inter-generational conflict, physical violence, and failed family financial commitments. Considers wider social trends that may influence homelessness in older age.
Common and unique themes on elder abuse from a world-wide perspective
- Authors:
- KOSBERG Jordan I., GARCIA Juanita L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 6(3/4), 1995, pp.183-197.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Presents some general conclusions about the existence of elder abuse in different countries.
The elderly in modern society
- Author:
- TINKER Anthea
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 369p.,bibliog.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
UK poverty 2018
- Authors:
- BARNARD Helen, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 54
- Place of publication:
- York
Annual report examining the nature and scale of UK poverty and how UK poverty rates have changed over the last few years, as well as over the longer term. The research provides a comprehensive analysis of poverty trends and figures and the impact of poverty, focusing particularly on poverty among children, working-age adults, and pensioners. It provides an overview of how poverty is linked to disability and ethnicity and also examines the ways that housing market changes have affected low-income families and pensioners. It also considers how poverty restricts people's day-to-day lives and prospects, such as physical and mental health, healthy life and expectancy, and the links between destitution and debt, health and wellbeing. Key findings from the research show that child poverty has been rising since 2011/12 and that there are now 4.1 million children are living in poverty. In addition, four million workers are living in poverty, with increasing numbers of working parents living in poverty. The report highlights the importance of taking action to halt the rise in poverty among workers and their families, as well as among children in workless families. It also identifies strategies which have been shown to reduce poverty, such as improving access to better-paid work, enabling more families to live in low-cost rented homes and strengthening support through the social security system. (Edited publisher abstract)
UK poverty 2017: a comprehensive analysis of poverty trends and figures
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 113
- Place of publication:
- York
This report assesses the progress the UK is making in reducing poverty rates and tackling the underlying drivers of poverty, examining how UK poverty has changed over the last 20 years, as well as more recent developments. Nearly a quarter (24%) of the UK’s population lived in poverty 20 years ago. By 2004, this had fallen to one in five (20%) of the population. By 2015/16, the proportion had risen slightly to 22%. However, the overall trend masks large variations in the fortunes of different groups. Over the last 20 years the UK succeeded in reducing poverty significantly among those groups who had traditionally been at most risk – pensioners and some types of families with children. Very little progress was made in reducing poverty among working-age households without children. In more recent years, poverty rates have started to rise again among both pensioners and families with children. The report suggests that solving poverty in the UK will require urgent action in five areas: reform of Universal Credit so people keep more of what they earn and a lifting of the working-age benefits freeze so incomes keep up with prices; reduce the cost of living, particularly housing, for those on low incomes; improve education and skills, especially among children from low-income backgrounds and adults in low-paid work; work with employers and business to create more and better jobs where they are needed, and to offer more opportunities and better pay to people who currently struggle to enter and gain from work – particularly disabled people, those caring for adults or children, and part-time workers; work with communities and service providers to improve health, family relationships and social support to reduce the damage done by poverty and improve prospects. (Edited publisher abstract)
Where do community-dwelling older adults with disabilities live? Distribution of disability in the United States of America by household composition and housing type
- Author:
- HENNING-SMITH Carrie
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 37(6), 2017, pp.1227-1248.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
There is limited research on the living arrangements of older adults with disabilities, especially research that combines household composition and housing characteristics. This paper addresses that gap with two complementary sets of logistic regression models: first, estimating the odds of disability by household composition and housing type and, second, estimating the odds of disability by living arrangement within gender and age sub-groups. Data come from the 2012 American Community Survey (N = 504,371 respondents aged 65 and older), which includes six measures of disability: cognitive, ambulatory, independent living, self-care, vision and hearing. Living alone, with children or with others was associated with higher odds of any disability, compared with living with a spouse only. Compared to those living in a single-family home, living in a mobile home or other temporary structure, or large apartment building was associated with higher odds of disability. Having a disability was associated with lower rates of living with a spouse only, alone, in a single-family home or in a small or mid-sized apartment building and higher rates of all other living arrangements. Sub-group analyses revealed differences in the relationship between living arrangements and disability by gender and age group. This information provides a baseline from which to observe trends in living arrangements and disability for older adults in the United States of America. (Publisher abstract)