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Older people's housing: choice, quality of life, and under-occupation
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
There are 7.3 million older households in England (households which contain no-one under the age of 55 years) in mainstream or specialist housing, excluding care homes. This paper summarises the findings from a research project which analysed data from sources including the English Housing Survey and the English House Condition Survey, and drew on 15 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders from private, public and voluntary sector organisations and on a literature review focusing on older people's views about their housing, care and support. The research investigated aspects of housing for older people, covering where older people live, choice for older people who want to move, supply of and demand for specialist housing, moving or staying, quality of life, moving home and the effect on under-occupation of households, and properties released as a result of moves or mortality. It concluded that the specialist housing currently on offer does not reflect the choices that most older people make.
The impact of housing conditions on excess winter deaths
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Britain has around 40,000 more deaths in winter than expected from death rates in other months of the year. Looking at England, this study investigated whether this large winter excess of deaths could in part be attributed to poorly insulated and difficult-to-heat housing. The study, by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.