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A spatio-legal approach to the intermediate housing-with-care solutions for older people: exploring the adoption of a retirement village concept in Finland
- Author:
- LUNDMAN Riina
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 40(9), 2020, pp.1956-1977.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Retirement villages are an increasingly popular senior housing option that aims to comprehensively integrate accommodation, care services, social activities and interaction opportunities for ageing people. The research literature about retirement villages and communities is extensive, but less studied are the contextually varying spatial, legal and political processes of how such villages and other intermediate housing-with-care solutions for older people are initially constituted, especially in novel national and local contexts. In this paper, a spatio-legal approach is employed to study the many legal possibilities and barriers that have arisen while developing retirement villages in Finland. As a specific case, I examine the new Finnish Virkkulankylä retirement village concept and its implementation process. As the key result of my study, I identify three major spatio-legal barriers to developing retirement villages and other intermediate senior housing solutions, which are (a) the polarised division between the fields of elderly care and housing in both law and practice, (b) the prevalence of ‘local law’ in spatial planning and service provision for elderly people, and (c) the inflexible funding system regarding alternative housing-with-care solutions for seniors. I argue that although the ‘in-betweenness’ of retirement villages may facilitate a more comprehensive understanding about the housing and care of older adults, in practice their intermediary position translates into many ambiguities and challenges. (Publisher abstract)
Prescribing for older people in care homes - control, context and culture
- Authors:
- HUGHES Carmel M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 19(3), July 2009, Online only
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Research conducted in the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s in Belfast over the past 12 years has identified and explored a number of influences on prescribing of medications for older people in care homes. These are described as control, context and culture. This article highlights the impact of legislative control on the practice of prescribing medication for older people in care homes, drawing on experience in the United States.
Care Home closures, the law, it’s practice and the implications
- Author:
- HOSSACK Yvonne
- Publisher:
- RAGE National
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Thurrock
Yvonne Hossack says there's a crisis in Britain's care homes. Homes across the country are closing their doors as local authorities transfer ownership to the private sector or put resources into caring for elderly people at home. Local councils say the changes they're making will mean better provision in the future. The government wants more of us to be looked after at home when we get old. But in the short term it often means that elderly people are forced to move.
Private Retirement Housing and the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (summary)
- Authors:
- RISK Malcolm, PIDRA Sandra
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Private Retirement Housing and the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (full text)
- Authors:
- RISK Malcolm, PIDRA Sandra
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Better government for older people report
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Making older people equal: reforming the law on access to services in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- GLENNON Lisa, DICKSON Brice
- Publisher:
- Changing Ageing Partnership
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 93p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This research examined the law in other countries to see how they protect people against discrimination on the grounds of age when accessing goods, facilities or services. The aim was to see if similar laws should be implemented in Northern Ireland. Chapter 1 explains the legal, social and political background to the research project, including developments in England and Wales and at the level of the European Union. Chapter 2 sets out the findings that emerged from the research, based on a study of the laws operating in the four countries examined in detail (Republic of Ireland, Canada, the United States of America, and Australia). Chapter 3 provides a brief summary of the recommendations based on the research findings. The report concludes that there is a very strong case for amending the law of Northern Ireland so as to outlaw discrimination on age grounds when people are accessing goods, facilities or services. Appendices are included which provide an overview of the law in the four countries studied and details of the scope of protection provided.
Discrimination, labour markets and the labour market prospects of older workers: what can a legal case teach us?
- Author:
- WELLER Sally A.
- Journal article citation:
- Work Employment and Society, 21(3), September 2007, pp.417-437.
- Publisher:
- Sage
As governments become increasingly concerned about the fiscal implications of the ageing population, labour market policies have sought to encourage mature workers to remain in the labour force. The `human capital' discourses motivating these policies rest on the assumption that older workers armed with motivation and vocational skills will be able to return to fulfilling work. This article uses the post-redundancy recruitment experiences of former Ansett Airlines flight attendants to develop a critique of these expectations. It suggests that policies to increase older workers' labour market participation will not succeed while persistent socially constructed age- and gender-typing shape labour demand. The conclusion argues for policies sensitive to the institutional structures that shape employer preferences, the competitive rationality of discriminatory practices, and the irresolvable tension between workers' human rights and employers' property rights.
Addressing age barriers: an international comparison of legislation against age discrimination in the field of goods, facilities and services
- Authors:
- BAKER Richard, et al
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 192p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Researches legislation in five jurisdictions where age discrimination in these fields had been made unlawful. The report considers the scope and context of such legislation, and examines its content and impact. Findings are presented in chronological order, beginning with Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Ontario and finally the United States of America, which has the oldest law relating to age discrimination in this field.
Implementing community care: is there really more choice?
- Author:
- LEECE Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 5(2), June 1995, pp.2-5.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Details findings from a study in 1994, undertaken for an MA in Gerontology at Keele, which looked at the experiences of the reforms, for a group of people in a county in the North West of England. It discusses the issues involved in achieving more choice for older people and concludes that in the county studied, client choice appears not to have increased, and in some areas of provision choice has actually decreased.