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Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village
- Authors:
- BERNARD Miriam, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 32(1), January 2012, pp.103-129.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Whilst there has been considerable research into retirement villages in the United States and Australia, there is little data in the United Kingdom about what it is like to live in retirement communities, how they evolve over time and whether they enhance people's lifestyle aspirations and quality of life. This paper examines these issues through the lens of ‘community’ and in the context of Denham Garden Village: a purpose-built retirement village in Buckinghamshire. Interviews were held with 52 residents and 16 individuals associated with a variety of organisations involved in the (re)development of the retirement village. The paper focuses on how community was conceptualised, experienced and understood both in the early days of the village, and now subsequent to its redevelopment. In conclusion, the authors suggest that the findings question the extent to which community evolves over time and raise important questions about how socially cohesive such retirement villages are.
Elixir of life
- Author:
- BERNARD Miriam
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.12.04, 2004, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the findings of a three-year participatory action research study exploring what it was like to live and work in the Berryhill Retirement Village in Stoke on Trent, which was developed by the ExtraCare Charitable Trust and Touchstone Housing Association. funded by the Community Fund (now the Big Lottery Fund), the study suggests that Berryhill works well for many. However there were persistent challenges for all involved.
Housing and care for older people: life in an English purpose-built retirement village
- Authors:
- BERNARD Miriam, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 27(4), July 2007, pp.533-554.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Retirement communities are a relatively new long-term accommodation and care option in the United Kingdom. Policy makers and providers endorse the proposition that they are suited for the accommodation of both ‘fit’ and ‘frail’ older people, although comparatively little is known about what it is actually like to live in such communities, about whether they cater adequately for older people with a wide spectrum of needs and abilities, or if they provide acceptable solutions to older people's housing or care needs. This paper addresses these questions by reporting the findings of an independently funded three-year study of a new retirement village, Berryhill, in the north Midlands of England. The paper examines the background to this and similar developments, details how the study was carried out, and then examines what it was like to live at Berryhill. It focuses on the housing and care aspects, and explores the residents' motivations for moving to the village; their views about the accommodation; and their use of and satisfaction with the social and leisure amenities. The health and care needs of residents and the formal and informal supports are also featured. The conclusion discusses whether the village can truly be a ‘home for life’ in the face of increasing frailty, and whether or not these new models of accommodation and care can indeed cater for both ‘fit’ and ‘frail’ older people.
Housing initiatives for older people: papers from a seminar organised by the Centre for Social Gerontology, University of Keele ... 10-12 April 1989
- Editors:
- BERNARD Miriam, FLYNN Tony
- Publisher:
- Beth Johnson Foundation/University of Keele. Centre for Social Gerontology
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 87p.
- Place of publication:
- Stoke-on-Trent
Contains papers on: the role of the Housing Corporation; housing needs of elderly people in ordinary housing; housing elderly Asian people; sheltered housing and the role of the private sector; and retirement villages and communities in the USA and Europe. Also looks at local authority initiatives in Glasgow, Strathclyde and Stoke-on-Trent.