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Community and ageing: maintaining quality of life in housing with care settings
- Author:
- EVANS Simon
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 162p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book explores the characteristics of extra care housing and retirement villages, and tracks their development in the UK, the US and elsewhere. It examines their role in promoting quality of life for older people and the extent to which they are experienced as communities by the people who live in them. These issues are discussed in the context of theories of community and ageing, particularly in relation to the built environment and social interaction; Chapters include: What is community; Community and ageing; Housing with care communities in the UK; An international perspective on retirement villages; promoting a sense of community in housing with care settings; Diversity, community and social interaction; Changing communities and older people.
Never a dull moment? Promoting social well-being in extra care housing
- Authors:
- EVANS Simon, VALLELLY Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 10(4), December 2007, pp.14-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Extra care housing is an increasingly popular form of housing care for older people, largely because of its potential for maximising independence by providing flexible care and support. However, far less attention has been paid to another important aspect of quality of life, social well-being. This article reports on a research project that explored good practice in promoting social well-being in extra care housing. The authors identify several key factors in supporting the social lives of residents and present recommendations for good practice.