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Housing and home in later life
- Authors:
- HEYWOOD Frances, OLDMAN Christine, MEANS Robert
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 185p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
At the heart of all policies of supporting people to live and thrive into old age lies the concept of home. Yet there is a vacuum where policies concerning housing issues should be, and such policies as exist are profoundly ageist and often based on a medical model of disability. The authors of this volume share a commitment to see the issues of later life and housing re-thought to address more adequately the diverse needs and preferences of a group who constitute around one quarter of the population. The book has three strands; to uncover the theoretical origins of accepted practice; to present a critique of the present policies and to consider new theories, ideas and methodologies for achieving user centred changes.