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Bradeley retirement village: a good or bad thing?
- Author:
- JEFFERYS Margot
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 6(1), March 1996, pp.2-4.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
During the British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference in Keele in 1995 some attenders paid a short visit to the Bradeley Retirement Village. This article gives a personal account of the British Society of Gerontology members who visited the village, and some reflections on the more fundamental issues which developments like this could raise.
Breaking the mould: re-visioning older people's housing
- Author:
- NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report was generated as part of a UK National Housing Federation project that aims to enhance the housing options available to people in later life and to effectively ‘break the mould’. With capital budgets for housing and social care budgets under pressure and the care and support needs of an aging population increasing, it would be easy to assume that it will be ever more difficult to ensure that older tenants are well housed and properly supported. This report draws on a literature review, focus groups and surveys to set out an alternative view. It confirms that older people are already demanding more from services and housing and describes the business opportunities that an ageing population brings. It also offers examples of how care, support and other practical services such as handyperson or 'help at home' services can be offered to all older people in all types of tenure, including people who would pay for such a service from a trusted provider. The report concludes that older people’s housing, care and support needs will have to be thought about much more widely in relation to what should be offered to older generations within broader neighbourhoods and areas. The economies of scale this could bring and the income and resources of older people could make innovative, aspirational solutions easier to achieve.
Retirement communities: a new perspective on retirement.
- Author:
- SHIPLEY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 6(3), August 2003, pp.32-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The idea of retirement communities presents a contrast to the prevailing ideas of mixed housing communities. or of ordinary homes in the community. Choice in housing in this case appear to be producing a consumer led revolution in ideas for housing care and support.
Retiring gracefully
- Author:
- BAYLEY Rosalind
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 26, Winter 1996, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation - though its housing association the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust - is currently developing Britain's first continuing care retirement community. By providing a high standard of both care and community facilities, the development is intended to remove many of the worries associated with growing older. The author looks at how the community will work and asks whether the Foundation's approach is likely to become a model for other providers.
Housing our ageing population: a report of the HPUK working group
- Author:
- HOUSING PARTNERSHIP UNITED KINGDOM
- Publisher:
- Housing Partnership United Kingdom
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this report, based on research undertaken by the Housing Partnership UK working group (comprising representatives of 13 housing associations in England), is to advise providers on how to address issues associated with an ageing population. In the context of increasing life expectancy and the increase in the number of people in England aged over 65, the report discusses the needs and aspirations of customers and potential customers, including existing residents and tenants and the design of new homes. It looks at organisational implications for housing providers and their staff, including the implications of the personalisation agenda and the affordable homes programme. It also considers new provision (covering design considerations, extra care housing and care villages, and shared ownership, shared equity and equity release) and existing stock (covering assistive technology and telecare, aids and adaptations and disabled facilities grant, and asset management and retro-fitting). It includes best practice examples and a summary of recommended publications.