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Community and ageing - Maintaining quality of life in housing with care settings (Paperback, New)
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Community and ageing - Maintaining quality of life in housing with care settings (Paperback, New)
Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series
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Specialist forms of housing with care are becoming increasingly
popular in the United Kingdom, largely as a result of the ageing of
the population and the relative wealth of the latest generation of
older people. Retirement villages and extra care housing are two
models of provision that have seen particularly spectacular growth.
This is partly because in many ways they are perceived to promote
government agendas for increasing independence and wellbeing for
older people. They also aim to meet older people's aspirations for
a good quality of life in their retirement years and to live
somewhere they feel they belong. Many such housing developments are
marketed as 'communities of like minded people', offering security,
peace of mind, a range of facilities and new opportunities for
friendship and social interaction. This important book investigates
changing concepts and experiences of community across the
lifecourse and into older age and how they play out in housing with
care settings. An overview of how the housing with care sector has
developed, both in the UK and internationally, is provided. The
book emphasizes the central importance of a sense of community for
older people's quality of life and explores the impact of a range
of factors including social networks, inclusive activities,
diversity and the built environment. The book will be of particular
interest to students in the fields of gerontology, social policy,
housing, planning, the built environment and community development.
It will also appeal to academics, policy makers, practitioners,
service providers and researchers, both in the UK and other
countries with similar housing with care options, including the
USA, Australia and New Zealand.
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