Community and ageing: Maintaining quality of life in housing with care settings

Evans, Simon

ISBN 10: 1847420710 / ISBN 13: 9781847420718

Published by Policy Press, 2009

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2009. First Edition. hardcover. . . . . .

Seller Inventory # V9781847420718

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Community and ageing: Maintaining quality of life in housing with care settings
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847420710
• ISBN 13: 9781847420718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Simon Evans is a researcher at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK. He has extensive experience of researching services for older people across housing, health and social care. He sits on the Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology and is Chair of the Research Ethics Committee in the School of Health and Social Care.