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Livable Communities and Aging in Place: Developing an Elder-Friendly Community
[PDF, 1 MB] (By Elli Dalrymple, Partners for Livable Communities) This paper serves to briefly examine the problems of appropriate housing, transportation, health care, delivery and supportive services for older persons, which will intensify as one in five, or 80 million Americans will be considered "older" by 2050. This unprecedented demand on health, social services and housing accommodations is a unique opportunity that the nation must recognize and begin to address.
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When the Nest Egg Cracks [PDF, 129 KB] (by Richard W. Johnson, Gordon Mermin, and Cori E. Uccello, January 2006) This Urban Institute report summarizes the financial effects of falling into poor health, losing the ability to work or live independently, and becoming widowed. During a 10-year period, more than three-quarters of adults age 51 to 61 at the beginning of the period experience job layoffs, widowhood, divorce, new health problems, or the onset of frailty among parents or in-laws. Financial consequences are especially serious for older persons who develop work disabilities or long-term care needs, or who become unemployed.
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Saying Good-Bye:
Relocating Senior Citizens in the HOPE VI Panel Study
[PDF, 98.7 KB] (by Robin E. Smith and Kadija Ferryman, The Urban Institute, January 2006) Under the HOPE VI program, many of the most distressed public housing developments in the nation have been demolished or substantially renovated, and the program had the challenge of successfully relocating vulnerable older persons in these developments. The question of how older persons handle relocation is an important one, and prior evidence suggests poor outcomes when older persons are involuntarily moved. This brief describes the relocation experiences of older persons in light of their special circumstances, particularly health, social support and social mobility. Findings are based on survey and interview information gathered from older persons in Washington, DC, and Chicago.
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Aging
in Place: Solutions to a Crisis in Housing and Care [PDF, 649 KB]
Issues
Update by the Southern district
office of NeighborWorks America (August 2002)
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The
Demographics of Seniors [PDF, 37 KB] from the Census Bureau
and other sources (August 2002)
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Aging in Place – Coordinating
Housing and Health Care Provision for America's Growing Elderly
Population [PDF, 570 KB] by Kathryn Lawler (October
2001)
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Housing America’s Seniors [PDF, 3.27 MB]
by Robert Schafer, Joint
Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University (2000)
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Beyond
Social Security: The Local Aspects of an Aging America [PDF, 777 KB]
by William H. Frey
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