Housing Decisions for the Elderly

To Move or Not to Move

Leon A Pastalan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

165 Seiten

1995
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-56024-713-5 (ISBN)

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Because many elderly wish to age in place, they typically give little thought to the future of their housing options. Housing Decisions for the Elderly articulates the relevant issues regarding the diversity and complexity of housing decisions in terms of moving or not moving.To move or not to move is really part of the aging-in-place debate. In this guidebook, the authors deal with such issues as changes in economic income and stances; changes in household composition and health; and the psychosocial and metaphysical significance of “house.”This treatment of housing decisions regarding aging in place serves to assist professionals and laypersons to help the elderly make more informed choices and to plan better for the future. Housing Decisions for the Elderly reminds those who work with elderly persons--community organization workers; housing counselors and specialists; home health care agencies; and gerontologists--that the proportion of persons living in family settings decreases with age, so that the older the person, the more likely he or she will be living above or with nonrelatives in institutional or quasi-institutional settings.While changes in household composition typically occur at one or more points in the aging process such as death of spouse, incapacitating illness or loss of income, other housing issues to consider are addressed:

why socioeconomic determinants of housing decisions of elderly homeowners focuses primarily on housing characteristics (owning vs. renting), length of housing tenure, age, and support from relatives
how elderly housing assistance programs affect housing tenure deals with age as the single most important factor
factors that influence pre-retiree’s propensity to move at retirement
access to health care, freedom from house maintenance, and supportive services as the main determinants of moving to a continuing care retirement community

Leon A Pastalan

Contents
Overview

The Socioeconomic Determinants of the Housing Decisions of Elderly Homeowners
Elderly Housing Assistance Programs: How They Affect the Own versus Rent Decisions
Selecting Senior Housing: Information Needs and Sources
State Units on Aging and Housing for the Elderly: Current Roles and Future Implications
Factors That Influence Pre-Retirees’ Propensity to Move at Retirement
The Decision to Move to a Continuing Care Retirement Community
Home Builders’ Attitudes and Knowledge of Aging: The Relationship to Design for Independent Living
A Mathematical Model of the Housing Decisions of Elderly Homeowners
Reference Notes Included

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.9.1995
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-56024-713-4 / 1560247134
ISBN-13	978-1-56024-713-5 / 9781560247135
Zustand	Neuware