Housing future for ageing in place
This paper examines how the desire of people to age in their home is being met through the design of new and renovated homes in Western Australia. The question is asked whether new housing portrayed in the popular press in Western Australia considers the older and potentially frail home occupant. Th...
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Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Southern Research Centre
2006
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| author | Karol, Elizabeth Spanbroek, Nancy |
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| description | This paper examines how the desire of people to age in their home is being met through the design of new and renovated homes in Western Australia. The question is asked whether new housing portrayed in the popular press in Western Australia considers the older and potentially frail home occupant. The publicity given to new homes over the recent past in the 'New Homes' weekly supplement of the West Australian Newspaper was reviewed and analysed to determine what emphasis has been given to ageing at home. The analysis shows that there is almost no consideration of the older, frail occupant in the design of new houses. This indicates that baby-boomer consumers are not yet recognizing their own future needs of the housing market. In addition housing designers are taking no initiatives in this area. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-41552017-01-30T10:37:01Z Housing future for ageing in place Karol, Elizabeth Spanbroek, Nancy Western Australia Universal design independent living Housing design WoonKeur Ageing in place quality of life ageing population Baby-boomers This paper examines how the desire of people to age in their home is being met through the design of new and renovated homes in Western Australia. The question is asked whether new housing portrayed in the popular press in Western Australia considers the older and potentially frail home occupant. The publicity given to new homes over the recent past in the 'New Homes' weekly supplement of the West Australian Newspaper was reviewed and analysed to determine what emphasis has been given to ageing at home. The analysis shows that there is almost no consideration of the older, frail occupant in the design of new houses. This indicates that baby-boomer consumers are not yet recognizing their own future needs of the housing market. In addition housing designers are taking no initiatives in this area. 2006 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4155 Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Southern Research Centre fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Western Australia Universal design independent living Housing design WoonKeur Ageing in place quality of life ageing population Baby-boomers Karol, Elizabeth Spanbroek, Nancy Housing future for ageing in place |
| title | Housing future for ageing in place |
| title_full | Housing future for ageing in place |
| title_fullStr | Housing future for ageing in place |
| title_full_unstemmed | Housing future for ageing in place |
| title_short | Housing future for ageing in place |
| title_sort | housing future for ageing in place |
| topic | Western Australia Universal design independent living Housing design WoonKeur Ageing in place quality of life ageing population Baby-boomers |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4155 |