Population Aging, Disability and Housing Accessibility: Implications for Sub-national Areas in the United States

Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers

“…Moreover, the present study provides evidence for more progressive political action regarding housing provision that meets 18 the needs of the ageing population. Efforts in the building industry and public agencies should target ways to enhance active and healthy ageing, as argued in previous research [4,30,51]. To meet the needs of accessible housing every effort to rebuild and upgrade the existing ordinary housing stock must be based on the best possible knowledge, calling for more research in this area [29].…”

“…According to estimates based on the situation in the U. S. [29], a newly built single-family detached unit will have at least one resident with disability during its expected lifetime. Accordingly, there 6 certainly is a need for accessible housing [30], and research on aspects such as accessibility features essential for people with disabilities are important for planning and public policy.…”

Modelo de atención sanitaria y su financiación en centros residenciales de personas mayores dependientes de la CAPV

“…El envejecimiento poblacional es un fenómeno global (Aral et al, 2012;Smith et. al., 2012) y cada vez es mayor el número de personas que alcanza edades muy avanzadas (Pérez Díaz, 2010).…”

“…Este reordenamiento se ha orientado hacia la institucionalización permanente de personas con mayores problemas de salud y dependencia (Smith et al, 2012) que no podían resolverse de manera adecuada en su medio domiciliario o sociofamiliar. Se ha analizado la repercusión que genera el desarrollo de la ley en la adjudicación de recursos y, se concluye, en la necesidad de mejorar la coordinación entre la atención social y la sanitaria.…”

Quantifying and explaining stickiness in housing rents: A Turkish case study with micro-level data

“…For example, Halket and Vasudev (2013) show that the incidence of turnover goes down as lifecycle income and family size uncertainties are resolved. Smith, Rayer, Smith, Wang, and Zeng (2012) document that disability rates increase with age and this leads to a reduction in turnover probability at old ages. There are other papers showing that this tendency may exhibit cross-country variation.…”