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Age and Ageing Advance Access originally published online on May 9, 2009
Age and Ageing 2009 38(4):364-367; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp060
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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Housing and health care for older people

Ian P. Donald

Consultant in Old Age Medicine, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN, UK

Address correspondence to: I. P. Donald. Tel: (+44) (0)8454 226112. Email: ian.donald{at}glos.nhs.uk

There is an enormous impact of home conditions both on the health of an older person living with a long-term illness, and their ability to remain independent in the face of disability. Geriatricians are often called upon to give advice to older people with a new illness about where to live. It is important therefore that they should understand the relationship between housing and health, and how to signpost patients and their families to advice on housing options. Vulnerable older people are more likely to be living in non-decent homes, generally private rented or owner-occupied. A new UK government initiative, Lifetime Homes, Lifetime neighbourhoods, offers the prospect for improvements in Home Improvement Agencies, Lifetime Homes Standards, and Disabled Facilities Grants.

Keywords: housing, health care, tenure, elderly

Received 17 January 2009; accepted in revised form 11 March 2009.


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