Housing and health: Housing for people with special needs.

نویسنده

  • S Lowry
چکیده

The elderly There is no magical age at which one becomes "old," and any special housing needs are never a consequence of age alone but rather of accompanying financial, mental, or physical disability. The old include some of our poorest, most vulnerable citizens-in 1986 a fifth of single pensioners lived in houses needing more than £1000 worth of urgent repairs to the external fabric.' But there is also a growing group of affluent elderly consumers who can afford-and expect-the highest standards from their housing. As the proportion of old people in Britain rises they are becoming an increasingly influential political force and are more likely to succeed in changing public policy than many other groups with special housing needs. Although aging is not a disease, older people are more likely to experience ill health than others and are less able to cope with the results. Old people are also particularly susceptible to any harmful effects of their housing. Housing for old people should be designed to prevent the more common problems.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ

دوره 300 6720  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1990