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Assisted Housing for Ontario's Rural Elderly: Shortfalls in Product and Location*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Gerald Hodge
Gerald Hodge
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University of British Columbia
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Abstract

Programmes for publicly assisted housing for senior citizens are making it increasingly possible for the elderly to reside in towns and villages. A study of senior citizen apartment projects in nine small Ontario Towns appraises the quality of housing being produced. Many shortfalls in design and construction are revealed along with out-of-the-way locations for projects. Deficiencies are not easily rectified and responsibility impossible to assign.

Résumé

Les programmes d'assistance publique au secteur du logement pour les personnes du troisième âge encouragent de plus en plus ces derniers à habiter dans des villes et des villages. Une étude sur des projets immobiliers destinés aux personnes âgées dans neuf communautés ontariennes a été mise au point afin d'évaluer la qualité des logements en production. Plusieurs défauts de conception et de construction ont été relevés et l'emplacement isolé de ces projets a également été remarqué. Ces déficiences ne peuvent être palliées facilement et il est impossible d'assigner la responsabilité.

Keywords

housingruralelderly
Type
Articles
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , Summer/l'été 1987 , pp. 141 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1987

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