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Bridging Health, Housing, and Generations: What the …

WEBPopulation aging and housing affordability challenges are driving an interest in alternative housing options in countries around the world. Older adults’ desires to age as independently as possible in their …

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As the Older Adult Population Soars, US is Unprepared to Provide

WEBIn addition to health risks, property damage is a rising concern, particularly for the increasing number of older people without insurance. Severe storms in Florida …

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Advancing Housing and Health Equity for Older Adults

WEBAdvancing Housing and Health Equity for Older Adults. Watch the Release Event. During the pandemic, many older adults faced social isolation and disruptions in access to food, …

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Older Adults in the Workforce: Facing Economic and …

WEBBefore the pandemic hit, 2.8 million older Americans worked in industries that were most at-risk of job losses as a result of COVID-19, representing a quarter of working older adults. Perhaps more than any …

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HEALTH, DISABILITY, AND HOUSING NEEDS

WEB“Health” is a multi-dimensional concept: the World Health Organization defines it as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely as the absence of …

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The Place in “Aging in Place”: Housing Equity in Late Life

WEBHealth policy research demonstrates that housing and community are crucial determinants of safety, health, and well-being across the lifespan. The United States is an aging society, where more people …

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Lessons from the Pandemic to Advance Housing and Health …

WEBIn the new report, which was a collaborative project with The Hastings Center, my co-authors Nancy Berlinger, Bailey Hu, and I employed a housing lens to examine …

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Early-Life Health Impacts of Affordable Housing in Higher-Income …

WEBThis paper examines the effects of one such policy on the health of pregnant people and their newborn infants. Specifically, it studies the impact of Massachusetts …

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When Family Can’t Care for Older Adults During COVID-19, Who …

WEBMore foundationally, the health risks of entering congregate care is very high during this COVID-19 outbreak. As a result, many who lose unpaid supports due to the …

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How Can We Support the Successful Aging in Place of Older Adults

WEBEarlier this week, the journal Health Affairs released new research highlighting an impending gap in the availability of supportive housing affordable to …

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Advanced Age Can Increase Risk of Housing Insecurity and …

WEBAge-related experiences such as retirement, new chronic health conditions, or changes in ability then strained tenuous housing arrangements until they broke. While …

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Can Affordable Housing Policies Reduce Health Disparities

WEBThis research shows that housing policies which aim to overcome restrictive zoning may also address important health disparities as well. The Harvard Joint Center …

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Service Coordinators Improved Resident Resilience During the …

WEBIn 2021, they estimated that 53 percent of older residents had worse physical health than before the pandemic and 62 percent were getting less exercise. …

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Aging in Place: Coordinating Housing and Health Care Provision …

WEBW01-13: The elderly population is rapidly expanding while the core tax-paying population is shrinking.The ratio of working Americans to retired Americans will …

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New Survey Finds Many Renters Are Concerned about the Impact …

WEBFully 43 percent of renter households worry about their home negatively affecting their or another occupant’s health, safety, and wellbeing according to a survey …

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Can Affordable Housing Policies Reduce Health Disparities

WEBDespite substantial government investment, health disparities persist across geographic and racial lines in the US. If these disparities are driven in part by …

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Housing & Health Equity for Older Adults: Findings from the …

WEBIn addition to its devastating effects on health and mortality, the COVID-19 pandemic produced a complex and interconnected set of social challenges across the …

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The Growing Problem of Older Adult Homelessness

WEBThe study estimates that in New York City, for example, the number of homeless older adults age 65 and over will increase from its current level of 2,600 to …

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Older Adults with Moderate Income Cannot Afford the Dual …

WEBThese could include more robust housing subsidies for those with the lowest incomes, expanded home and community based services under Medicaid, aligning …

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Housing for America’s Older Adults: Four Problems We Must …

WEBFirst, there is enormous unmet need for affordable rental housing for older adults. Over 10 million households headed by someone 65 and over are cost burdened …

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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

WEBThe Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies strives to improve equitable access to decent, affordable homes in thriving communities. We conduct rigorous research to advance …

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