Chapter 10
Meanings attached to Home - answer Their home means a lot to them.
Homes provide comfort, safety, community, memory, and connection to family.
Patterns of Living Arrangements for Seniors - answer81% of older men and 57% of
older women live in families, wswally with a spouse.
Most older adults dont want to move.
Most live in ordinary neighborhoods rather than senior housing.
Elderly tend to stay in same house for awhile, miniatous begins to cost more and more.
Active Adult Community - answer Large residential developments for adults 55+; include
recreational programs and home ownership
Continuing care retirement community (CCRC) - answeror life care: provides a wide
range of health and supportive services; residents move from one type of housing to
another.
Assisted living or residetial care apartments - answer independent apartments inclding
supportive services
Elder Cottage Housing Options - answer detached dwelling on same property as family
home
Residential Care Facilies - answerProvide rooms, meals, housekeeping, and personal
care services. (Board and Care Homes)
Shared housing - answer2 or more unrelated people share a dwelling' may be assisted
through "match -up" programs.
Skilled nursing facilies (convalescent hospitals) - answer24-hour custodial or
maintenance care
America's older homeless - answerPersonal Responsibilit and Work Reconciliation Act
of 1996 cut programs to aid homeless adults.
Many people lost hojmes and retirement money.
Some homeless after a catastrophic illness has lef them impoverished.
Many elderly homeless have life-long pattern of limited social skills, substance abuse
and frail mental health.
Reasons for Dissatisfaction with Housing - answerPersonal changes: decline in strength
and vigo, shrinking family size.
Meanings attached to Home - answer Their home means a lot to them.
Homes provide comfort, safety, community, memory, and connection to family.
Patterns of Living Arrangements for Seniors - answer81% of older men and 57% of
older women live in families, wswally with a spouse.
Most older adults dont want to move.
Most live in ordinary neighborhoods rather than senior housing.
Elderly tend to stay in same house for awhile, miniatous begins to cost more and more.
Active Adult Community - answer Large residential developments for adults 55+; include
recreational programs and home ownership
Continuing care retirement community (CCRC) - answeror life care: provides a wide
range of health and supportive services; residents move from one type of housing to
another.
Assisted living or residetial care apartments - answer independent apartments inclding
supportive services
Elder Cottage Housing Options - answer detached dwelling on same property as family
home
Residential Care Facilies - answerProvide rooms, meals, housekeeping, and personal
care services. (Board and Care Homes)
Shared housing - answer2 or more unrelated people share a dwelling' may be assisted
through "match -up" programs.
Skilled nursing facilies (convalescent hospitals) - answer24-hour custodial or
maintenance care
America's older homeless - answerPersonal Responsibilit and Work Reconciliation Act
of 1996 cut programs to aid homeless adults.
Many people lost hojmes and retirement money.
Some homeless after a catastrophic illness has lef them impoverished.
Many elderly homeless have life-long pattern of limited social skills, substance abuse
and frail mental health.
Reasons for Dissatisfaction with Housing - answerPersonal changes: decline in strength
and vigo, shrinking family size.
