Books
Beyond Beige: improving architecture for older people and people with disabilities.
Section "Creating no-step entrances". In Garlick, B., Jones, D. & Luscombe, G. (Eds.)
This book sets out to address the demographic change in Australia and is targeted towards architects, interior designers, builders and specifiers. It combines cases, interviews and technical notes.
LikeThe costs and benefits of using private housing as the ‘home base’ for care for older people: Secondary data analysis (Final Report)
Co-authored with Phibbs, P. Kendig, H., Mathews, M. & Cooper, B
This was the first (and only) Australian research examining the interrelationship between housing and care costs. It is significant both Nationally and Internationally as it found that care for older adults can cost-effectively be provided in private homes, but the costs and benefits of in-home care are related to a variety of factors with tenure type and dwelling type being the most significant in relation to care costs. The nexus between housing and the cost of in-home care means that policy makers must consider housing concerns as aged care policy evolves.
Housing policy for a long-lived society
Chapter co-authored with Kendig, H., In Borowski, A Encel, S. & Ozanne E. (Eds.) In Ageing and Social Policy in Australia.
This chapter provides a summary of Australian housing policy as relevant to older people. It examined the policy initiatives over the last decade and raised some of the key ageing-in-place policy questions for the future.
Retrofitting, a response to lack of diversity: An analysis of the Home Modification and Maintenance services funded under the Home and Community Care Program
Paper co-authored with Goppalan, P.
This paper provides an analysis of the Home Modification and Maintenance program using the Home and Community Care Minimum Data set. It sets out to answer questions regarding access, equity and usage of current services. The findings indicate that there are significant State/Territory policy differences impacting Home Modification and Maintenance service delivery.
Housing and older people: Environments, professionals and positive agein
Co-authored with Kendig, H. In V. Minichiello and I. Coulson (Eds.) Contemporary Issues in Gerontology: Promoting Positive Aging. N.Y: Allen & Unwin, pub. pp. 144-166.
This chapter overviews the issues currently facing older people and the helping professionals in regard to housing choices. It discussed when intervention is required in regard to housing choices of older people and it is significant in that it explored the factors influencing housing decision making from the perspective of the older person.
Housing and care for younger and older adults with disabilities (Final Report)
Co-authored with Quine, S., Parsons, A., & Kendig, H.
This reports on the linkages between housing and support programs and how they might best operate in order to deliver better service to their clients. This study was one of the few Australian projects to have looked at the policy linkages across housing, disability and care - and the first to explore the differences between the needs and experiences of younger and older people.
Systematic review of housing assistance and non-shelter outcomes
Co-authored with Paul Flatau, Stephen Whelan, Gavin Wood and Judith Yates
International evidence shows that housing assistance provides positive 'non-shelter' benefits through affecting affordability, tenure type, security of tenure, location and dwelling quality, but key gaps remain in the Australian evidence base.
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