Inside Retirement Housing

<p>Many developed nations face the challenge of accommodating a growing ageing population and creating appropriate forms of housing suitable for older people.</p><p> Written by an architect this practice-led ethnography of retirement housing offers new perspectives on environmental gerontology. Through stories and visual vignettes it presents a range of stakeholders involved in the design construction management and habitation of third-age housing in the UK highlighting the importance of design decisions for the everyday lives of older people. </p><p> Drawing on unique and interdisciplinary research methods its fresh approach shows researchers how well-designed retirement housing can enable older people to successfully age in place for longer and challenges designers developers and providers to evolve their design practices and products.</p>