Housing for growing aging population has become a vital issue across Australia. A retirement village is regarded as a supportive home choice for senior people in response to the life transitions. However, only a small proportion of the Australian senior people choose to live in the retirement villages. Therefore, this study aims to identify the barriers against the senior community residents moving to the villages through a case study in Geelong. The empirical findings indicate that the two main categories of barriers are related to the living environment changes and economic pressure. Accordingly, the corresponding recommendations are proposed to overcome the barriers. While addressing the local senior housing issue, this study provides a direction for future research into the affordable and suitable construction of retirement village from a general perspective.
History
Pagination
525-534
Location
Cairns, Qld.
Start date
2016-07-06
End date
2016-07-08
ISBN-13
9781921047138
Language
eng
Publication classification
E Conference publication, E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice
2016, Central Queensland University
Editor/Contributor(s)
Singhaputtangkul N
Title of proceedings
AUBEA 2016: Proceedings of the 40th Australasian Universities Building Education Association Annual Conference: Radical Innovation in the Built Environment