Research and policy
Links to selected documents on the relationship between ageing, housing, creativity and the arts.
Active Ageing: A Policy Framework, World Health Organization, 2002
Ageing in public: Creative practice in ageing and the public realm from across the UK, Cubitt Arts Public Wisdom Project
Cohousing: It makes sense for people with things in common to live together, The Guardian 2015
Future of an Ageing Population, Government Office for Science, 2016
Community 2.0: Is Cohousing the future of urban design? Towergate Insurance
Growing Old Together: The Case for Housing that is Shaped and Controlled by Older People, 2013, Housing LIN
Housing our ageing population: Positive ideas HAPPI 3, 2016
It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again, Julia Cameron via
Kobayashi, L. C., Wardle, J. & von Wagner, C (2015). Internet use, social engagement and health literacy decline during ageing in a longitudinal cohort of older English adults, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Vol 69, Iss 3, pp 278-283
Lastingness: The Art of Old Age, Nicholas Delbanco, Hachette Group, 2011
NESTA: Ageing and innovation
NESTA: Five a day
On late style, Edward Said, 2006
Physical access and social isolation emerge as key factors linked to decline in arts engagement among older people. ArtsProfessional
Policies and Programs of Support for Senior Artists, Joyce Zemans, York University, Canada, IFACCA 2007 (covers 14 countries)
Senior cohousing communities – an alternative approach for the UK? Maria Brenton, Joseph Rowntree Foundation 2013
Silver Cities: Realising the Potential of our Growing Older Population, Ed Cox et al, IPPR North, Dec 2014
Tackling Loneliness in Older Age – The Role of the Arts, David Cutler, Baring Foundation, October 2012
The Creativity and Aging Study: The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on Older Adults, Dr Gene D. Cohen, National Endowment for the Arts and George Washington University, USA April 2006
The Wise Body: conversations with experienced dancers, Jackie Lansley, Intellect Books, 2011
With a little help from our friends: Creating Community as We Grow Older, Beth Baker, 2014
Ageing Creatively, University of Newcastle
Winter Fires, Francois Matarasso, Baring Foundation 2012
The Long Life, Helen Small, OUP, 2007
An Evidence Review of the Impact of Participatory Arts on Older People, Mental Health Foundation, 2011
Adults' media use and attitudes report, Ofcom, 2017
Ageing in squalor and distress: older people in the private rented sector, Age Concern, 2016
Multi housing, Frank Knight, 2017
The Architecture of Care: A New Approach, William McMorran, Winston Churchil Memorial Trust, 2016
The Architecture of Care: A New Approach, William McMorran 2017. Study of the transformative integration of dementia care and the care environment in Australia, Canada and The Netherlands.
Age UK’s Index of Wellbeing in Later Life 2017, Study of older people’s wellbeing across the whole population and measuring the contributing factors.
APPG Enquiry on Creative Health: Arts, Health & Wellbeing, 2017
Older and wiser:creative ageing in the UK 2010-2019, Baring Foundation, 2019