The ILC-UK organised an event today on the sensitive topic of so-called ‘under-occupancy’ by older people. This is a topic we’ve been interested in for a while – we felt that our work on housing and planning had lead us to a contradiction between everyday industry talk of the need to ‘free up’ the ‘under-occupied’ homes of older people and Government agenda of keeping people independent at home for as long as possible.
Monthly Archives: May 2007
“House-blockers?” Older people and the housing stock in an era of under-occupancy
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Would teaching people to be happy make us live longer?
This weeks’ call from Government advisor Lord Layard that schools should teach happiness touches on an interesting aspect of individual health, wellbeing, and ultimately longevity. (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6618431.stm )