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Housing-related Needs Assessment of Older People in Russia and Worldwide
 
PIIS023620070010036-6-1
DOI10.31857/S023620070010036-6
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Olga S. Griaznova 
Affiliation: Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Address: 21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, Germany
Ksenia M. Manuilskaya
Occupation: Research Fellow
Affiliation: Institute of Social Analysis and Forecast Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Address: 11, Prechistenskaya emb., 119034 Moscow, Russian Federation
Journal nameChelovek
EditionVolume 31 Issue №3
Pages45-70
Abstract

The article focuses on the housing needs of elderly people in Russia and worldwide. It discusses findings in international studies, as well as analyzes the results of surveys in Russia. Social policy of the most developed countries focused on care and social support of older persons at home during postwar time. However, in recent decades the image of older persons and purpose of social policy has changed. Now older persons are considered as important and productive agents in social life. International organizations currently place emphasis on the fact that older people possess knowledge, skills and experience useful for the community. For this reason, the UN and WHO have declared healthy and active aging as one of the priority goals of sustainable development for the coming decades. Recent findings on the housing needs of older people allowed to identify basic principles of agefriendly environment that allows efficient, healthy and active aging. The idea of universal design treats housing, infrastructure, open spaces and transport as a single space providing and supporting the needs of all groups of the population, without exception. The goal of healthy, active and successful aging, voiced by WHO, is relevant for Russia as well. The authors consider the housing needs of older people in Russia in the context of global trends. The study uses data of an expert survey and telephone interviews with older persons in Russia. Results show that it is important to engage older persons into activities beyond their homes. At the same time, there are barriers that are often overlooked: housing arrangements and living conditions. The survey of older persons highlighted the urgent problems that older Russians face at home and identified their attitudes to alternative forms of housing: nursing homes, specialized boarding houses and social homes.

Keywordsоlder people, housing options, аctive longevity, social policy, nursing home, alternative housing formats, WHO, еxpert survey
Received23.03.2020
Publication date30.06.2020
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