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Seniors and housing : Les aînés et le logement : le prochain défi : le vieillissement de la population canadienne, partie II : le rôle des municipalités dans l'évolution démographique du Canada

1 Oct 2015

Seniors and Housing: The Challenge Ahead explores the question of seniors’ housing and transportation expectations and needs in the years to come, the fundamental role local and all orders of government play in meeting those needs and the concrete ways in which Canadian municipalities are making a difference in the quality of life for seniors across the country. [...] The City also works with community agencies to provide a continuum of housing and housing-support services that include the provision of social housing, the development of new affordable housing, and the delivery of emergency and supportive housing services. [...] The City of North Vancouver has actively sought to encourage the development of purpose-built seniors’ housing through a variety of means, beginning with the identification and investigation of potential sites, and adoption of focused and supportive seniors’ housing policies in 1994. [...] The average cost of weekly The concept of a Senior Household is defined by the age of the “primary household maintainer”, home care services for seniors ranges between rather than ages of the individuals in that $134 and $412 across health regions (HCC, 2012). [...] Accessible cities and communities also require goal of enabling seniors to age in place will involve a balance of well-designed transportation infrastruc- the successful delivery of a range of housing and ture, including roads and sidewalks, and transit and transportation options, built within cities and.
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Pages
60
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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