A note on social innovations for accessible housing for older people in Finland
M-L. Luoma, M. Henriksson, M. Vaarama
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AbstractFinland is facing a rapid ageing of population and the rise in life expectancy. The projected share of 65+ population will increase significantly. .It is estimated that by the year 2030, one million accessible apartments are needed to meet the demand of growing number of older population. Accessible housing and living environment, access to health care and other services such as shops, bank, public transportation and leisure services are important for daily functional ability and quality of life in in later life. To tackle the challenge, the Finnish Government has set up a cross-sectoral development program for the years 2013-2017. So far actions are taken to: develop the accessibility of housing, increase the awareness of future needs of older people, create novel operating models, steer the new housing production and renovation of the existing housing stock, and to improve the co-operation between public, private and non-Keywords: accessible housing, social innovation, Finland
M-L. Luoma, M. Henriksson, M. Vaarama (2016). A note on social innovations for accessible housing for older people in Finland. Gerontechnology, 15(4), 243-244
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2016.15.4.009.00