Sheila M. Peace has been a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University since 1990, prior to which she was a Senior Research Officer and founder member of the Centre for Environmental and Social Studies in Ageing at the University of North London. She has a long record of research in the area of environmental well-being in later life especially within residential care.Caroline Holland is a Research Fellow in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University having previously worked in housing with local authorities and Registered Social Landlords. She has recently researched housing histories and is currently focusing on the domestic environment in later life.

"... an informative and well-constructed account of many of the key issues. This is a highly useful and accessible book, and will be of considerable interest to policy makers, practitioners and students." Ageing & Society

• Contents: Housing an ageing society Sheila M. Peace and Caroline Holland;Part One: Policy and technology debates: From 'special needs' to 'lifestyle choices': articulating the demand for 'third age' housing Julienne Hanson; Lifetime homes Mary Kelly; The politics of accessible housing in the UK Jo Milner and Ruth Madigan; The implications of smart home technologies Malcolm J. Fisk; Dementia and technology Mary Marshall;Part Two: New lives for old?: Integrated segregation? Issues from a range of housing/care environments Brian McGrail, John Percival and Kate Foster; Older people's Co-Housing Communities Maria Brenton; Retirement communities in Britain: a 'third way' for the third age? Judith Phillips, Miriam Bernard, Simon Biggs and Paul Kingston; Shaping everyday life: beyond design Leonie Kellaher; Inclusive housing Caroline Holland and Sheila M. Peace.

Sheila M. Peace has been a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University since 1990, prior to which she was a Senior Research Officer and founder member of the Centre for Environmental and Social Studies in Ageing at the University of North London. She has a long record of research in the area of environmental well-being in later life especially within residential care.Caroline Holland is a Research Fellow in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University having previously worked in housing with local authorities and Registered Social Landlords. She has recently researched housing histories and is currently focusing on the domestic environment in later life.

"... an informative and well-constructed account of many of the key issues. This is a highly useful and accessible book, and will be of considerable interest to policy makers, practitioners and students." Ageing & Society

• Contents: Housing an ageing society Sheila M. Peace and Caroline Holland;Part One: Policy and technology debates: From 'special needs' to 'lifestyle choices': articulating the demand for 'third age' housing Julienne Hanson; Lifetime homes Mary Kelly; The politics of accessible housing in the UK Jo Milner and Ruth Madigan; The implications of smart home technologies Malcolm J. Fisk; Dementia and technology Mary Marshall;Part Two: New lives for old?: Integrated segregation? Issues from a range of housing/care environments Brian McGrail, John Percival and Kate Foster; Older people's Co-Housing Communities Maria Brenton; Retirement communities in Britain: a 'third way' for the third age? Judith Phillips, Miriam Bernard, Simon Biggs and Paul Kingston; Shaping everyday life: beyond design Leonie Kellaher; Inclusive housing Caroline Holland and Sheila M. Peace.

Sheila M. Peace has been a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University since 1990, prior to which she was a Senior Research Officer and founder member of the Centre for Environmental and Social Studies in Ageing at the University of North London. She has a long record of research in the area of environmental well-being in later life especially within residential care.Caroline Holland is a Research Fellow in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University having previously worked in housing with local authorities and Registered Social Landlords. She has recently researched housing histories and is currently focusing on the domestic environment in later life.

"... an informative and well-constructed account of many of the key issues. This is a highly useful and accessible book, and will be of considerable interest to policy makers, practitioners and students." Ageing & Society

• Contents: Housing an ageing society Sheila M. Peace and Caroline Holland;Part One: Policy and technology debates: From 'special needs' to 'lifestyle choices': articulating the demand for 'third age' housing Julienne Hanson; Lifetime homes Mary Kelly; The politics of accessible housing in the UK Jo Milner and Ruth Madigan; The implications of smart home technologies Malcolm J. Fisk; Dementia and technology Mary Marshall;Part Two: New lives for old?: Integrated segregation? Issues from a range of housing/care environments Brian McGrail, John Percival and Kate Foster; Older people's Co-Housing Communities Maria Brenton; Retirement communities in Britain: a 'third way' for the third age? Judith Phillips, Miriam Bernard, Simon Biggs and Paul Kingston; Shaping everyday life: beyond design Leonie Kellaher; Inclusive housing Caroline Holland and Sheila M. Peace.