Heumann and Boldy define and analyze emerging programs to help the frail and low-income elderly stay out of institutions and age in place in their communities with proper support systems. The case studies presented describe the latest thinking and innovative public program solutions to aging in place in highly developed industrialized countries, including Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, Sweden, and the United States. Heumann and Boldy link these studies and describe the conditions and constraints under which existing programs function.Chapter 1 examines the benefits and limitations to aging in place policies and programs on the broadest level, including the economic trends that have created the urgency for new government policies. Chapter 2 presents the classification system of aging in place solutions so that the case examples can be viewed in a comparative context of approach and government commitment. Chapters 3-7 discuss subsidized housing solutions in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and other developed countries. Chapters 8-12 review community support programs in Australia, Israel, Sweden, and Japan. Chapter 13 summarizes the case findings, adds data to the editors' overall classification model, and discusses how government assistance could and should evolve in the future. Aging in Place with Dignity is designed to help government and voluntary-service planners and providers at the federal and local levels deal with the complex and urgent problem of enabling the frail elderly to age in place.

Analyzes programs in industrialized countries which keep frail and low-income elderly in their communities with proper support systems.

PrefaceThe Basic Benefits and Limitation of an Aging in Place Policy by Leonard F. Heumann and Duncan P. BoldyAging in Place: The Growing Need for New Solutions by Heumann and BoldyClassifying Aging in Place Programs by Heumann and BoldyA Comprehensive Approach to Achieving Aging in Place in Public Housing by François RenaudAging in Place in Housing Designed for Independent Living: The Case of the U.S. Section 202 Program by HeumannThe Role of Very Sheltered Housing for Frail Elderly People: The Experience of Great Britain by Anthea TinkerMixing Commercial Enterprises and Sheltered Housing to Provide Affordable and Supportive Environments by Derek RawsonSatellite Housing and Care Model: Increasing the Housing Supply of Low Income Frail Aged in Australia by Duncan Boldy and Peter DaltonAging in Place and Public Sheltered Housing in Israel: A Special Focus on Age Integration by Miriam ShtarkshallIntegrated Physical and Social Planning at the Neighborhood Level in Sweden by Cecilia HenningCommunity Options Schemes: Case Management of Community Services for the Frail Elderly in Australia by Duncan Boldy, Hal Kendig, and Linda DentonManaging the Transition from a Family to a Community Oriented Support System in Japan by Tokie AnmeHolistic Aging in Place: Present and Future by Heumann and BoldyBibliographyIndex