Contents

INTRODUCTION – p.7 to 11

1. DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE : KEY ISSUES FOR HOUSING – p.12 to 27
   1. Homes : fields of adaptation - p.14
   2. Incomes : towards the end of a happy parenthesis – p.18
   3. Risks : preventing frailty - p.21
   4. From old age to ageing: coordinating the actors – p.23
   5. Adapting housing: a source of activities and jobs to promote and develop – p.25
   6. At what age are we “old”?- p.27
2. OPERATIONAL INNOVATIVE AVENUES – p.28 to 63
   1. New construction – p.29
      1. Favourable environments – p.29
      2. Taking into account the needs of a new public: the elderly - p.31
      3. Target groups – p.32
      4. Adaptation levels – p.33
      5. Role of new technologies – p.35
      6. Innovative operations – p.36
         1. … driven by the private sector – p.36
         2. … initiated by local communities – p.38
         3. … initiated by social housing providers – p.39
   2. Dealing with the existing housing stock – p.40
      1. To adapt or to move? – p.40
      2. From small adjustments to larger works: several levels of adaptation – p.41
      3. Engineering, competences and partnerships necessary to spread adaptations – p.42
         1. Increasing awareness among elderly people and the wider public – p.42
         2. Detecting ill-adapted housing and providing help through the adaptation process – p.43
         3. Increasing awareness and training among professionals - p.44
      4. Adaptation of the private housing stock – p.45
      5. Adaptation of the social housing stock - p.46
   3. The contribution of territories and neighbourhoods – p.49
   4. Technologies, services and actions supporting the ageing well at home – p.51
      1. New information and communication technologies favouring the ageing well at home – p.51
      2. Integrated services as part of the global housing service provision – p.53
      3. Services proposed in coordination with other partners – p.54
      4. Mobilisation of local solidarities by local communities – p.55
      5. Networks accompanying the ageing well at home – p.56
   5. Can intergenerational housing be an alternative? – p.58
      1. Shared housing - p.59
      2. Planned intergenerational housing – p.60
   6. Adapting the housing of older migrants – p.63

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – p.66 to 69

PROPOSALS - p.70 to 77

CONCLUSION – p.78

• Letter of mission - p.79
• List of interviews – p.81 to 86

APPENDIXES-

• Enclosed notes :
  • Swedish policy in favour of elderly people (appendix 1.1) – p.88
  • Mentioned equipments (appendix 1.2) – p.89
  • Reverse mortgage (appendix 1.3) – p.91
  • Intergenerational experience in Alicante (appendix 1.4) – p.93
• Enclosed documents:
  • Presentation of the British experience « Lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods » (appendix 2.1) – p.96
  • Extract from CRIDEV (appendix 2.2) – p.100
  • Extract from the opinion poll of the “Opinion way” Institute (appendix 2.3) – p.102
  • Extract from the opinion poll from IPSOS (appendix 2.4) – p.104
  • Extracts of the study by Claude Taffin and Bernard Vorms on reverse mortgage (appendix 2.5) – p.106
  • Guide from ANAH (appendix 2.6) – p.108
• Written contributions:
  • USH (appendix 3.1) – p.110
  • CECODHAS (appendix 3.2) – p.123
  • CAPEB (appendix 3.3) – p.127
  • Chambre de Métiers et de l’Artisanat Région Aquitaine (appendix 3.4) – p.131
  • Commission de la Sécurité des Consommateurs et Agence Nationale des Services à la Personne (appendix 3.5) – p.133
  • Conseil National de l’Ordre des Architectes (appendix 3.6) – p.134
  • Conseil National du Handicap (appendix 3.7) – p.136
  • Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (appendix 3.8) – p.137
  • Delphis (appendixes 3.9 and 3.10) – p. 140 et 143
  • Familles Rurales Fédération Nationale (appendix 3.11) – p.145
  • Fédérations des EPL (appendix 3.12) – p.154
  • Fédération Française du Bâtiment (appendix 3.13) – p.156
  • Old’Up (appendix 3.14) – p.159
  • Syndicat de l’Eclairage (appendix 3.15) – p.163
  • UNIFA (appendix 3.16) – p.164
  • CODAH (appendix 3.17) – p.165
  • Design for all (appendix 3.18) – p.166
• List of acronyms – p.168
• Bibliography - p.170