Overview

Currently, in the UK, the majority of over 65s lives in mainstream housing, with only 0.6 per cent living in housing with care. Predictions from the UK Office of National Statistics state that in 50 years there will be an additional 8.6 million people aged 65 and over living in the UK. An expert community from Government and its agencies, the health and social care sectors, charities and academia were invited to come together for a co-development workshop to identify research questions of interest to both the policy and the research communities. Participants identified three big challenges in this space, and three research questions that are essential to consider in the design of new houses, and in the retrofitting of existing ones to become age-friendly and support older adults to age in place.