26 March 2012
The Good Homes one day summit in Wellington on April 24 is the culmination of four years of research into safe and healthy housing for older people, led by the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA). The key focus of the Good Homes programme has been to identify how the home repairs and […]
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20 November 2011
The Good Homes project has hit the road with charrettes in Marlborough, Kawerau and Auckland to test the Repairs and Maintenance Assessment tool. Marlborough Charrette – Presentation A charrette is a mix of presentation, workshop and debate to design a product. In this case the product is the Assessment Tool – a room-by-room checklist developed […]
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7 November 2011
We are saddened that Brian Ponting of Kawerau passed away on Thursday last, but wish to acknowledge and celebrate his life of unremitting community service and the help and advice he has provided us when working within Kawerau.
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26 May 2011
Bev James and Kay Saville-Smith presented a paper at the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) 22nd International Housing Research Conference 4-7 July 2010, Istanbul. The paper is titled “Older People’s Home Repairs and Maintenance: Ageing Well in Place in New Zealand”. This paper considers the role of house condition, comfort and safety in assisting […]
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12 May 2009
Bev James and Kay Saville-Smith presented a paper at the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) 22nd International Housing Research Conference 4-7 July 2010, Istanbul. The paper is titled “Older People’s Home Repairs and Maintenance: Ageing Well in Place in New Zealand”. This paper considers the role of house condition, comfort and safety in assisting […]
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The Marlborough Research Reference Group met on 8 May to hear about early findings from interviews with older people, and to discuss upcoming interviews with providers. The meeting also started planning for a charrette to be held next year.
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24 April 2009
In 24 April Bev James gave a presentation to the Older Person’s Forum on progress with the research and spoke about upcoming activities including interviews with providers of repairs and maintenance services and charrettes in 2010.
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5 March 2009
On 20 February 2009 Bev James gave a presentation to the Marlborough Older Person’s Forum on progress with the research. She gave a overview of the project, spoke about results from the National Survey of Older People’s Repairs, Maintenance and Renovations and commented on some themes that were emerging with in-depth interviews with older people […]
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15 December 2008
Ageing in Place research programme website goes live 15 December 2008.
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10 December 2008
A report on the 2008 National Survey of Older People’s Repair and Maintenance Practices was released in November. The survey, undertaken as part of the Ageing in Place research programme, involved telephone interviews with 1,600 people aged 65 years or older. This report is available for download in pdf format from the publications page.
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