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Volume 11, Issue 4
1 December 2008
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Review Article| December 01 2008

Building to last: the importance of designing life‐long communities Available to Purchase

Paul Cann
Paul Cann
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8375
Print ISSN: 1460-8790
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2008
Housing, Care and Support (2008) 11 (4): 10–13.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14608790200800026

The article discusses how policy‐makers and local government need to listen to the voice of older people when designing the communities we live in. It highlights how simple, joined‐up thinking can make a big difference to older people's lives.

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Older people, Community, Local services
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