The Gateshead Housing Standard for Ageing Well

There are seven components within the Gateshead Housing Standard for Ageing Well that should be applied to all housing types to help ensure that where older people live enables them to age well and thrive.

These components have been developed following engagement with local people and stakeholders about what is important to them about their homes and where they live in later life.

Based on this evidence, the Gateshead Housing Standard for Ageing Well has been categorised into the following components which the survey and focus groups with local older people identified were the most important factors to people about where they live, these have been prioritised based on the evidence with local people:

1. Safety and security
2. Remaining independent
3. Affordability
4. Good quality homes that are energy efficient
5. Designing for ageing well
6. Location
7. Inclusivity