altengerechte Wohnung

10:25 Nov 2, 2009 

This is a perfectly acceptable term in relation to housing here in the UK and I don't agree that it is equivalent to handicapped in talking about disabled people. Seniors or senior citizens does, on the other hand, not work here.

21:00 Nov 1, 2009 

@All: Thank you for all the valuable hints. Will take one of the suggested terms, so I may kindly want to "soft-close" this discussion.
Points will be awarded tomorrow as I have to think over the most applicable term.

20:58 Nov 1, 2009 

Thank you very much for the link.

@sivara: Absolutely interesting discussion. I remember the discussion in the context of a small shop in Germany (think it was Frankfurt/Main) who had no success at all due to the fact that noone wants to be described as belonging to this age group. After a rebranding (which I really didn't remember) the business was better according to a newspaper report.

16:44 Nov 1, 2009 

That makes two of us seeing it that way.

14:35 Nov 1, 2009 

I think you are absolutely right. As we still do not know which kind of accomodation (to use a neutral trm here) is really meant, we all only have a guess. I still remeber the facial cream very well. I still think that is a very personal mattr on how one feels and how somebody describes himself in his very personal opinion.
And: no matter, on how you name this homes, a proper description cannot be given anyway. Some like them some not.
I am hopefully capable of living on my own together with my husband for a very long time and if you need such a place one day: The proper wording will then become the smallest problem you have.

13:10 Nov 1, 2009 

well, at least they didn't ask you to stop off at any of those homes...
Perhaps you are recalling the extensive discussion about that face cream which "women by their 50's" would want to start using - this raged on the KudoZ site about a month ago because people had different notions of how "delicately" the fact of being old(er) could be referred to.
However, before our Asker can decide on the term to use, he (or she - sorry, haven't checked) must decide on and preferably tell the Answerers what sort of accommodation the planners are envisaging - Is it more like "betreutes Wohnen" with some care facilities or is it just "barrierefrei".
Diana (elderly but not by a long chalk an O.A.P. yet - now that is REALLY old !)

11:01 Nov 1, 2009 

After the discussion yesterday I had to go shopping in Guildford, Surrey and passed several nursing homes residential homes for the elderly etc. And they all had as at their entrance 'elderly' on the signs. I know that two of these places have simply normal flats where pensioners live on their own and do not need any care at all.
So I do not see any reason why 'elderly' seems to have a negative co-notation for some of us.

10:52 Nov 1, 2009 

Agree with Diana, that is a very country-specific thing. I had this discussion previously and asked a lot of the local people here who are "50+" and no one had any problems with "elderly". I was also told that senior citizens only live in the US ;-)

14:42 Oct 31, 2009 

There seem to be different words used in different countries - elder(ly)-friendly in Singapore, seniors in the U.S.; however the asker wants BE and "older people" or "the elderly" seems to be the right option there.

13:47 Oct 31, 2009 

click on http://www.seniorresource.com/house.htm. There are a number of explanations which could be of interest.

13:20 Oct 31, 2009 

I agree with Spud Murphy; senior citizens sounds better than elderly, and it's not clear whether these are sheltered housing or purpose built dwellings.

12:46 Oct 31, 2009 

It also depends on the level of care provided, sheltered housing with an attendant warder / care person or the older citizens are left to their own devices - flats for senior citizens sounds more positive than being classed as "old".

11:44 Oct 31, 2009 

Grüße

11:42 Oct 31, 2009 

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11:38 Oct 31, 2009 

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