Strategies and expectations regarding retirement and care and the role of housing equityPerista, Pedro (Avtor) This article presents the results of interviews conducted in Portugal within the European research project "Demographic change and housing wealth" ("DEMHOW"). In a changing society facing demographic and welfare challenges, households' strategies regarding retirement and care depend on variables such as age and family structure. Generally speaking, the importance of the family combined with homecare support is still largely evident. However, people without children seem more reliant on institutional care and keener on using all their available resources to pay for it. Within this framework, homeownership and housing equity could, of course, be central. However, in Portugal, the house, although recognised as potentially important in retirement, is envisaged more as a home, i.e. as an emotional pillar and a source of security than as an asset that can be managed in the market.20102014-07-11 14:31:52Delo ni kategorizirano23152sl