Learning in housing transitions to age-specific assisted living arrangements for young and older adults

Wazinski, Karla (author)

The housing crisis increasingly complicates housing transitions for young and older adults. In response, relocation processes are increasingly supported pedagogically, making learning particularly relevant. These processes are structured differently depending on age. This study contrasts relocations to youth and senior housing in Germany, understanding age as a crucial category of difference which constitutes learning in housing transitions. Based on ethnographic research, it sets out to examine how learning is done in relocations through age-coded practices. The findings show that learning in housing transitions is shaped by age-specific expectations and institutional frameworks. While youth housing emphasizes learning as gaining independence, senior housing frames relocation as “fitness” and adaptation rather than learning. This reflects broader life course structures, where learning is linked to youth, while older adults are presumed to already possess the necessary housing skills. The concept of age-coded learning assemblages provides insights into the co-constitution of learning and age, informing pedagogical approaches to transitions.

• Language: English
• Keywords: adult education, assisted living, linking ages, housing transitions, young adults, older adults
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2025
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 79-95
• Numbering: Letn. 31, [št.] 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-178413
• UDC: 374.7
• ISSN on article: 1318-5160
• COBISS.SI-ID: 256014595
• Publication date in RUL: 27.01.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Andragoška spoznanja
• Shortened title: AS. Andrag. spozn.
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 1318-5160
• COBISS.SI-ID: 45586176

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Učenje pri stanovanjskih prehodih v starosti prilagojene oblike bivanja za mlajše in starejše odrasle
• Keywords: oskrbovano stanovanje, povezovanje starosti, stanovanjski prehodi, mladi odrasli, starejši odrasli