Author:

LENG Gill

Publisher:

National Housing Federation

Publication year:

2012

Pagination:

28

Place of publication:

London

This report features analysis of current health and care priorities, focusing on quality of care, innovation, productivity and prevention. It explores how housing associations can work with health and social care commissioners to enable older people to manage changes in their health; help people live as independently as possible; and reduce the need for more costly care. The report includes six case studies describing some innovative solutions which Federation members have developed. These reflect the diverse ways in which housing providers are responding to both the needs of older people at critical points in their lives and NHS priorities. The services featured in the report deliver one or more of the following health and care outcomes: they help older people to recover their independence after illness, stroke, injury or trauma; get people home from hospital quickly, while preventing hospital admissions and readmissions; delay the need for more intensive care and support; reduce the likelihood of emergency admissions help to stabilise and manage chronic conditions such as dementia; enable people to remain in their homes to the end of their lives; and maximise the benefits of technology, such as telecare. (Edited publisher abstract)

Subject terms:

older people, health care, social care, housing, hospital discharge, home care, end of life care, telecare, assistive technology, extra care housing, independence;

Content type:

practice example

Location(s):

England

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Author:

LENG Gill

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National Housing Federation

Subject terms:

older people, health care, social care, housing, hospital discharge, home care, end of life care, telecare, assistive technology, extra care housing, independence

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