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Mental health and housing: housing on the pathway to recovery
- Authors:
- HACT, NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION, COMMON CAUSE CONSULTING
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines the evidence to support the inclusion of housing in the mental health recovery pathway, including examples of the types of intervention that can contribute to improvements in quality and cost savings in mental health. It is designed to support both the continued development of a more outcome-based approach to commissioning and a more integrated approach to service provision. It also looks at the potential economic benefits of reduced admissions to hospital, reducing delays in discharge, reducing readmissions, and reducing out of area placement. The document also includes four case examples to show how housing and housing related services have been able to improve cost effectiveness while also delivering higher quality services. The report argues for a whole system approach to ensure that every intervention that can contribute to someone’s recovery are considered. It highlights the importance of focusing early in the pathway on someone’s housing circumstances to ensure that they only stay in institutional forms of care out of choice or real necessity. (Edited publisher abstract)
Contemporary housing issues: roundtable discussion and case studies
- Author:
- TURNING POINT
- Publisher:
- Turning Point
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarising the findings from a roundtable discussion with service users and frontline staff from across the country on their experiences with social housing, this paper raises concerns of people with mental health issues looking for housing as part of their recovery. The paper examines some of the current challenges, focusing on the temporary status of residential service users, which limit their eligibility to access local services, including housing; communication breakdown between services and agencies; and managing people with mental health issues. Recommendations from this paper include: a dedicated liaison officer and better training provided to staff to help applicants with the process of applying for housing and to address the breakdown in communication so applicants are better informed; the reintroduction of the points-based system in order to establish priority based on needs; more transparency in the whole housing system is needed as there does not appear to be a clear, open way of working by housing officers when working with housing applicants; and local authorities should prioritise people with mental health conditions given that the stability of housing can have a significant effect on the ongoing recovery and continued wellbeing of individuals. (Edited publisher abstract)
Hoarding: key considerations and examples of best practice
- Author:
- McPHILLIPS Marcus
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 26
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on the learning from a series of regional events organised by the National Housing Federation and Sitra, this report looks at the issues surrounding hoarding disorder for housing association staff working in general needs and supported housing. Areas discussed include: risk management challenges, health and safety concerns, escalating legal costs and safeguarding issues. Best practice examples are also included. (Edited publisher abstract)
Should we encourage our client to move?
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.11.09, 2009, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Social workers advise on a case in which a woman with mental and physical health problems is at risk of falling in her current accommodation.
Just a bit eccentric?
- Author:
- MILTON KEYNES PRIMARY TRUST
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.10.05, 2005, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A practice panel give their assessment on the case of an older man who is living in squalor and having hallucinations. His environment may be harmful, but he doesn't want to leave.
Housing and mental health: working together in the Midlands to tackle mental health issues and dementia
- Author:
- MIDLAND HEART
- Publisher:
- Midland Heart
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Leaflet from a group of housing associations which highlights different approaches to tackling mental health issues in the West Midland. It provides brief descriptions of Midland Heart's Mental Health Step Down Service for people discharged from an acute mental health setting, Walsall Housing Group's Young persons housing project, which supports vulnerable young people maintain their independence; Nehemiah UCHA Retirement Living Service which supports black and minority ethnic older people, including those with dementia, to live independently; and the Fry Housing Trust's Support and resettlement service, which provides supported housing to vulnerable homeless adults who have multiple and complex needs. The examples emphasise the positive value of health and housing partnerships, and the savings and successful outcomes they bring for individuals. (Edited publisher abstract)
Your place, not mine: experiences of homeless people staying with family and friends
- Authors:
- ROBINSON David, COWARD Sarah
- Publishers:
- Crisis, Countryside Agency
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There are as many as 380,000 hidden homeless people in Great Britain, the majority of whom are sleeping on friends and family’s floors. Although their existence is widely acknowledged, their plight is rarely tackled. Part of the reason for this is the lack of knowledge surrounding the nature of their experiences and the extent of their vulnerability. The report casts light on the incidence and experiences of people staying with family and friends in response to homelessness. The report draws on evidence generated through a survey of 164 homeless people in three case study areas (London, Sheffield and Craven, North Yorkshire). Women were found to be more likely to only ever stay with a friend or relative while homeless and certain minority ethnic groups also appear more likely to stay with a friend or relative. Homeless people who stay with a friend or relative have a younger age profile than other homeless people and the majority are single. One in four homeless people staying with a friend or relative are in employment. People staying with family or friends experience personal problems and challenges typical of the problems apparent within the wider homeless population, including experience of time spent in local authority care as a child, time spent in prison or a young offenders’ institute, problems with drug and/or alcohol use, mental and physical health problems and learning difficulties, although the profile and experiences of homeless people staying with family and friends were found to vary between the case study areas.
Home from hospital: how housing services are relieving pressures on the NHS
- Authors:
- COPEMAN Ian, EDWARDS Margaret, PORTEUS Jeremy, HOUSING LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT NETWORK
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
This report shows how housing services are helping to relieve pressure on the NHS by reducing delays in discharging people from hospital and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. It features 12 case studies to show the positive impact these services have on people’s lives and the cost benefit to the NHS. The case studies highlight services that will benefit people most at risk of delayed discharge, such as older people, people with mental health problems and people experiencing homelessness. The case studies also demonstrate a diversity of housing and health services including: 'step down' bed services for people coming out of hospital who cannot return to their own home immediately; hospital discharge support and housing adaptation services to enable timely and appropriate transfers out of hospital and back to patients' existing homes; providing a new home for people whose existing home or lack of housing mean that they have nowhere suitable to be discharged to; and Home from Hospital services to keeping people well at home who would otherwise be at risk of being admitted or readmitted to hospital. The report also considers the impact and additional savings that could be made by housing providers if this work were to be scaled up. (Edited publisher abstract)
Being mindful of mental health: the role of local government in mental health and wellbeing
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 56
- Place of publication:
- London
This report explores the different ways that local authorities support mental health and wellbeing in communities, using their statutory duties and non-statutory duties. It looks at what councils can do to create mentally well places and highlights their role in the prevention and early intervention of mental health problems, along with the voluntary and community sector. The report looks how council services can contribute to mental wellbeing in the following areas: adult social care; public health; child and adolescent mental health; housing and homelessness; community safety; parks and green spaces; and culture and leisure services. It includes short case studies of local authority initiatives and links to additional resources. It also highlights the need to re-focus mental health policy away from medicalisation and mental ill health to prevention, early intervention and mental wellness. (Edited publisher abstract)
Growing up: supporting young people to a successful adulthood
- Author:
- ACTION FOR CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Action for Children
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- London
This report highlights the difficulties that many young people between the ages of 16 and 25 experience as part of moving into adulthood, and why it is important for the most vulnerable to stay in touch with services. It draws on the new research involving a survey of more than 330 young people on their views on school, work, home life and growing up; and interviews with care leavers, disabled young people and young offenders. The research looked into what young people felt about the transitions they experience, what problems they encountered and what they thought might help them make the transition to adulthood successfully. The report focusses on: the impact of low parental aspirations and low self-esteem in young people, placement instability, issues facing young offenders, problems in securing permanent housing, and coping with mental health problems. A series of project profiles show how some of Action for Children’s most innovative projects are helping young people to tackle these complex issues and helping young people to make a successful transition to adulthood. These include an employability scheme for care leavers, remand and intensive fostering services for young offenders, floating support for care leavers and young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness; a supported housing project for learning disabled young people. The report also provides an overview of the varying policy picture for this group of young people in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. (Edited publisher abstract)