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The neighbourhood asset mapping of greater Fishponds: a project delivered by BAB community researchers
- Editors:
- MEANS Robin, WOODSPRING Naomi
- Publisher:
- Bristol Ageing Better
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 60
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This report presents the findings of a neighbourhood asset-mapping by community researchers in one area of Bristol, and includes their reflections on the asset-mapping process itself. The mapping included a range of organisations, clubs and activities where older people might engage, either as participants or volunteers, some of which might not be expressly focused on older people. Assets identified ranged from churches and traditional service providers to bicycling and gardening clubs to cafes to individuals who were seen as important resources in their neighbourhoods. The mapping also identified some of the community deficits, which included poor public transportation, obstacles to walkability, and a basic lack of resources and facilities. An important insight from the asset mapping work was how boundaries of wards and neighbourhood partnership areas are artificial from the point of view of both many community groups and many older people, with older residents accessing various assets across ward and neighbourhood partnership boundaries. (Edited publisher abstract)
Housing: the essential element in community care; the role of 'Care and Repair' and 'Staying put' projects
- Authors:
- HARRISON Lyn, MEANS Robin
- Publisher:
- Anchor Housing Trust
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 108p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Research study looking at Anchor Housing Trust and Care and Repair Ltd's successes in developing housing agency services to assist older homeowners with repair and improvement work. Argues that these projects are extremely effective in delivering high quality information and advice, and that their work has improved the health and welfare of elderly and disabled people, enabling them to remain in the community. Makes recommendations for future development.
Making care homes part of the community? An evaluation of the Gloucestershire Partnerships for Older People Project
- Authors:
- EVANS Simon, MEANS Robin, POWELL Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 14(1), 2013, pp.66-74.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The 'Care Homes, part of our community' initiative in Gloucestershire was one of 29 Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPs) funded by the Department of Health between 2006 and 2009 with an emphasis on prevention and improved outcomes for older people. This paper provides an overview of the policy context and the project, which aimed to improve the integration of care homes with health and social care services and the wider community. It describes the local evaluation of the project, which adopted a mixed methods approach combining quantitative performance data with semi-structured stakeholder interviews and emergency bed use costings. It presents the findings in 3 specific areas: integrating care homes with the health community, improving links with the local public community, and the economic evaluation of its contribution to reducing overnight stays in hospital. It reports that the evaluation results suggest that the project made significant steps towards integrating care homes with the health and social care community, that training and support was provided to a large number of care homes and new integrated working practices were developed, and that cost savings were demonstrated through reduced hospital bed use.
Safe as houses? Ageing in place and vulnerable older people in the UK
- Author:
- MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 41(1), February 2007, pp.65-85.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The UK is very similar to many other European, North American and Australasian countries in its emphasis on ‘ageing in place’. This article does not seek to challenge the importance of this for most older people but rather draws out the challenges and issues raised by older people who are vulnerable or in vulnerable housing situations. This is illustrated through drawing upon three separate studies which are on older homelessness, older people in the private rented sector and owner-occupiers with dementia. The article concludes by arguing the need to improve the mainstream housing circumstances of older people on low incomes; the need to invest in a much wider range of specialist support and advice services; and the need to develop a positive view of a wide range of housing with care options in later life.
Housing and community care: exploring the role of home improvement agencies
- Authors:
- SMART Gavin, MEANS Robin
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust/Care and Repair England
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 107p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidlington
Research study looking at the contribution to community care services made by home improvement agencies (HIAs) through their home improvement and home adaptation work. Tests out how HIA's are helping to deliver the Government's commitment to housing being at the centre of community care, explores what constitutes success from the perspectives of health and social services agencies who have decided to partially fund HIA's, and contributes to the development of a cost effectiveness methodology which might help to demonstrate the value of HIA's in terms of enabling vulnerable people to remain in their own homes.
Responding to the harassment and abuse of older people in the private rented sector: legal and social perspectives
- Authors:
- CARLTON Nancy, FEAR Tina, MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 26(2), 2004, pp.131-145.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Independent living is seen by some governments as being supported through enabling and encouraging older people to live in mainstream housing. However, this emphasis needs to recognise the major housing difficulties that are faced by some older people. Presents findings from an exploratory study, funded by Help the Aged, of the harassment and abuse of older people within the private rented sector. Examples of the wide range of arguments, disputes and conflicts with landlords and other residents are provided. Considers the legal remedies that might be available for tackling some of these problems and the present obstacles to their use. Finally, legal remedies will be compared with more social policy based approaches which draw upon the framework relating to the protection of vulnerable adults.
Life at the edge
- Authors:
- MORBEY Hazel, PANNELL Jenny, MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.8.03, 2003, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on research from the University of the West of England which evaluated a three-year programme funding 17 projects for older homeless people's services. The projects involved Help the Aged, the Housing Associations' Charitable Trust and Crisis. Services provided included: street outreach and day centre services; resettlement and tenancy sustainment; and housing and benefits advice. The study challenged traditional images of older homeless people and found that a combination of difficult experiences and circumstances can often lead to homelessness. The study also revealed how voluntary agencies working in this area also survive on the margins and have difficulties in funding services.
Handling other people's money
- Author:
- MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 2(4), June 1996, pp.25-28.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Charging elderly people for community care services is bringing increasing complexities and anxieties for care managers. This article describes the findings of a recent survey and gives a guide to the legal and administrative framework of handling other people's money.
Charging and quasi-markets in community care: implications for elderly people with dementia
- Authors:
- MEANS Robin, LANGAN Joan
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 30(3), September 1996, pp.244-262.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Social services authorities in the UK are increasingly involved in charging and fee collection activities with clients in receipt of community care services. Explores the implications of these developments for elderly people with dementia. Relates a critique of existing legal and administrative options for handling other people's money to the failure of charging and fee collection systems which have developed as a result of the community care reforms to address the particular needs of elderly people with dementia. A case study of policies in one local authority is outlined and this is followed by the presentation of the views of field level professionals who were interviewed in focus groups. The final section of the article considers the implications of a move to quasi-markets in social care for elderly people with dementia, particularly in terms of their vulnerability to financial exploitation.
Financial management and elderly people with dementia in the U.K.: as much a question of confusion as abuse?
- Authors:
- LANGAN Joan, MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 16(3), May 1996, pp.287-314.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Looks at a range of issues relating to financial management and elderly people with dementia. Discusses the law relating to personal finances for those who lack capacity, stressing the laws complexity and the gaps in present coverage. The article goes on to outline findings from research carried out within a social services authority in the north of England.