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Boundaries of roles and responsibilities in housing with care schemes
- Authors:
- PANNELL Jenny, BLOOD Imogen
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 20p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
This article considers the boundaries, roles and responsibilities of housing with care (HWC) services. Different organisations provide a range of services while external agencies guide, regulate and inspect what they do. Since there is no single model of HWC, individual dwellings and schemes vary enormously in size and scale, location, services and cost. They are run by private companies and not-for-profit housing associations and charities; and there are significant variations in provision and policy context across the UK. The article highlights contested roles and responsibilities in HWC concerning issues around: decisions to move in and allocations; the different expectations residents, families, providers and professionals have of HWC; buildings and facilities provision, management and maintenance, health and safety; promoting well-being and preventing exclusion of frailer residents; safeguarding and duty of care; managing increasing care and support needs; whether HWC offers a ‘home for life’.
Affordability of retirement housing in the UK
- Authors:
- ALDRIGE Hannah, KENWAY Peter, PANNELL Jenny
- Publisher:
- New Policy Institute
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines how the affordability of retirement housing affects the housing options available to older people. It considers whether retirement housing is likely only to be viable financially for richer people or for poorer people with access to benefits, and out of the reach of older people on low to moderate incomes. The study looked at the incomes, benefits and retirement housing living costs of people of pension age in the UK. Costs come under 3 categories: housing (rent, mortgage interest, service charges), housing related support (scheme manager, community alarm service) and care services. The findings show that the complexity of different eligibility and entitlement systems for state help with housing, housing-related support or home care make it difficult for those considering retirement housing to know if, and at what stage, they would receive any support. Not all low-income pensioners are fully and equally helped with retirement housing costs, because of tenure variations. Even pensioners with high incomes or savings may find retirement housing unaffordable because of potentially limitless care costs when savings exceed the threshold. It concludes that the uncertainty of managing increasing housing charges and care costs impacts across the income scale, although people renting privately and those with savings are the most vulnerable.
The anatomy of resilience: helps and hindrances as we age. A review of the literature
- Authors:
- BLOOD Imogen, COPEMAN Ian, PANNELL Jenny
- Publisher:
- Social Services Improvement Agency
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 62
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Reports on the findings of a literature review to examine the outcomes that matter most to older people in relation to their personal wellbeing, the barriers that prevent older people achieving these outcomes and the role the statutory and voluntary sector, community networks and informal carers play in reducing these barriers. The review looks at the Welsh and wider UK literature and focuses on carers and older people who are not already engaged in services. Findings are discussed in the areas of: relationships, community, finance, health, home, psychological resources, information, and working and learning. The review proposes a model to understand the sorts of crises which bring people into contact with social services or to unplanned long-term care. The model focuses on the crisis triggers of carer breakdown, crime and abuse, falls, and loneliness. The review then discusses approaches and models for ‘prevention’ before highlighting the cross-cutting themes that emerged from the evidence review and their implications for service providers and policy makers. The review highlights the importance of ‘social connectedness’ and of building on the strengths in individuals, families and communities. (Edited publisher abstract)