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Surviving at the margins: older homeless people and the organisations that support them
- Authors:
- PANNELL Jenny, MEANS Robin, MORBEY Hazel
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 106p,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report profiles the breadth of work undertaken with older homeless people and reveals the great range and diversity of homelessness projects in the programme. One group of projects focused on resettlement and tenancy support roles, while others offered outreach, day centre, direct access and supported housing services.A minority of non-service delivery projects focused on developing homelessness services and researched the area. Key characteristics of the older people with whom the projects have worked are explored, alongside their presenting needs and the reasons for referral to older homelessness projects.
Surviving at the margins: older homeless people and the organisations that support them; summary
- Authors:
- PANNELL Jenny, MEANS Robin, MORBEY Hazel
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report profiles the breadth of work undertaken with older homeless people and reveals the great range and diversity of homelessness projects in the programme. One group of projects focused on resettlement and tenancy support roles, while others offered outreach, day centre, direct access and supported housing services.A minority of non-service delivery projects focused on developing homelessness services and researched the area. Key characteristics of the older people with whom the projects have worked are explored, alongside their presenting needs and the reasons for referral to older homelessness projects.
Older people and homelessness in Nottingham: final report
- Author:
- PANNELL Jenny
- Publisher:
- Framework Housing Association/Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 94p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
The report into older people and homelessness in the Nottingham is intended to be used as a tool for addressing weakness in service provision and could be used as a blueprint for local authorities looking at developing new services and linking existing services and agencies. The report says that despite the wide range of provision available for older people and for homeless people in Nottingham, those who are both may have difficulty accessing services. It also recommends that the service provision for older homelessness people should be sensitive to their specific needs.
Housing advice for older people: research review, government policy and the need for housing advice
- Authors:
- PANNELL Jenny, BLOOD Imogen
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 5(4), November 2002, pp.8-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article was commissioned by Help the Aged. The paper draws on the following following sources: a short survey of national advice, housing and older people's organisations carried out in April 2002, a brief review of previous research reports on older people and housing advice, and a summary of current government and other initiatives relevant to older people and housing advice.