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Review of sheltered housing in Scotland
- Authors:
- CROUCHER Karen, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This review of sheltered housing in Scotland has been undertaken by the Centre for Housing Policy and York Health Economics Consortium at the University of York for the Scottish Executive and Communities Scotland. The review was intended to address a number of questions relating to: the supply and condition of sheltered housing in Scotland; changes and barriers to change; costs of developing, maintaining, and staffing sheltered housing; issues relating to low or high demand; the changing role of sheltered housing; residents’ experiences of sheltered housing; and the future housing aspirations of older people.
Review of sheltered housing in Scotland
- Authors:
- CROUCHER Karen, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 159p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report provides a review of sheltered housing for older people in Scotland. It has been undertaken by the Centre for Housing Policy and York Health Economics Consortium at the University of York for the Scottish Executive and Communities Scotland. The review draws on both quantitative and qualitative data and covers an overview of the supply of sheltered housing in Scotland, the age, condition and suitability of sheltered housing provision, the demand for sheltered housing, the services provided and charges, residents’ experience of sheltered housing based on postal survey, key findings from site visits and interviews and focus groups with sheltered housing residents, external impressions of sheltered housing and the changing role of sheltered housing.
Housing issues for older people in rural areas
- Authors:
- BEVAN Mark, CROUCHER Karen
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This paper or ‘think-piece’ has been commissioned by the Scottish Executive Development Department. Its aim is to offer expert reflections on the policy actions that might be inferred from the evidence base on older people’s housing and support needs in rural Scotland. Topics covered included: types of tenure and household size for older people in rural areas, housing and support service aspirations of older people in rural areas, information needs of older people in rural areas, relative cost of providing housing services for older people in rural areas, exploration of the barriers to delivering services for older people in rural areas, consideration of any potentially useful alternative approaches to service delivery that have been put in place, and consideration of the different ‘ruralities’ in Scotland. Suggestions for policy and practice for consideration by the Scottish Executive are outlined.