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Making the case for retirement villages
- Editor:
- CROUCHER Karen
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 24p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
There has been a growing policy emphasis on promoting independence for older people, offering them choices, and improving their quality of life. Retirement villages are a relatively new type of provision in the UK, and data measuring their impact on residents’ health status and quality of life, or on the demand for other health and social care services, is limited. This report reviews the evidence to date on the impact of retirement villages. The report explores five key themes: the potential of retirement villages to enhancing older people’s choices for independent living; the particular benefits of larger developments and the potential for economies of scale; how retirement villages can be made accessible and affordable for a range of older people; the potential impact of retirement villages on local health and social services; and the impact of retirement villages on local communities. The evidence indicates that that retirement villages, although relatively new to the UK, have great potential to address main policy objectives around promoting independence, choice and quality of life for older people. This report is intended for all those engaged with commissioning and developing services for older people.
Housing with care for later life: a literature review
- Authors:
- CROUCHER Karen, HICKS Leslie, JACKSON Karen
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 142p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
UK studies consistently demonstrated that it is the combination of independence and security that residents value. However, residents and providers do not always seem to have a shared understanding of what constitutes ‘independence’. Housing with care offers opportunities for social interaction and companionship, and there is much evidence of mutual support and neighbourliness. However, people who are very frail or who have sensory and cognitive impairments are consistently reported to be on the margins of social groups and networks. In some circumstances housing with care can provide an alternative to residential care, but the evidence suggests that it is not always a substitute for these settings. Residents moved to residential or nursing home care for a number of reasons, including increasing care needs and their own or their relatives’ preferences for something different, or perhaps something more. Evidence suggests that housing with care can have a positive impact on the health and well-being of residents, and that it is beneficial to their quality of life. However, studies relied heavily on expressions of resident satisfaction/contentment in arriving at their assessments; more robust quality of life measures were lacking in the evidence base. The evidence on the cost-effectiveness of housing with care is particularly limited and sometimes contradictory. Such as there is seems to indicate that housing with care may be more expensive than residential care, but may be cheaper than care delivered into ‘ordinary’ housing settings
Housing and dementia care: a scoping review of the literature
- Authors:
- O'MALLEY Lisa, CROUCHER Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 13(6), November 2005, pp.570-577.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper reports the findings of a scoping study designed to describe the evidence base with regard to housing provision for elderly people with dementia with the aim of identifying gaps in existing knowledge. This report from the scoping study findings covers studies of housing and accommodation in relation to dementia that have been published in the UK since the early 1980s, drawing on limited aspects of overseas research to illuminate issues missing from the UK research agenda. The results reveal a significant number of research gaps in the UK context, most notably in relation to end-of-life care for people with dementia and the effectiveness of integrated and segregated facilities. UK policy regarding the development of extra-care housing also neglects the long-term future of people with dementia.