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Building safe choices: LGBT housing futures: a feasibility study
- Author:
- SHELLEY Julia
- Publisher:
- Stonewall
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 39
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines current provision of housing care and related care for the older lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population. Through consultation with the LGBT community, housing developers and funders, and housing and social care providers the study considers potential models for provision of housing, looks at the research evidence into the need for this provision, and looks at examples of existing provision in the USA and Europe. The report sets out four future housing options. These are: supporting and encouraging the development of new specialist older LGBT housing schemes, as well as LGBT affirmative housing schemes across all tenures; the provision of advice and support to individuals who want to work together to create their own housing solutions, like co-housing; for housing providers to identify and support the growth of naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs), which have the potential for building older LGBT communities without the need for additional new investment; and to encourage housing and care providers to develop good practice and greater understanding of the needs of older LGBT people who are living in their own homes. The report also outlines the need for information, advice and advocacy for older LGBT about their housing and care options to help them make suitable individual choices and enable providers to understand their needs. Recommendations are provided. (Edited publisher abstract)
A new model for care and support: sharing lives and taking charge
- Author:
- FOX Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 15(2), 2011, pp.58-63.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper aims to look at lesser-known approaches to working with older people which challenge current assumptions about older people and approaches to providing care, suggesting that they lie on a continuum of support services, which stretches from traditional, paid-by-the-hour, professional/client transactions at one end, to unboundaried, unpaid family care at the other. The paper looks at Shared Lives, ASA Lincolnshire’s At Home Day Resource for people with dementia, Homeshare, KeyRing and micro-enterprises. Through combining the value of real relationships with more formal support approaches, better outcomes can be achieved at lower costs. With the gap between the capacity of existing services and the needs of an ageing population growing daily, this paper provides additional research and development in this area of work.
Preventive approaches in housing: an exploration of good practice
- Author:
- PARKINSON Pat: PIERPOINT Debby
- Publisher:
- Anchor Research
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 147p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidlington
Preventive strategies are defined in this report as services or strategies where the outcome prevents or delays the need for more costly or intensive services and promotes the quality of life of older people and their engagement with the community. Funded by the Housing Corporation, the research looked at the role of housing in preventive strategies and services for older people, using a case study approach. It focused on good practice in prevention under a number of different themes: the role of the built environment; how responsive housing management, policies and practice can support and help develop preventive services; effective communication with older people through mechanisms encouraging their participation; collaborative work and interagency partnership; information and advice on preventive options; impact of wider policy issues; funding of preventive work and related issues of costs and charges to users. 16 case studies were included in the research, with 10 studied in depth. The report details how case study organisations have responded to the need for preventive services, including examples of good practice and quotations and 'pen pictures' illustrating the range of preventive services received by individuals and their impact. It describes the main barriers to effective prevention, and discusses the costs and benefits of preventive work and further potential. It concludes that housing has a clear and effective role in prevention, but must include the support people might need to sustain their tenancy or stay in their home and provide them with a good quality of life. It makes recommendations for central and local government, housing and support providers, and others.
A lesbian older adult managing identity disclosure: a case study
- Authors:
- JENKINS David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 53(5), July 2010, pp.402-420.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This case study details one older lesbian's experience in an assisted living facility to explore the experience of an older lesbian in managing the disclosure of her sexual identity. The participant was a 78-year-old woman living alone in a long-term care facility in a large metropolitan area in the southwest United States. Two in-depth interviews were conducted and transcribed. Analysis identified five themes: keeping her own counsel (a decision to be guided by her personal decisions about what she chose to do and share about her life); maintaining "family" connection (maintaining a connection to other lesbian and gay family and loved ones in the larger community); celebrating second chances (significant chances and changes in her life); living outside the L box (finding ways to nurture her gay self while identifying with a broader group of aging women in multiple and socially rewarding roles); staying morally centred (decision-making reflecting her own sense of morality). The authors discuss the practice and research implications.
Neighbourhood players
- Author:
- BAKER Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.6.03, 2003, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the increasing importance of social housing in any comprehensive vision of social care. Includes details of three case studies.
Technology and digital connected care services: towards the tipping point?
- Author:
- SKIDMORE Clare
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- London
This practice briefing looks at the role of technology and digital enabled care and support services in meeting the current and future housing, health and care needs of older people. It explores the barriers to, and opportunities for the wider adoption and embedding of digital technology in order to improve outcomes for people. Drawing on a brief review of grey literature, the paper provides a brief history of telecare and assistive technology in the UK, the current levels of adoption of digital enabled care and support, and key policy and funding opportunities that could facilitate widescale adoption. It includes case studies to highlight innovative practice. These include: Salix Homes MiiHome project, which is trialling smart home technology in the homes of its elderly tenants; Southend-on-Sea Borough Council's technology enabled care initiatives; Bromford Lab Social Prescribing; Cleverclogs', digitally enhanced care system in use in Blackwood Group, a housing and care provider in Scotland; and Nottingham City Homes use of assistive technology to help people avoid being admitted into hospital. (Edited publisher abstract)
Residents and volunteers: sharing the learning
- Authors:
- ABBEYFIELD SOCIETY, AVISON Tracey Berridge, JARVIS Sunnie
- Publisher:
- Abbeyfield Society
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- St. Albans
This good practice guide shares some of the practical learning from those involved in the Residents as Volunteers project, which supported older people aged over-75 years living in a residential home setting to volunteer. The project was delivered in partnership by Abbeyfield Society and NCVO, and funded by the Big Lottery fund. The guide summarises some of the emotional, social, mental and physical health benefits for residents involved in the project. It then provides advice for getting residents and staff ready to take part in volunteering initiatives; provides ideas to help overcome barriers to volunteering; and ways of identifying volunteering opportunities both inside and outside the home. Case studies from three sites who took part in the Residents as Volunteers project are included: Drake Lodge, Abbeyfield Tavistock Society, Abbeyfield The Dales Society, and Abbeyfield Retirement Living in Nottingham are also included.
Housing: getting people home from hospital
- Authors:
- HOUSING LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT NETWORK, FOUNDATIONS
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Place of publication:
- London
An interactive map, developed by Foundations and the Housing LIN, which highlights examples of where housing organisations and services are, or have been actively supporting hospital discharges and helping to get people home. The services break down into four categories: Co-located / embedded caseworkers (often within hospital discharge teams), linked to a community-based handyperson’s service to deliver practical support in the home; Co-located / embedded housing support, focused on providing assessment and holistic community navigation, based within a hospital discharge team; Community-based practical housing support, including handyperson’s services, focused on preventing admissions to hospital as well as supporting patients in transition and on their return home; and, Step down beds and apartments provided within a housing setting, to enable prompt hospital discharge before a patient is ready to return home. The map also displays NHS England-reported data showing the number of delayed discharges of care from hospital arising from housing issues across England for the period between January and December 2017. (Edited publisher abstract)
Housing with care and support: a snapshot of the sector and its challenges and opportunities
- Author:
- SKILLS FOR CARE
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Using five in-depth case studies of housing with care and support providers, this paper explores the strategic and operational issues they face, the influence these have on their workforce and what they saw as the future challenges ahead. The five case studies focused on extra care housing for older people and supported living for people with learning disabilities. The services were set up using different delivery models, some splitting the landlord function from the housing support function and some separating the housing from the care function, with some keeping all three together. Issues discussed include: the structure of the service and its effect on learning and development, workforce planning; recruitment and retention; progression and career development; and partnership, integration and changing expectations of commissioners and their influence on the workforce. Common themes identified across the sites included: challenges in recruitment and retention; lone working as a factor in poor staff retention; and an increasing number of people with high levels of need living in extra care housing, placing the model at risk. Common gaps in learning included mental health, substance dependence, anti-social behaviour, challenging behaviour and preventing loneliness. (Edited publisher abstract)
Putting older people first in the North West: a whole system approach to meeting housing, health and wellbeing outcomes for our older populations in North West England
- Author:
- HOUSING LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT NETWORK
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out the challenges faced by those involved in the housing, health and care of older people in the North West between now and 2030 and provides examples of initiatives practice show how services can help to meet these challenges while delivering better outcomes and efficiencies. The paper summarises some of the key characteristics of older people in the North West and how these are expected to change between now and 2030. It also highlights the implications of the increasing numbers of older people in need of care and support for services and the workforce. The paper shows how housing and housing-related services can make a significant contribution to emerging models of integrated health and social care services and can play an important part in maintaining the independence of older people. Innovative local examples of practice include: social prescribing; telecare; home improvements and adaptations to prevent hospital admissions; extra care housing; and early supported discharge teams. (Edited publisher abstract)