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Mission possible
- Author:
- BOND Meg
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 4.3.93, 1993, p.13.
Describes the application of the Social Care Association's 'Window in homes programme to a residential care home. Developing and maintaining links between residents and the wider community revitalised the home.
Dutch large-scale dementia-care environments: a village within the community
- Authors:
- EERDEN William J. van der, JONES Gemma M. M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 5(3), July 2011, pp.137-146.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Traditional Dutch, large-scale residential/nursing homes are unique in the world. They combine residential and nursing home care, as well as other types of specialist care, making it possible for each health and social care profession to specialise in dementia care as well as making genuine use of the multi-disciplinary care model. This article starts by summarising the development and some characteristics of Dutch large-scale residential/nursing care homes, and dementia care. These are considered from the perspective of the changing landscape of policy on housing, home-care services, and financial priorities, and the vogue towards smaller-scale group-living settings. The article then provides a short description of the largest care home in the Netherlands, the award-winning ‘De Drie Hoven’, which was built 35 years ago. It has 520 beds, and pioneered the ‘village within the community’ concept of care. The features of this care home setting are described as they relate to current thinking about good dementia care, and against the backdrop of concerns coming out of the new small-scale group living unit pilot projects. The article argues that the traditional large-scale accommodation can offer a safe and valuable home-like environment, and that there will always be a need for them, despite the modernisations and adaptations required.
Tomorrow's sensations?
- Author:
- FREEMAN Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 1(4), October 1992, pp.19-24.
The Project Coordinator of the 'Window in Homes' Programme, carried out by the Social Care Association as part of the Department of Health's 'Caring in Homes Initiative', describes action research projects which are examining ways in residential establishments can develop and maintain links with the wider community.
Connecting caring communities 2015
- Author:
- CARE HOME OPEN DAY
- Publisher:
- Care Home Open Day
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 37
Reports on the activities and accomplishments of the Care Home Open Day 2015. The event encourages care homes to open their doors to their local communities, welcoming in the public to connect with residents and staff to create lasting links and developing relationships across the generations. More than 3,860 homes took part to the event across the UK alone. Of the 327 providers that completed the after event survey, the majority of homes received between 10 – 30 visitors and 5 homes had more than 100 guests. 56 per cent of care homes said they provide stimulating activity for their residents every day of the week, with the remainder carrying out activities a minimum of 3-6 times per week. 72 per cent of respondents said they think that taking part has a positive impact on their care home and the local community. 82 per cent used some form of social media to promote their involvement in Care Home Open Day 2015. Over 4,000 care homes across the globe collectively opened their doors this year to welcome visitors and create long-term connections with their local communities. The report shares stories and examples of how a number of care homes participated to the event. (Edited publisher abstract)
The balance of benefit: a review of intergenerational transfers in Australia
- Authors:
- LEGGE Varoe, O'LOUGHLIN Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 40(5), October 2000, pp.605-611.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article reviews the financial and non-financial transfers taking place intergenerationally and between older people and the community. Within the public arena, governments provide major financial contributions through money transfers and the provisions of residential support. Older people provide considerable community support by undertaking voluntary services. This article concludes that the balance of benefit is reversed. Older people are major monetary contributions to adult children and their families in the transition to an independent status. Older people are also the principal carers of their frail-aged partners, thus reducing both the burden of care on their adult children and government institutions.
Integrated by design: housing and care for older people in the UK: current provision and emerging trends: an overview by PRP
- Author:
- PRP ARCHITECTS
- Publisher:
- PRP Architects
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 41
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the third report by PRP summarising the current provision and emerging trends in housing and care for older people in the United Kingdom. It argues that to meet the challenge of housing and caring for an ageing population progress must be made to ensure housing and neighbourhoods are designed to be as inclusive as possible; to develop an increasingly integrated approach in terms of housing and care delivery, in terms of services, agencies and local and central government and in locating older people at the heart of our communities; to foster innovation in terms of design, assistive technology and, particularly from the financial services industry, to release equity and offer creative funding arrangements to meet the growing costs of housing and care. The report briefly outlines the current provision and reviews a series of housing typologies, including independent living, extra care sheltered housing, assisted living, dementia care, residential care and nursing homes and retirement villages. The report identifies an overall trend in the provision of housing and care for older people that has been geared, over the past decade or more, to shift care provision from institutional settings toward more independent housing typologies that integrate housing and support for older people into the community. This trend is being driven both to meet our aspirations for independence and to respond to affordability challenges. The report calls for a change of emphasis in new housing and care provision to reflect the new trends, towards the development of well located, attractive, adaptable and flexible independent accommodation at the heart of residential communities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Living at Hartrigg Oaks: residents' views of the UK's first continuing care retirement community
- Authors:
- CROUCHER Karen, PLEACE Nicholas, BEVAN Mark
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 80p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Hartrigg Oaks is the first example in the UK of a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), developed by the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust. On a 21-acre site in York, 152 bungalows are clustered around a central complex containing amenities, including a library, cafe and restaurant, and a residential care home known as ‘The Oaks’. As a CCRC, Hartrigg Oaks is designed to provide a housing option for older people in which they may live independently for many years. At any given point in time, most of the residents in Hartrigg Oaks will be living largely, or wholly, independent lives. The extensive care and support services provided at Hartrigg Oaks are primarily designed to allow its residents to remain in their bungalows. Should their care needs become more pronounced they can remain on the Hartrigg Oaks site within ‘The Oaks’ registered care home, which offers both interim and permanent care. Hartrigg Oaks is financed through an insurance based model, residents pay into a communal financial pool through an annual fee. The care and support services that Hartrigg Oaks provides are then financed through this pool. Through using this approach, residents can be offered the option of paying an annual fee that will not increase according to their use of care services.
The Live Oak Regenerative Community: championing a culture of hope and meaning
- Author:
- BARKAN Barry
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Long-Term Care, 2(1/2), 2003, pp.197-221.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The Live Oak Regenerative Community has been applying a new culture of aging throughout the continuum of life for elders since 1977. Among a number of models for culture change, the Live Oak Regenerative Community is distinguished by its focus on building a healthy culture for aging rather than on mitigating the negative effects of aging. This paper tells the story of the development of the Live Oak Regenerative Community. It describes the values, the processes and the roles that enable the model to impact the lives of elders and to transform institutions. It describes the theoretical framework for the Regenerative Community and presents stories that illustrate how the approach has worked. A vision is offered for the Live Oak Elders Guild, an approach to creating a new role for elders of the new millennium.