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Is enhanced sheltered housing an effective replacement for residential care for older people
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Two forms of provision for older people combine housing with care: residential care and sheltered housing. Christine Oldman, of the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York, conducted an overview of the relatively new forms of enhanced sheltered housing and examined claims that they could reduce reliance on or even replace residential care.
Developing evidence-enriched practice in health and social care with older people: summary
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- York
An evaluation of a collaborative project aimed at developing evidence-enriched practice, using research from the JRF programme ‘A Better Life’ and related evidence. The project ran for one year in six sites, five in Wales and one in Scotland. A key success in this approach was that it established and focused on what mattered to participants (older people, carers, staff, organisations and researchers). Participants chose to implement actions that promoted relationship-centred services and greater autonomy for service users, carers and staff, using a range of evidence, including research, the voices of service users and carers, and practitioner and organisational knowledge. Evidence was used when it was presented in targeted, meaningful and accessible ways including short research summaries, stories, arts-based approaches, standard frameworks and ‘provocative statements’. Skilled facilitation in the use of evidence in service and workforce development was fundamentally important, responding to emerging ideas and contexts and weaving in relevant evidence over time. Learning and development was most successful in organisations that had a clear sense of direction, empowered their staff and involved service users and carers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Living well into old age: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Three samples of over 1,500 people aged 65 and over were followed up between 1986/7 and 1992/3. The study aimed to explore what is 'successful' ageing in terms of what sustains well-being and quality of life. The study, by the authors of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and King's College London.
Piloting choice and control for older people: an evaluation
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The effectiveness of housing adaptations
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Public spending on housing adaptations - permanent or fixed alterations to make homes more suitable for disabled occupants and their families - amounts to more than £220 million every year, and both numerical demand and unit costs are growing. This research examined the effectiveness of these investments from the point of view of those who have to live with them. Presents the findings of the study.
Low intensity support services: a systematic literature review
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Despite some recent policy acknowledgement of the potential role of low intensity support services in assisting people to live independently, community care resources continue to be targeted mainly on high level, often crisis, interventions. Partly because of this continuing focus, there has been little consideration of the evidence of the value of low intensity services. The Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, has now undertaken a systematic research literature review of the effectiveness of such services in enabling people to live independently in ordinary housing. Presents the findings.