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Anchor 2020: meeting the challenges of older people’s housing and care: discussion paper
- Author:
- ANCHOR TRUST
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The older people of tomorrow will be increasingly demanding and are likely to have higher care needs and for longer. That means decisions have to be made now in order to ensure we can meet those rising needs, expectations and aspirations. Anchor 2020: Meeting the challenges of older people’s housing and care is intended to inform the debate on the opportunities and challenges presented by our ageing society and help us ensure future generations of older people get the best out of life.
Providing an alternative pathway: the value of integrating housing, care and support
- Authors:
- BERRINGTON James, NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report by the National Housing Federation highlights the value of integrating housing with care and support in five case studies where integrated working between housing providers, health and social care have improved outcomes for individuals and reduced costs. These case studies, which provide practical examples of bringing together housing, health and care, deliver savings of between £2,946 and £17,992 a year compared to less integrated pathways. One service saved a total of £241,670 to local health and social care budgets. The report concludes that, at a time when local authorities have to cut spending while continuing to meet the needs created by changing demographics, it is imperative that we integrate as a way of improving outcomes while achieving efficiencies.
Breaking the mould: re-visioning older people's housing: examples of innovative housing, care and support solutions for older people
- Author:
- NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report describes a number of the business opportunities that an ageing population brings, particularly in the wider community. It also offers examples of how care, support and other practical services such as handyperson or ‘help at home’ services can be offered to older people in all types of tenure, including people who would pay for such a service from a trusted provider. It contains case studies and suggestions about how the increasing number of older people seeking effective housing solutions can provide business opportunities despite reduced public funds for housing and care. Published by the National Housing Federation it demonstrates how the growing numbers of older owner occupiers and people able to pay for care are keen to find alternatives to traditional care and housing options.
Making the links: integrating housing, health and care
- Author:
- MINTER Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 15(4), 2012, pp.169-176.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Care & Repair England is a charity set up in 1986 to improve the housing and living conditions of older people and disabled people. This paper considers the role that housing plays in health and social care provision and why people engaged in the sector should continue to work towards better integration of housing, health and social care. Using some case examples from Care & Repair England in the UK, the paper focuses on the integration of housing help in a hospital setting. It gives some background on Care & Repair and the development of local housing and hospital linked projects. The broader debate about the role of housing is then considered. Key recommendations from the case studies are discussed and the wider debate on improving integration is considered in relation to the UK Government's recent Care and Support White Paper.
Long-term care and the housing market
- Authors:
- BELL David, RUTHERFORD Alasdair
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Stirling Management School
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This paper examines the combined effects of population ageing and changes in long-term care policy on the housing market in the United Kingdom. Those needing care prefer to receive it at home rather than in institutional settings. Public authorities prefer to provide care in residential settings which are generally lower cost than institutional care. Nevertheless, as the number requiring care increases, this policy shift will maintain the level of housing demand above what it would otherwise be. It will also have distributional consequences with individuals less likely to reduce their housing equity to pay for institutional care, which in turn will increase the value of their bequests. Empirical analysis using the UK Family Resources Survey and the British Household Panel Survey shows that household formation effects involving those requiring long-term care are relatively weak and unlikely to significantly offset the effects of this policy shift on the housing market and on the distribution of wealth.
A 2030 vision: building communities and environments to support people to live and die well
- Author:
- NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR PALLIATIVE CARE
- Publisher:
- National Council for Palliative Care
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing describes the themes, challenges and solutions identified by participants at a strategy workshop held by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) and National Care Forum (NCF) in August 2011. It forms part NCPC’s wider, long-term 2030 Vision project, which cuts across health, social care and housing, and across voluntary, statutory and independent sectors. Clever use of housing and neighbourhood design is required to enable people to remain in the community through to the end of life, and improve their quality of life. Greater public awareness of the need to plan for later life is required, accompanied by a funding system which helps people to prepare for the cost of long-term care. This report suggests that a long-term vision which outlives government’s inevitably short-term focus is required – a robust 2030 vision for palliative and end of life care encompassing housing, health, social care and beyond.
Living Well at Home Inquiry
- Author:
- ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON HOUSING AND CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Unsuitable housing is often the reason why an older person must go into expensive residential care or must stay in hospital. This report examines the housing and care needs of those who choose to stay at home but may be struggling with coping in houses that have become quite unsuitable. The report calls for a radical rethink by government in the way that society can support older people to live well at home with dignity. It argues that the lack of suitably designed housing and adaptable homes designed for independent living will limit consumer choice and the opportunity for self-help for the new population age profile. It provides evidence that building new attractive apartments will not only provide a lifestyle choice for older people but also ensure that it can be adapted at a later date to accommodate a change in circumstance, thereby enabling someone to stay put when faced with frailty, illness or disability. The new approach must cross the housing, health and social care divide. Above all, it must meet older people’s rising expectations and transform service provision to ensure that they can ‘live well at home’.
Innovation that matters: how innovation is currently supported in an ageing society
- Author:
- DELOITTE
- Publisher:
- National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document begins by stating that the growth in the number of older people is one of the most long-term and complex public policy challenges facing the UK, and Government alone cannot resolve the problems created as many aspects of older people's lives are bound up with the way they interact with commercial markets and their communities. It sets the context, describes current innovations, lost gaps and barriers in the innovation system, and makes recommendations.
Implementing an extra care housing strategy in Oxfordshire: delivering system change
- Author:
- COOPER Martin
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This case study offers an overview of Oxfordshire County Council's experience in putting their Extra Care Housing Strategy into practice, drawing on interviews with key Council players and their partners.
Meaningful and effective involvement of older people: a guide for care, health and housing agencies
- Authors:
- REED Jan, COOK Glenda
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication gives guidance to professionals about how to effectively involve older people in the development of services. After working with older people, professionals recommend that organisations ensure that intention; inclusion; information; infrastructure; integration; influence and the impact of decisions on older people should be adhered to in order to create better ways of involving them in debates and decisions about the way that services are developed. Discussions with older people have revealed that they feel a need to be involved and, importantly, to make a difference – these guidelines are designed to help this happen. They feel that local authorities and providers make decisions without consulting them and therefore miss out on the expertise and experience that they can provide. This will go some way towards both helping older people feel that their opinions are being listened to as well as helping organisations benefit from their expertise.