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Staying put: the need for a multidisciplinary approach: paper Lewisham conference 1 December 1983
- Author:
- WHEELER Rose
- Publisher:
- University of York, Social Policy Research Unit and Institute of Social and Econ
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Older people and alcohol misuse: helping people stay in their homes
- Author:
- GILES Alison
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 14
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing is intended specifically to bring the issue of older people and alcohol misuse to the attention of professionals working in the social housing, care and support sectors. Alcohol harm amongst older people is increasing and it underpins or coexists with many of the other issues that professionals in these sectors are seeking to address among their older tenants and service users. The briefing aims to highlight current concerns and the national and local policy context, and to suggest ways in which the social housing, care and support sectors can work in partnership with local authority public health teams to ensure older people have access to appropriate treatment and support. Indeed, at different stages of alcohol misuse older people may need different services, from dealing with health issues, managing debt, obtaining or remaining in their home, to rebuilding relationships with families and friends. Housing and related support services must be flexible enough to respond to any or all of these needs. (Edited publisher abstract)
Crossing the housing and care divide: integrating housing and social care for older people
- Authors:
- CAMERON Ailsa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 4(2), May 2001, pp.15-18.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The fundamental role of housing in community care long been acknowledged. However, progress in achieving any real integration of housing and social care has been slow. This article reports the findings from the Crossing the Housing and Care Divide programme, which was jointly sponsored by the Housing Corporation and Anchor Trust. The programme aimed to stimulate developments in services for older people that would enable housing to become part of community care, lead to greater inter-agency working, enhance the involvement of users in the planning, monitoring and delivery of services and deliver a high quality of service more cost-effectively. The programme offers many practical lessons for the effectiveness of services.
Sharing power: integrating user involvement and multi-agency working to improve housing for older people
- Authors:
- MIDGLEY Gerald, MUNLO Isaac, BROWN Mandy
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 88p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report exploring the problems that exist in the areas of assessment, information provision and planning in the housing system for older people and identifies ways to address them. Presents practical advice for all planners and managers who are concerned with multi-agency working and user involvement.
Lanarkshire's managed care network: an integrated improvement collaborative
- Author:
- HENDRY Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 18(3), June 2010, pp.45-51.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
“Promoting the Development of Managed Clinical Networks” set a strategy in place for the development of MCNs in Scotland, where they operate on a local, regional or national basis. This article describes how MCNs enable virtual integration of health, social care and housing service delivery, through collaborative working across care sectors within an agreed governance framework. When focused on outcomes and experience for service users and carers, they can provide integrated support for improvement in the pathways, processes and experience of care and support for older people. The article provides a case study of the development of a managed care network of health and social care partners in Lanarkshire in the context of current policy drivers in Scotland. It outlines the process of transforming the policy into practice, asks what should we integrate, and then considers the integration of resources. The author suggests that by ensuring that the resources available follow the patient to where they add most value, the integration framework development programme hopes to evidence a sustainable shift in the balance of care, improved experience, and better outcomes for both service users and carers.
Housing and self-neglect: the responses of health, social care and environmental health agencies
- Authors:
- LAUDER William, ANDERSON Isobel, BARCLAY Aileen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interprofessional Care, 19(3), June 2005, pp.317-325.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Substantiated cases of elder self-neglect have been reported to be more common than either elder abuse or neglect. It is a problem that often requires the active involvement of a whole range of health, social, housing, police and voluntary agencies. The ways in which these various agencies respond to self-neglect and how they interact with one another is not known. This research explored the ways in which different health and social care organizations respond to the problems associated with self-neglect. Research methods involved qualitative in-depth interviews with housing, healthcare, environmental health and social workers and a sample of their clients who were described as living in self-neglecting circumstances. This study revealed a lack of joint working across the relevant professions in relation to self-neglect. Better co-ordinated intervention could improve effectiveness and help make available resources go further. The study also suggests a need for a preventative approach to self-neglect, although further work would be required to develop indicators for early intervention.
Supporting People: Folder 1- strategic guidance: interim guidance
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Development Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 94p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Welfare hotline
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.11.01, 2001, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on Care Direct, the Department of Health's new initiative to provide an internet and telephone portal to advise older people, which will be pioneered in the south west of England.
Living independently: linking housing and care services for older people
- Author:
- ADAMS Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 4(2), May 2001, pp.19-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The vast majority of older people (90%) live in the general housing stock and 70% are owner occupiers. One of the major challenges for planners in the housing, health and social care sectors is the development of a coherent joint strategy which enables older people to live independently in their own homes. Home improvement agencies (HIAs) aim to meet the housing and related support needs of mainly older home-owners. Research carried out by Care and Repair England has been tracking and studying the diversification of HIAs into services areas which 'cross the housing and care divide'. The results of this work have recently been published. They demonstrate both the range and the extent of new service provision by HIAs and its value both to older people wishing to 'stay put' and to planners charged with implementing cross-sector work and prevention strategies.
Planning for older people at the health/housing interface
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Housing issues are of fundamental importance to the health and independence of older people. Previous research projects exploring the views of older people living in their own homes have revealed their needs for housing services. However, this analysis of community care plans and Director of Public Health reports in three health regions found they made little provision for such services. The plans reviewed were from the year 1996/7; this was before the advent of Primary Care Groups but at a time when, in some of the areas studied, GPs were already administering 30 per cent of the Health Authority budget. Presents the findings.