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Housing and support for older people: a good practice guide
- Author:
- HAYES Paul
- Publisher:
- Shelter
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Older people make up a large and ever-increasing section of the population. As we age, our needs change, as do our wishes and aspirations. Housing and support for older people, examines available housing options, homelessness prevention, approaches to working with older services users, and advice provision for our aging populace. Essential reading for organisations that provide services and care to older people including housing departments, social services, NHS staff, housing associations, and independent advice agencies.
Older people as research colleagues
- Author:
- BRIGHT Les, GREEN Bert
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 7(4), December 2003, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes how, in a three-year research project, Housing Decisions in Old Age, between the charity Counsel and Care and Lancaster's University's Department of Applied Social Science, the researchers established from the outset the principle of involving older people. Their view being that the findings would be enriched by being more reflective of, and responsive to,the concerns of older people.
Sharing in sheltered housing
- Author:
- LLOYD Peter
- Journal article citation:
- LGIU Equalities News, 21, July 1994, p.9.
Argues for greater participation of occupants of sheltered housing in the management of the schemes in which they live, and examines the implications for the managers in these schemes.
Care in the community or care of the community? some reflections on the role of support
- Author:
- GRAY Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 17(2), 2014, pp.75-83.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to enquire how housing providers can facilitate a “social scene” which helps residents to bond together and which indirectly can generate both mutual aid and a collective voice. Design/methodology/approach: The study of 16 retirement housing schemes (including social rented, extra care and leasehold), involved focus groups engaging altogether 130 residents, interviews with estate managers and a postal survey with 120 respondents across eight estates. Findings: The findings highlight an important “community development” role for existing on-site managers and the risk that a move to floating support means losing this function. They illustrate the obstacles faced by retirement housing residents in developing collective social activities or a participatory voice in management. This paper is one of several ongoing and planned outputs of the study covering different aspects of the findings. Research limitations/implications: The initial study reported here is largely based on residents’ views. A follow-up survey of over 400 estate managers is now in progress. Social implications: The findings offer warnings about the potential and limitations of self-managed housing for the older old, and the dangers of replacing on-site staff by floating support. Originality/value: The research fills a gap in previous work on sheltered housing by focusing on the community rather than the individual resident. It will inform planning of housing support models to build and sustain social capital in elders’ housing schemes. (Publisher abstract)
Putting people into personalisation: relational approaches to social care and housing
- Author:
- FOX Alex
- Publishers:
- ResPublica, Hanover
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- Lincoln
The governing philosophy of modern public service provision is that of individual empowerment: it is believed that if people have the power to choose, their needs will be met by the services that they select. A whole industry has grown up around this philosophy, which cannot deliver on what people really want and need – other people. This paper contends that the needs of older people in particular cannot be wholly met by enabling them to become more powerful consumers of public services. Their needs are rather far more social and relational; and it is this aspect – not greater choice and individual empowerment – that is in need of greater supply. Older people can be active producers of social capital, rather than simply consumers of public services. If public service provision is currently based on such a model, what can be done to bring older people’s real needs back into alignment with what we supply? This paper attempts to put people back into personalisation and explores the various ways in which human needs can be met and their skills harnessed by existing and new models of support. It argues that 'demand side' reforms such as Direct Payments do not on their own result in a change of provision in the care and support market. It asks what 'supply-side' reforms might be needed in order to bring real choice – the choice about the shape of their lives – to those newly 'empowered consumers'. (Edited publisher abstract)
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.
Rural ageing research: summary report of findings
- Authors:
- TNS-BMRB, INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- London
ILC-UK in conjunction with TNS-BRMB were commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to conduct a study on how local service design and delivery needs to respond to an ageing rural population. The research explored: the social profile of older people in rural England; how they use rural services; older residents’ needs; whether local authorities have “rural ageing” strategies; and evidence of good practice and innovative solutions. The report includes data and analysis from an evidence review, a policy review of 15 English local authorities, qualitative research with service users and service designers and deliverers, good practice case studies, and a National Learning Lab held in September 2013. Having asked about the general challenges of delivery in rural communities, and the extent to which local authorities have a coordinated response, the report focuses on three main themes: housing, health and transport. The report concludes with implications of key findings on costs, the lack of service integration, older people’s reluctance to seek help, and local authorities’ understanding of older users’ specific needs. (Original abstract)
The regeneration game
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.11.99, 1999, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Pinpoints a failure to address the needs of older people in community regeneration schemes, a failure which has left many without a voice in their own neighbourhoods.
Making room for the community and the family in care plans
- Author:
- GANDHI Kalyani
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(1), September 1999, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
The ageing ethnic minority population of Britain is set to increase tenfold over the next decade, but lack of equality persists in almost all services. Looks at how the provision of sheltered housing or extra care housing for ethnic elders in areas close to their families and communities can help to redress the balance.
A new era for community care: what people want from health, housing and social care services
- Authors:
- FARRELL Christine, ROBINSON Janice, FLETCHER Peter
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 49p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report providing an insight into the experiences of older and disabled people and their carers who use health, housing and social care services, and of front line staff providing treatment, care and support. Concludes that the indicators are that these services are often failing to provide adequate support to vulnerable people living in the community.