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Future housing strategies for older people: challenges and opportunities; Amsterdam conference findings
- Author:
- HOUSING FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN EUROPE
- Publisher:
- Housing Corporation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a conference of housing providers across Europe. Contains papers on: challenges for the future of housing for older people; meeting the challenges; the wider role of social housing; and finding new approaches and solutions.
English Housing Survey: older people's housing, 2020-21
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 57
- Place of publication:
- London
The report brings together demographic and financial information collected in the household interview, as part of the English Housing Survey (EHS), with details of the quality and condition of homes collected in the physical survey to outline the housing circumstances and conditions of older households. The EHS is a national survey of people's housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. The data reveals that in 2020-21, 29% of households in England are older households, where the household reference person is aged 65+. Whilst the majority of older households own their home outright, a quarter still have either rent or mortgage payments. Nearly half of older households included someone who was living with a longterm illness or disability. The likelihood of long-term illness or disability and use of a wheelchair increased with age. Older private renters spend a greater proportion of their income on rent than older social renters. Whilst older social renters were more likely to be in receipt of housing support, older private renters reported receiving a greater amount of housing support per week. Older private renters were more likely to experience issues with decency and damp than owners or social renters. Older social renters and older people who live alone report lower well-being scores and higher rates of loneliness. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social housing provision for minority ethnic older people with dementia: findings from a qualitative study
- Authors:
- LIPMAN Valerie, MANTHORPE Gillian
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 16(6), 2017, pp.750-765.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Little research has explored how not-for-profit housing providers, often termed Housing Associations in the United Kingdom, meet the needs of older tenants with dementia who are from black and ethnic minority communities. This article presents findings from an exploratory study conducted in 2015. The study took an audit approach, investigating current practice and policy in 12 Housing Associations. All were developing their understanding of dementia; some were augmenting their standard rented property portfolio to include housing with care provision; and most had policies relating to equalities and diversity and were offering dementia training to members of staff. None appeared to have fully integrated the three strands of housing services, dementia care, and cultural or ethnicity-related needs and preferences. A range of strategies was reported as being developed to meet tenants’ changing circumstances. Anxiety about the cost of adaptations was commonly reported, although the nature and extent of this were ill-defined. Discussion focuses on the findings’ implications for housing providers and for dementia professionals. (Publisher abstract)
Managing the challenge to social housing of an ageing English population
- Author:
- JONES Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 16(3/4), 2013, pp.106-113.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the management of the (accessible) social housing stock as a means to achieve a cost effective solution to meeting the needs of an ageing population. The paper examines the costs and effectiveness of an accessible housing register (AHR) as the primary means social landlords have to utilise accessible housing stock efficiently. Design/methodology/approach: The paper examines the cost effectiveness of the most advanced AHR in the UK. The data for the study was collected in 2009 (costs/expenditure quoted relate to that year) and is derived from a combination of interrogating computerised allocation records and the collection of information on costs through interviews with local authority staff. Findings: The concept of an AHR can involve substantial set up costs. The financial analysis to assess their cost effectiveness proves complex but suggests that an efficient full register could be more than justified in these terms if it led to a reduction in costs, through the removal of the need for a relatively small number of adaptations in the first years of a tenancy. Originality/value: This is the first study that assesses the financial case for AHRs. (Publisher abstract)
Should I stay or should I go?: an overview of the findings of the evaluation of pilot local housing options services for older people
- Author:
- CARE AND REPAIR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Care and Repair England
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
This summary report provides an overview of the evaluation of 8 pilot local housing option services in Bristol, Burnley, Derbyshire Dales, East Riding of Yorkshire, Enfield, Hackney, Leeds and Warwickshire. These services provide information, advice, support, advocacy and practical help for older people living in poor or unsuitable housing or considering options for moving home. The evaluation looked at whether there is a need for housing option services, to what extent did these services improve the housing situation of individual older people, and whether the services could help improve the local housing situation of older people more generally through influencing service provision and planning. The evaluation identified a demand for the housing option services, particularly amongst people over 80 with health and mobility problems. Many of the older people using the housing option services were doing so because of significant difficulties with their current living arrangements. Others were seeking information in order to weight up possible options in advance of problems and to plan for their future housing. On average 17% of service users moved home. Others were still waiting to move home, some had chosen not to move because of the lack of suitable housing on offer, and others had made a positive choice to stay put after provision of information about options. There was a high level of satisfaction from service users with the housing options service, with the help for some users being literally life transforming. Whilst there are limitations on what the housing options service can achieve for some people because of a lack of suitable alternative housing options, the information generated can be used by planners and providers to bring about wider improvements to housing for older people.
Older people's housing - the changing role of social housing providers
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 10(4), December 2000, pp.8-10.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Looks at the changing role of social housing providers, and scenarios for the future.
Social housing and the social services
- Author:
- SPICKER Paul
- Publisher:
- Longman/Institute of Housing
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 149p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
Examines the relationship between social housing and other social services. Aims to give housing officers and trainee housing officers an insight into the structure and functions of social services and the needs and problems of various client groups, including the elderly, disabled, mentally ill and mentally handicapped.
Supply-side review of the UK specialist housing market and why it is failing older people
- Author:
- HARDING Andrew J.E.
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 21(2), 2018, pp.41-50.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a supply-side review of policies and practices that impact on the shortage of supply in the contemporary specialist housing market for older people in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: The review is based on a review of academic literature, policy documents, reports and other sources. Findings: There is a critical conflict between the key social purpose of specialist housing (i.e. living independent of socially provided care) and the values that underpin and ultimately limit the quantity of units in both the social and private sector. In the social sector, government policies prohibit rather than encourage local authorities and housing associations from increasing specialist housing stock. The nature of leasehold tenures in the private sector tends to commodify not only housing stock but also those who use it and therefore acts to instrumentalise housing supply in favour of the profit motive and the focus on the person and her or his needs is largely ignored. Originality/value: While the shortage of specialist housing is well known, this paper is unique in that it provides a comprehensive and critical supply-side review of the factors that have created such conditions. (Publisher abstract)
Health at home: a new health and wellbeing model for social housing tenants
- Author:
- PEABODY
- Publisher:
- Peabody
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores how housing support services and community-based health services can deliver effective services at lower cost; encourage self-care for the most vulnerable customers and reduce dependency on direct support; work with other agencies to ensure a coordinated response to the residents’ complex and multiple health needs. The report sets out the findings of a study which aimed to test a person-centred support model using a randomised control trial of 261 general needs residents aged over 50. The service model employed health navigators and volunteers to coach and connect residents with the relevant health, housing and community services they need. The study used to measurement tools to assess impact: the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) and Coaching for Activation (CFA). The study found that three months of intervention with those who started in PAM Level 2 was sufficient to move them up, on average, an entire PAM level. This increase in activation was sustained for at least nine months after the intervention ended, suggesting that participants gained the skills and confidence to effectively manage their health without further support after the initial intensive intervention. This is significant as one of the largest studies into cost reductions from PAM level changes in the United States found that patients who moved from Level 2 to Level 3 reduced their annual healthcare costs by 12%. Existing evidence also indicates that when people become more active in self-care, they benefit from better health outcomes, and fewer unplanned health admissions. The report concludes that there is a clear and compelling case for continuing to support integrated care and strengthen links between the health and housing agendas. (Edited publisher abstract)
Preparing to grow old together
- Author:
- FORREST Victor
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Brixton Housing Co-op (BHC) is a mutual housing co-operative in south London. This paper discusses the early work of a project initiated in 2011 in the lesbian and gay community which is part of BHC, involving members working towards addressing their own needs as they start to grow older. It was written by the member who initiated the project in response to issues facing the co-op's ageing population. The project aimed to improve members' chances of remaining independent and staying out of residential care as long as possible, to counteract potential loneliness and lack of positive day-to-day social interaction and support in later life, and to improve the quality of relationships and support for residents' current and future wellbeing and enjoyment. The paper describes the BHC community, discusses the context and beginnings of the project, the approach taken, and project achievements, and reports on learning and progress in the project up to May 2012. The project is part of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation A Better Life programme.