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Housing and homes briefing
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing paper provides a useful overview of the household status of older people, household value, and the conditions of the housing in which older people live. It highlights the poor quality of homes, many of which have poor levels of heating.
Ageing in squalor and distress: older people in the private rented sector: older people who privately rent their homes
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing paper looks at the implications of private renting increasingly becoming a permanent form of tenure, as well as the position of the several hundred thousand older private tenants today. It reviews a selection of Age UK casework on private renting, collected between 2013 and 2016. It describes the experiences of some older private tenants and those who support and care for them, to ask how well private renting really works for older people and what needs to change if the sector is to achieve a better fit with older people’s needs and aspirations. The main issues highlighted by the case studies in this report include: a failure to carry out timely repairs with potentially serious health implications for vulnerable older people; older tenants in damp and mouldy homes, exacerbating chronic health conditions; unexpected rent increases after a landlord has made improvements to their property and unaffordable rents affected by restrictions in housing benefit; older tenants who are getting no other support having to rely on families and even neighbours to take up issues on their behalf. The report calls for: action to enforce the law and support older tenants; ensuring privately rented properties are comfortable, warm and accessible; informing older people about their housing options and improving the availability to them of good advice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Briefing: human rights of older persons and their comprehensive care
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing provides an analysis of current evidence and policy documents around the human rights of older people and their care. The paper looks in particular at: age discrimination and ageism; the quality of social care; domestic abuse; loneliness and isolation; housing; and employment. The briefing sets out a number of recommendations, including: a national accreditation scheme should be considered for training providers who wish to offer Care Certificate training; minimum standards for supervision of care workers should be set out in regulations; the quality of training provision for social care staff should be mapped against regulated service ratings; care providers should invest in supporting the leadership development of management staff; a much broader range of affordable housing options should be available for older people; much quicker access to home adaptations to promote independence; tackling poor conditions and delivering decent homes; and integrating housing with health and social care. The paper reiterates Age UK’s position regarding the human rights of older people stating that it is supportive of further international agreements which will improve protection of the rights of older people. It argues that a new international convention on the rights of older people would transform debates about how to respond to global ageing and articulate the rights which every older person holds that would enable them to continue contributing to society across their lifetimes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Autumn Statement 2016: Age UK representation
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 14
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out what Age UK would like to see in the Autumn Statement 2016, focusing on the role of public infrastructure in supporting independence; the role of the private sector; health and care; housing; energy efficiency; adequate incomes for current and future pensioners; the digital economy; integrated transport services; and cross-disciplinary research into ageing. The paper argues that the Government must prioritise a proper, coordinated approach to health and care policy, including recognition of the contribution of people who are paying for their own care, building in flexibility across the system so that savings in one sector (NHS) can be shared across the other (social care). It suggests that the need for an immediate, and significant injection of funding into social care is now inescapable and argues that it may also be possible to use infrastructure spending to relieve the pressure on health and care services, for example by looking afresh at new models of housing, integrated transport services and better use of the existing NHS estate. In addition, the paper contends that Local Government must be supported to provide the local infrastructure network that will enable an ageing population to remain independent. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving later life: services for older people: what works
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 87
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents jargon-free summaries of research on key aspects of services for older people, each written by experts in their field. It also draws out seven major themes from the research covering service design, the role of carers, the need for regular assessment, and the importance of social interaction. Contributors cover the following areas: service cost-effectiveness, what works in integrating health and care, dignity of older service users, safeguarding, supporting older people and their carers, council managed personal budgets, paying for social care, involving older people in evaluation and research, preventing isolation and loneliness, promoting inclusion in rural communities, housing with care, home telecare, supporting older people in the community, services for men, falls prevention, assistive technology for people with dementia, cognitive stimulation therapy for people with dementia, and memory services. (Original abstract)