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A community hub approach to older people’s housing
- Authors:
- EVANS Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 18(1), 2017, pp.20-31.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of housing with care schemes to act as community hubs. The analysis highlights a range of benefits, barriers and facilitators. Design/methodology/approach: Data are presented from the Adult Social Services Environments and Settings project which used a mixed methods approach including a review of the literature, surveys and in-depth case study interviews. Findings: Most housing with care schemes have a restaurant or café, communal lounge, garden, hairdresser, activity room and laundrette, while many also have a library, gym, computer access and a shop. Many of these facilities are open not just to residents but also to the wider community, reflecting a more integrated approach to community health and adult social care, by sharing access to primary health care and social services between people living in the scheme and those living nearby. Potential benefits of this approach include the integration of older people’s housing, reduced isolation and increased cost effectiveness of local services through economies of scale and by maximising preventative approaches to health and wellbeing. Successful implementation of the model depends on a range of criteria including being located within or close to a residential area and having on-site facilities that are accessible to the public. Originality/value: This paper is part of a very new literature on community hub models of housing with care in the UK. In the light of new requirements under the Care Act to better coordinate community services, it provides insights into how this approach can work and offers an analysis of the benefits and challenges that will be of interest to commissioners and providers as well as planners. This was a small scale research project based on four case studies. Caution should be taken when considering the findings in different settings. (Publisher abstract)
Community and ageing: maintaining quality of life in housing with care settings
- Author:
- EVANS Simon
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 162p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book explores the characteristics of extra care housing and retirement villages, and tracks their development in the UK, the US and elsewhere. It examines their role in promoting quality of life for older people and the extent to which they are experienced as communities by the people who live in them. These issues are discussed in the context of theories of community and ageing, particularly in relation to the built environment and social interaction; Chapters include: What is community; Community and ageing; Housing with care communities in the UK; An international perspective on retirement villages; promoting a sense of community in housing with care settings; Diversity, community and social interaction; Changing communities and older people.
Social well-being in extra care housing
- Authors:
- EVANS Simon, VALLELLY Sarah
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 81p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
A look at ways of promoting and facilitating the social well-being of ‘frail’ people living in extra care housing. The well-being of older people is an important issue for policy across health, housing and social care, and local authorities are increasingly considering extra care as a way of replacing older models of residential care provision and addressing low demand for traditional forms of sheltered housing. The researchers interviewed residents and managers from six extra care housing schemes in England to explore their experiences. They conclude that the social well-being of tenants should be a major consideration in the planning, designing and management of extra care housing and they identify a range of factors that need to be taken into account.