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Surviving at the margins: older homeless people and the organisations that support them
- Authors:
- PANNELL Jenny, MEANS Robin, MORBEY Hazel
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 106p,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report profiles the breadth of work undertaken with older homeless people and reveals the great range and diversity of homelessness projects in the programme. One group of projects focused on resettlement and tenancy support roles, while others offered outreach, day centre, direct access and supported housing services.A minority of non-service delivery projects focused on developing homelessness services and researched the area. Key characteristics of the older people with whom the projects have worked are explored, alongside their presenting needs and the reasons for referral to older homelessness projects.
Surviving at the margins: older homeless people and the organisations that support them; summary
- Authors:
- PANNELL Jenny, MEANS Robin, MORBEY Hazel
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report profiles the breadth of work undertaken with older homeless people and reveals the great range and diversity of homelessness projects in the programme. One group of projects focused on resettlement and tenancy support roles, while others offered outreach, day centre, direct access and supported housing services.A minority of non-service delivery projects focused on developing homelessness services and researched the area. Key characteristics of the older people with whom the projects have worked are explored, alongside their presenting needs and the reasons for referral to older homelessness projects.
Surviving at the margins: older homeless people accessing housing, care and support
- Authors:
- MORBEY Hazel, PANNELL Jenny, MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 6(1), February 2003, pp.8-13.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Older people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness have been the 'forgotten homeless' in policy debates and service provision, They tend to be less vocal than other groups and the low priority has an impact on older people's health needs. This article examines the work of two national charities, Help the Aged and the Housing Associations Charitable Trust.
Social work and older people with dementia: meeting their housing needs
- Authors:
- MEANS Robin, MORBEY Hazel, McCLATCHEY Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 14(3), 2002, pp.5-14.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses the potential contribution of both home improvement agencies (HIAs) and assistive technology to social work with older people with dementia. Argues that social workers have much to gain through working closely with specialist housing agencies and that this is most likely to happen if staff map availability of such support in their locality.