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Home improvement agencies' response to an ageing society
- Author:
- RAMSAY Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 11(4), December 2008, pp.17-19.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Since the Government published its lifetime homes strategy, the focus has shifted to home improvement agencies (HIAs) to find some of the answers to housing an ageing populations. This article describes what the future might look like for the HIA sector.
Home improvement agencies - an award winning formula
- Author:
- BONNETT Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 10(1), March 2006, pp.20-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
With the shift in government policy to a more preventative agenda, home improvement agencies (HIAs) have a greater role to play than ever before in preventing hospital admissions and helping older homeowners to live independently. The author explains about the work of HIAs and how their profile in the community is being raised through the work of the National Co-ordinating Body for Home Improvement Agencies and their national awards scheme.
The future Home Improvement Agency: supporting choice and maintaining independence: a report overview
- Author:
- FOUNDATIONS
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report gives an overview of the key findings of the Future HIA project carried out by Foundations on behalf of Communities and Local Government (CLG). Home Improvement Agencies (HIAs) help vulnerable people to maintain their independence. Their primary focus is the repair or adaptation of the client's home, and in support of this objective they may provide a range of services depending on local needs and circumstances. The Future HIA project aims to set out a broad agenda for the evolution of the sector to its next level. It highlights what is already being done well by HIAs and suggests models for wider application.
Housing and health: working together
- Author:
- JELLINGS Vicki
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 10(3), September 2006, pp.37-39.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Home improvement agencies are a recognised part of the preventative jigsaw, enabling older homeowners to remain living at home safely and independently. The author explains about the 'Healthy Homes, Healthier Lives' programme that promotes the connection between good housing and good health, to health and social care professionals.
Research into practice
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.2.02, 2002, p.45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at research which suggests how the Home Improvement Agency can work more effectively with older people with dementia.
That bit of help: the high value of low level preventative services for older people
- Authors:
- CLARK Heather, DYER Sue, HORWOOD Jo
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 72p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report focusing on the value older people give to low level services such as help with housework, gardening, home maintenance, and safety and security. Highlights the extent to which these services promote older people's ability to look after themselves and maintain their independence and shows that older people give a higher value to help than they do to care, which they often view as a threat to their independence. The older people saw these low level services as preventing the need for care.
The importance of 'low level'; preventive services to older people
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Describes a new study which suggests that 'low level' services, like help with housework, gardening, laundry, and home maintenance and repairs, both enhance quality of life for older people and help them maintain their independence. It found that keeping a well-maintained house was central to many older people's sense of well-being and of being part of society, as well as to their confidence about coping at home.
Housing and community care: exploring the role of home improvement agencies
- Authors:
- SMART Gavin, MEANS Robin
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust/Care and Repair England
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 107p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidlington
Research study looking at the contribution to community care services made by home improvement agencies (HIAs) through their home improvement and home adaptation work. Tests out how HIA's are helping to deliver the Government's commitment to housing being at the centre of community care, explores what constitutes success from the perspectives of health and social services agencies who have decided to partially fund HIA's, and contributes to the development of a cost effectiveness methodology which might help to demonstrate the value of HIA's in terms of enabling vulnerable people to remain in their own homes.
Government response to the second report of session 2017-19 of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee inquiry into housing for older people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out the Government response to the second report of 2017-19 of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee inquiry into housing for older people, published in February 2018. It provides responses to the 80 recommendation which include issues such as: access to advice and information; the link between housing and health; staying put; moving home; housing options and planning and supply of homes for older people. (Edited publisher abstract)
Small but significant: evidence of impact and cost benefits of handyperson services Preston Care and Repair handyperson service
- Author:
- CARE AND REPAIR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Care and Repair England
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Case study which outlines the impacts and cost benefits to the NHS and social care of the Preston Care and Repair handyperson service, which carries out small repairs and minor adaptations in the homes of older and disabled people. The results of an independent evaluation found that the service had a significant impact on older people’s mental and physical health, wellbeing, independence and quality of life. Falls risk was reduced for 37 percent of the older people using the handyperson service and 90 percent of older people experienced improved wellbeing. Other outcomes include reduced risk of hospital admission, faster, safer hospital discharge to home, improved safety and security, reduced worry and stress associated with maintaining the home. A cost benefit analysis estimated that for every £1 spent on the handyperson service the saving to health and care from falls reduction alone is £4.28. (Edited publisher abstract)