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Home improvement agencies, dementia and older people
- Authors:
- WHITHAM Graham, ADAMS Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 3(3), April 2009, pp.214-222.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Dementia and other mental health problems among older people are major and growing issues facing frontline services in the UK. While policy to date has primarily focused on the implications for health and social care services, with some consideration of demand for specialist supported housing, less attention has been paid to mainstream housing-related service provision, particularly for the vast majority of older people who live in their own homes. This paper considers the need for, and some potential means of delivering, practical support services that can enable older people with dementia to live in mainstream housing for longer, such as home repairs and maintenance.
What role for housing in health and social care provision?
- Author:
- ADAMS Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 16(5), October 2008, pp.30-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article considers how greater recognition of the negative impacts of poor-quality and inappropriate housing on older people's health and well-being, combined with targeted housing repair and adaptation assistance, could contribute to achieving a range of current health and social care objectives, including enabling older people to live independently in mainstream housing and better management of chronic health conditions.
Should I stay or should I go?: developing housing options services for older people
- Authors:
- HAMBLY Marilyn, ADAMS Sue
- Publisher:
- Care and Repair
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
The author, programme coordinator of Care and Repair England, explores how older people can be supported in making the decision of whether to remain in their own home or to move in order to maintain their independence. The book also discusses the services and resources provided by Care and Repair England, which aims to improve older people's access to housing advice, information and practical help.
Living independently: linking housing and care services for older people
- Author:
- ADAMS Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 4(2), May 2001, pp.19-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The vast majority of older people (90%) live in the general housing stock and 70% are owner occupiers. One of the major challenges for planners in the housing, health and social care sectors is the development of a coherent joint strategy which enables older people to live independently in their own homes. Home improvement agencies (HIAs) aim to meet the housing and related support needs of mainly older home-owners. Research carried out by Care and Repair England has been tracking and studying the diversification of HIAs into services areas which 'cross the housing and care divide'. The results of this work have recently been published. They demonstrate both the range and the extent of new service provision by HIAs and its value both to older people wishing to 'stay put' and to planners charged with implementing cross-sector work and prevention strategies.