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Combining extra care housing with health care services at Barton Mews
- Author:
- EVANS Simon
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This case study describes Barton Mews, a private development in partnership with a Primary Care Trust that provides extra care housing with a community hospital and GP practice. This approach of private engagement with extra care housing is currently relatively uncommon but is likely to become more prevalent as a way of meeting demand, particularly in the light of the projected increase in home ownership among older people. The case study outlines the facilities and highlights key learning points.
Take the initiative
- Author:
- LLOYD Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.2.07, 2007, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In 2006 three Neighbourhood Resource Centres in Greenwich received the national Public Private Finance Award for the best operational local government project. This article charts the success of the not-for-profit care company Ashley Homes in creating a consortium with the private sector to tender for the new specialist older care services. The article shows how the best elements of the private and voluntary sector were combined.
Team up for a better result
- Author:
- NACIF Ana Paula
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 20.07.06, 2006, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
The author reports on how Barnet LBC, faced with a large elderly population linked with the private sector to get the homes it needed. Service users were also involved in the selection process of the private sector organisation.
The Palisades: an interdisciplinary wellness model in senior housing
- Authors:
- SILVA-SMITH Amy L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 51(3), June 2011, pp.406-414.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A collaboration between the University of Colorado and a private housing developer in developing a 120 unit housing campus for older adults (including independent living, assisted living, and memory care) in Colorado Springs is described in this article. The article explains the background to the partnership, and the contribution of the faculty. It focuses particularly on the wellness approach and philosophy of person-centred care and support. It describes the no-cost Wellness Checks programme with assessment and feedback for residents (covering physical, psychosocial, and cognitive wellness and health assessment), the wellness centre, and activities such as physical activity classes. It discusses challenges and opportunities in implementation, revision and reorganisation at the end of the first year, and recommendations for future collaborations. It also describes the associated research programme, which aims to create a longitudinal database with baseline data for the residents, to aid development of understanding of which factors necessitate a move to a higher level of care, and to enable examination of factors which interact and impact on residents' well-being.