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Establishing the extra in extra care: perspectives from three extra care housing providers: summary
- Author:
- KNEALE Dylan
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Extra care housing combines purpose-built and ergonomically designed housing for older people with onsite flexible care that adapts to residents’ changing needs. This study used longitudinal data in order to examine a number of outcomes relating to health status, usage of health services, and usage of institutional accommodation for extra care residents. The study used data on almost 4,000 residents of extra care housing supplied by 3 extra care providers (Audley Retirement, Extra Care Charitable Trust, and Retirement Security Limited). The outcomes that were examined include: the length of stay; whether extra care housing can be considered a ‘home for life’; the changing health characteristics of residents; the number of falls; and patterns of inpatient hospital stays. Data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) were used to compare the outcomes with similarly matched residents living in the community. This executive summary includes the key findings and policy recommendations from this research. It finds that, compared to those living in the community, those in extra care housing have improved health outcomes and are about half as likely to enter institutional accommodation. It argues that extra care accommodation can be a ‘home for life’, which can successfully adapt to residents’ changing health and social care needs.
Establishing the extra in extra care: perspectives from three extra care housing providers
- Author:
- KNEALE Dylan
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 152p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Extra care housing combines purpose-built and ergonomically designed housing for older people with onsite flexible care that adapts to residents’ changing needs. This study used longitudinal data in order to examine a number of outcomes relating to health status, usage of health services, and usage of institutional accommodation for extra care residents. The study used data on almost 4,000 residents of extra care housing supplied by 3 extra care providers (Audley Retirement, Extra Care Charitable Trust, and Retirement Security Limited). The outcomes that were examined include: the length of stay; whether extra care housing can be considered a ‘home for life’; the changing health characteristics of residents; the number of falls; and patterns of inpatient hospital stays. Data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) were used to compare the outcomes with similarly matched residents living in the community. The findings show that, compared to those living in the community, those in extra care housing have improved health outcomes and are about half as likely to enter institutional accommodation. The report argues that extra care accommodation can be a ‘home for life’, which can successfully adapt to residents’ changing health and social care needs. It concludes with a number of recommendations for policy-makers and providers of extra care housing.