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Cold comfort: the social and environmental determinants of excess winter death in England, 1986-96
- Authors:
- WILKINSON Paul, et al
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 33p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This study makes a direct connection between the risk of winter mortality and housing quality in England. It demonstrates that people living in homes that are difficult or costly to h eat are at increased risk of winter and cold related deaths. It is based on epidemiological analysis, which links mortality data with data on housing quality from a large national survey.
The future of community care: a consumer perspective
- Authors:
- LEATHER Philip, SYKES Roger
- Publisher:
- Anchor Housing Trust
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 37p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Report describing the findings from a MORI interview survey of 2000 people in Great Britain looking at a range of issues related to housing and care needs of older people. Focuses in particular on community care.
Projections of demand for residential care for older people in England: report for BUPA
- Authors:
- KING Derek, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 23p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This paper reports on the impact that changes in assumptions about household composition, housing tenure and the balance of domiciliary to institutional care could have on the future numbers of older people in care homes. It uses the PSSRU model, a macrosimulation model which makes projections of demand for long-term care for older people. A series of scenarios regarding changes in household composition, tenure, and balance of care were developed for this project, and their impact compared to that of scenarios previously investigated about variant population projections, marital status and rises in the real costs of care. The results show the impact of the scenarios in terms of the distribution between public and privately funded residents in care homes, projected numbers of recipients of local authority funded home care, total expenditure on long-term care and workforce requirements for care homes. The analyses suggest that projections of future demand for residential care are very sensitive to assumptions regarding the rate of change in the probability of entering residential care. This is also likely to impact significantly on the distribution of funding of residential care between public versus private spending. The rate of change in the probability of entering residential care is also likely to have a significant impact on the future demand for workers employed in care homes.
London's older people: facts and figures
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN LONDON
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Statistics updated with the assistance of the Greater London Authority Research and Information Division.
Social inequalities in later life: the socio-economic position of older people from ethnic minority groups in Britain
- Author:
- EVANDROU Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Population Trends, 101, Autumn 2000, pp.11-18.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
This article uses data from the General Household Survey (1991-96) to investigate the household living arrangements, lifestyle, socio-economic status, economic resources and experience of multiple deprivation in later life amongst older people from ethnic minority groups in Britain. The findings indicate that there are significant differences both between and within ethnic minority groups, which need to be taken into account by policy makers and planners.
Housing conditions and older people: findings from the English house condition survey 1996
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises key findings from the English House Condition Survey, concerning the housing of older people. Discusses data on the number of elderly households, their facilities and services, the prevalence of unfit housing and its effects on older people, the problem of poor environmental conditions, and levels of satisfaction with housing. Makes recommendations for future policy.
London's older people
- Author:
- LEESER Rachel
- Publisher:
- London Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 148p.,maps,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains facts and figures on older people living in London. Includes sections on: demography; households with pensioners; economic position; housing; communal establishments; limiting long term illness; and demographic change.
Age file '93
- Authors:
- ROLFE Susan, MACKINTOSH Sheila, LEATHER Philip
- Publisher:
- Anchor Housing Trust
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 67p.,maps,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Facts and figures on older people in the United Kingdom.
Older workers’ withdrawal from the labour market 1991 to 2007: impact of socio-demographic characteristics, health and household circumstances
- Author:
- DINI Ercilia
- Journal article citation:
- Population Trends, 142, Winter 2010, pp.52-77.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
This article presents an analysis of the withdrawal from the labour market of older workers in England and Wales between 1991 and 1995 and in England between 2002/03 and 2006/07. It examines the relationship between withdrawal from the labour market and demographic and socio-economic characteristics of older workers, their labour market status, health status, housing, household circumstances and caring commitments at the start of each period being considered.
Growing old in the countryside: resource allocation system and rural areas
- Authors:
- HUBLEY John, HUBLEY P
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report using government statistics to demonstrate how less money is made available for elderly people who live in rural areas than for their counterparts living elsewhere because it is assumed both that people in rural areas are less likely to need help, and that the amount needed for their care will be lower. Contains chapters on: life in the countryside; resource allocation systems and rural areas; the size of the older population; prospects for local government spending; social services and community care; availability of services for older people; health in rural areas; and improving housing.