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The market potential for smart homes
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Smart Homes technology offers the prospect of significant improvements in the living standards for older or disabled people who are heavily reliant on home care. However, the benefits of home automation for this group can only be realised if a broader consumer market develops - improving both the availability and affordability of technology. Preliminary research from the Consumers' Association assesses whether such a market is likely to develop. The study explores consumers' attitudes towards the Smart Homes concept and identifies the key factors which will influence the supply of Smart Homes technology in the future. Outlines the findings.
The needs of older women: services for victims of elder abuse and other abuse
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Much of the research to date about the abuse older people face hasfocused on definition, prevalence and incidence. There has been little research into how to work with older people who have been victims of abuse. The aim of this project was to identify women who had been victims of elder abuse and various other abuses in order to consider their life experiences and consequent past and present needs. Presents the findings.
Services for older people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The number of people with learning difficulties living into old age is increasing, but little is known about how older people with learning difficulties view their changing needs, or how services and other respond to their increasing age. Outlines the findings of research with 31 older people living in a variety of settings, and members of their social and support networks, to discover what they want from services now and in the future.
Living well into old age: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Three samples of over 1,500 people aged 65 and over were followed up between 1986/7 and 1992/3. The study aimed to explore what is 'successful' ageing in terms of what sustains well-being and quality of life. The study, by the authors of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and King's College London.
Getting older people's views on quality home care services
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This study explored older people's ideas about what a quality home care service should look like and how their views about this can be regularly heard. The researchers saw 143 older people - living in Manchester - in focus groups or their own homes. Older people valued home care services highly and had clear views about what characterises quality in these services.
Planning for older people at the health/housing interface
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Housing issues are of fundamental importance to the health and independence of older people. Previous research projects exploring the views of older people living in their own homes have revealed their needs for housing services. However, this analysis of community care plans and Director of Public Health reports in three health regions found they made little provision for such services. The plans reviewed were from the year 1996/7; this was before the advent of Primary Care Groups but at a time when, in some of the areas studied, GPs were already administering 30 per cent of the Health Authority budget. Presents the findings.
Low intensity support services: a systematic literature review
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Despite some recent policy acknowledgement of the potential role of low intensity support services in assisting people to live independently, community care resources continue to be targeted mainly on high level, often crisis, interventions. Partly because of this continuing focus, there has been little consideration of the evidence of the value of low intensity services. The Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, has now undertaken a systematic research literature review of the effectiveness of such services in enabling people to live independently in ordinary housing. Presents the findings.
Parents living with children in old age: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Living with children remains an important form of supported accommodation for older people. Yet we know little about how and why this decision is made and whether parents and children find sharing a household satisfactory. Describes an in-depth study of 24 such households by the Policy Studies Institute.
User perceptions of a 'mixed economy' of care: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
A six-month follow-up study of 23 older people returning to the community after surviving a stroke showed considerable obstacles to successful care-management and to the operation of a 'mixed economy' of care. Genuine participation by users in arranging their own care required large adaptations in establishment habits of behaviour and fundamental shifts in values.