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Living on the edge: enabling older owner occupiers with moderate learning disabilities to live independently
- Author:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna
- Publisher:
- Care and Repair England
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 41p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Increasing numbers of older people with moderate or mild learning disabilities live independently in their own homes - but some are facing crises that limit their abilities to continue to do so. This report looks at the situation facing older owner occupiers who: live in homes needing urgent repairs and/or adaptations; have reached a point of crisis at home; lack some comprehension, or have behavioural difficulties, that adversely affect their abilities to manage their everyday lives; are living in complex situations; or are facing the likelihood of crises recurring in the future.
Enjoying living alone
- Authors:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna, JONES Brenda
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(3), September 2005, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The author looks at some of the assumptions about living alone in older age, while a Hanover tenant explains how she enjoys living in her own flat.
How to make a complaint
- Author:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 7(4), December 2003, pp.34-37.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Sets out practical tips for older people when making a complaint.
'Quite an adventure': some lessons from digital arts projects with older people
- Authors:
- BLOOD Imogen, EASTERBROOK Lorna, ROBINSON Mark
- Publisher:
- Baring Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
A report into how the use of digital technology in five arts projects impacted on older people, creative engagement, business models, partnerships, and attitudes towards ageing. The projects were part of the Digital Arts and Creative Ageing (DACA) Programme, funded by the Baring Foundation and the Nominet Trust (now ‘Social Tech Trust’). The projects were: 64 Million Artists, which used existing digital platforms to facilitate and share everyday creativity; FabLab Belfast: Digital Makers, who hosted designated sessions for older people; City Arts, which developed an app to promote virtual access to arts and cultural venues; Ladder to the Moon, which developed an online tool to promote and record creative engagement in care homes; and Moving Memory, who are refining a portable digital kit to facilitate movement-based performance projects. The report includes advice for planning digital arts projects for older people (Edited publisher abstract)
Who cares?
- Author:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 73(7), July 2000, pp.674-675.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
Within a decade, Britain is projected to have more pensioners than children. The author, from the King's Fund, considers the implications for long-term care.
Consulting with residents: EAC's card game
- Authors:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna, BILLETER Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 14(3), 2011, pp.83-90.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article outlines the development of an annual National Housing for Older People Awards scheme, to celebrate innovation in extra care housing, using a card game between residents to gather views on the services they receive. The card game approach is informal, resident-led, and allows for group discussions and group scores and scoring by individuals. It provides meaningful comparisons with other schemes regionally and nationally. In the absence of formal evaluative research, the feedback from service users is that the card game, combined with the awards nomination and ceremony, is an enjoyable and effective means to elicit their views, with minimal input from the service provider agencies. The article, based on the first-hand knowledge of the development team, relates this development to the broader UK policy context which now requires older persons' accommodation services to develop a range of consultative approaches, and highlights the importance of including informal, scheme-based and social opportunities for residents to share their views. The authors concluded that the card game offers an enjoyable and engaging, but low cost means of providing essential feedback to service providers in housing with care and support.
'Shortcut' to 'making a difference through volunteering' no. 3: volunteers
- Authors:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna, et al
- Publisher:
- CSV
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This ShortCut is the third in a series of five briefing papers that sets out issues for those involved in commissioning, providing and receiving volunteer services such as home care and intermediate care. It draws on research carried out in 2005-06 by the Older People’s Programme on services provided and supported by British Red Cross, CSV/RSVP and Help the Aged.
'Shortcut' to 'making a difference through volunteering' no. 1: overview of the research
- Authors:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna, et al
- Publisher:
- CSV
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This ShortCut is the first in a series of five briefing papers that sets out issues for those involved in commissioning, providing and receiving volunteer services such as home care and intermediate care. It draws on research carried out in 2005-06 by the Older People’s Programme on services provided and supported by British Red Cross, CSV/RSVP and Help the Aged.
'Shortcut' to 'making a difference through volunteering' no. 4: volunteer service providers
- Authors:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna, et al
- Publisher:
- CSV
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This ShortCut is the fourth in a series of five briefing papers that sets out issues for those involved in commissioning, providing and receiving volunteer services such as home care and intermediate care. It draws on research carried out in 2005-06 by the Older People’s Programme on services provided and supported by British Red Cross, CSV/RSVP and Help the Aged.
'Shortcut' to 'making a difference through volunteering' no. 5: local commissioners
- Authors:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna, et al
- Publisher:
- CSV
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This ShortCut is the last in a series of five briefing papers that sets out issues for those involved in commissioning, providing and receiving volunteer services such as home care and intermediate care. It draws on research carried out in 2005-06 by the Older People’s Programme on services provided and supported by British Red Cross, CSV/RSVP and Help the Aged.