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Improving and understanding older persons' housing needs and services in Renfrewshire
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HOMES
- Publisher:
- Scottish Homes
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Directing research: research on housing in the lives of older people
- Author:
- VALLEY Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 3(3), September 2000, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article reviews the role of research in housing organisations, emphasising the need for research to be translated into practice, finding effective ways to promote it and facilitating future debate across the whole of the housing and care sector.
London housing survey 1992: older people
- Author:
- LONDON RESEARCH CENTRE. Housing and Social Research Department
- Publisher:
- London Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 12p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Details key findings from the survey as they relate to older people.
Growing old together: elderly owner-occupiers and their housing
- Author:
- TAYLOR Hedley
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 114p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
- webinar recording
Webinar: Future options for housing and care
- Authors:
- BURSTOW Paul, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 1 hr
- Place of publication:
- London
This webinar was recorded as part of the launch of the Commission's earlier discussion paper 'Future options for housing and care'. The discussion paper and webinar shaped the remaining activities of the Commission and the final report published in November 2021 'A place we can call home: A vision and a roadmap for providing more options for housing with care and support for older people’. The webinar recording shares the initial findings from the work of the Commission presented in the Discussion Paper; shares examples of emerging good practice; shares the findings from the population survey and explore their implications; explores ideas on how we coproduce better local plans for housing that supports people's care; discusses the questions posed in the Discussion paper with a view to shaping the next phase of the Commission's work. (Edited publisher abstract)
- article
Inclusive living: ageing, adaptations and futureproofing homes
- Author:
- MCCALL Vikki
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 15
Inclusive Living is a concept and practical intervention developed from a systematic literature review and co-produced by the Scottish housing sector. The approach aims to implement inclusive change in areas of development, repair, maintenance and service delivery by facilitating longer term planning within housing organisations to create homes that are accessible and allow for ageing-in-place. This synthesis paper critically examines the theories that support the Inclusive Living framework, focusing on adaptations (also known as home and environmental modifications to support accessibility). Current challenges around accessibility are explored: poor-quality homes, disinvestment in repair and maintenance, and the fragmented policy landscape and funding around adaptations. Proactive approaches to adaptations are found to lead to better outcomes for individuals and they need to be understood as a 'public issue' not a 'private trouble' to encourage investment in housing sector solutions. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mobility-based disadvantage in older age: insecure housing and the risks of moving house
- Author:
- POWER Emma R.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 42(1), 2022, pp.89-111.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper develops knowledge of the logistics of moving house amongst older people living in insecure housing. These people typically do not move once and settle into a new house, but face ongoing moves driven by factors including housing affordability, tenure conditions and eviction. The paper identifies four domains of experience faced by people undergoing cumulative, involuntary residential moves: the material (process of relocating oneself and possessions), economic (costs of moving house), embodied (physical experience) and affective (how relocation is experienced and felt). The logistics of relocation are examined through the experiences of single older women living in insecure housing in the greater Sydney region of Australia. The accounts of these women foreground the costs and challenges of insecure housing that are a consequence of relocation. Conceptually this work contributes to understandings of mobility-based disadvantage in older age through drawing out the ways that the logistics of moving house – of relocating oneself and possessions – contribute in distinct ways to mobility-based disadvantage through risks to identity and senses of home. Empirically it addresses gaps in gerontological and housing scholarship through developing knowledge of the logistics and experiences of ongoing, involuntary residential moves. (Edited publisher abstract)
Housing and living well with dementia: from policy to practice in Greater Manchester
- Authors:
- GREATER MANCHESTER HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
- Publisher:
- Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 91
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This report presents evidence and recommendations on potential interventions in housing to improve the lives of people living with dementia, with a specific focus on housing in community settings in Greater Manchester. The first part of the report consists of a rapid evidence assessment of the academic and grey literatures, including policies, research reports from nongovernmental organisations in addition to peer-reviewed research reports. The review looks at the social context of dementia; discrimination; ageism; language and terminology; inequalities; ethnicity and culture; the Covid-19 pandemic; diversity; support networks; and ageing in place. Part two provides a system-wide analysis mapping provision across Greater Manchester with a gap analysis covering medium and long-term need. Following an overview of demographic trends, the health and social care market, mainstream and specialised housing, part three of this report makes seven recommendations around: 1. accessible guidance and information; 2. integrated pathways; 3. planning ahead; 4. market-shaping; 5. combating stigma; 6. knowledge mobilisation and implementation; 7. evidence-based policy and practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Meeting housing demand: 1st report of session 2021-22
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. House of Lords. Built Environment Committee
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 108
- Place of publication:
- London
This report investigates the demographic and other trends shaping demand for new housing and considers how barriers to meeting demand can be overcome. It sets out the key factors shaping housing demand, including demographic trends (Chapter 2) and the expected shifts in the housing type and tenures required to accommodate these changes (Chapter 3). It then considers what can be done to address the depletion of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) housebuilders (Chapter 4) and how hurdles to meeting housing demand can be addressed. The report looks at the planning system (Chapter 5) and local government (Chapter 6) and considers what could be done to ensure the right types of homes can be built where they are needed. The report makes recommendations on how skills shortages can be addressed in the construction, planning, design and other industries (Chapter 7). Finally, the report considers how to promote quality new builds and encourage good design (Chapter 8). Key points highlighted in the report include: SMEs should be supported by reducing planning risk, making more small sites available, and increasing access to finance; the country needs more specialist and mainstream housing suitable for the elderly; more up-to-date local plans are needed, and these need to be simpler, clearer, and more transparent; skills shortages must be addressed, through broadening the base of talent, upskilling and reskilling, including for the green skills needed to address climate change. Government must change its approach to spending on housing. Over time the money spent on housing benefit should be invested in increasing the social housing stock. Right to Buy schemes are not good value for money: increasing the housing supply would be a more effective use of funding. The report focusses on England, as housing policy and the planning system are devolved. (Edited publisher abstract)
Building safe choices 2020: our voices: LGBT+ later life housing demand in London
- Authors:
- TONIC, STONEWALL HOUSING, OPENING DOORS LONDON
- Publisher:
- Tonic Housing Association
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
This action research oriented project aimed to capture ‘the voice of demand’ of older LGBT+ people and gather more information about what older LGBT+ people might choose and how their financial and other circumstances affect these choices. We received 624 responses to our survey between February and April 2020, making this the largest study of LGBT+ people, over the age of 50, in London. The survey reveals that with reference to retirement communities, 56% of respondents preferred LGBT+ specific provision and 23% LGBT+ accredited provision; 75% wanted to stay in London; 25% had a disability or health issues which require specific housing; LGBT+ specific providers were the preferred choice of 64% of respondents and LGBT+ accredited providers of 25% respondents. The report uses three key themes to draw the findings together. These are: Needs and Resources – this thematic section illustrates that the needs and resources of older LGBT+ people are wide ranging, and that housing and care providers need to recognise and respond to this diversity of need; Housing Options – this section shows that many older LGBT+ people have housing needs that differ from heterosexual people and they are clear about what housing options they want, where they want them and what they do not want both now and in the future; Provision, Advice and Support – this thematic section looks at what services respondents said they would like to see provided, what advice about housing and support they would like, and how and where it should be provided. Older LGBT+ people want access to good quality, appropriate provision, and advice and support about their housing and care choices. (Edited publisher abstract)