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Removing the barriers: housing for people with physical disabilities
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HOMES
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 55, September 1995, p.19.
Reports on the publication of Scottish Homes' policy statement on housing for people with physical disabilities.
Removing the barriers: housing for people with physical disabilities
- Authors:
- SUMMERS Yvonne, BRUCE Christina
- Publisher:
- Scottish Homes
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Policy statement.
Inclusion in the mainstream: how those needing support fare in mainstream housing programmes
- Author:
- HALL Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 7(2), June 2004, pp.4-9.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Considers how current national policies could include disadvantaged groups or people with disabilities so that they have more equality of opportunity in the housing system. It looks at identifying needs, the delivery of social housing through the Housing Corporation and housing associations, and the social housing options of rented and low-cost home-ownership schemes. It also explores the way forward and some of the challenges involved for government and professionals if they are to help vulnerable people or those with disabilities to live in more ordinary housing. In National Service Frameworks and other guidance the Government expects special groups to have the same rights and choices over where and how they live. Yet many still live with their families or are offered 'placements' or specialist homes. Looks at how housing policy can be used to meet these challenges.
Accommodation and employment policies for people with disabilities
- Authors:
- HARDWICK Jill, JAMES Jenny, BROWN Fiona
- Publisher:
- University of New South Wales. Social Welfare Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 127p., tables. bibliogs., illus.
- Place of publication:
- Kensington, NSW
Later life and the social model of disability: a comfortable partnership?
- Author:
- OLDMAN Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 22(6), November 2002, pp.791-806.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reviews the arguments for and against closer links between later life and disability studies. The article focuses on housing policies for older people, and highlights how older people have to submit to the medical model of later life if they receive health or social care services. The argument against an association between later life studies and disability studies is that later life is an immensely diverse experience, much of it nothing to do with disability. The article argues for a specific application of the social model of disability to the situation of older people with impairments who receive services. Concludes with examples of the value of the social model of disability at both the policy and political levels.
Housing, social policy and difference: disability, ethnicity, gender and housing
- Authors:
- HARRISON Malcolm, DAVIS Cathy
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 156p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Examines issues of disability, ethnicity and gender in housing policies and practice. Begins by discussing the interplay between difference, agency and structural factors, noting the broad features of housing trends, policies and experiences. Specific chapters consider disability, race and gender. A final chapter draws the conclusion that housing practices and experiences are diverse, but social regulation still constrains individuals' choices in powerful ways.
The effect of community care on housing for disabled people: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Research carried out for the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People worked with researchers in five project areas to examine the effects of the 1990 National Health Service and Community Care Act on housing policy and provision for disabled people.
Mind the step: an estimation of housing need among wheelchair users in England
- Authors:
- JOSEPH Glen, et al
- Publisher:
- Habinteg Housing Association
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 60p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research report focuses on the need to provide homes that are fully wheelchair accessible. Using secondary data analysis and a review of existing literature the research provides: estimates of unmet housing need for wheelchair users; figures on the availability of wheelchair standard homes; a method for estimating unmet housing need and an indicative requirement for new wheelchair user homes at local authority level; the context of national policy and arrangements for regional and local strategic planning; identifies particular groups of people requiring wheelchair standard homes; and considers how local authorities and housing providers can make effective
use of existing wheelchair standard homes and increase the supply of accessible properties. The authors conclude with 9 recommendations, including continuing HCA funding at rate of 7,850 new wheelchair standard homes per year and setting up Local Authority Accessible Housing Registers.
Disability policy and practice: applying the social model
- Editors:
- BARNES Colin, MERCER Geof, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Disability Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 216p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This book contains thirteen chapters on the application of social model inspired thinking to social policy in Britain. The contributors raise a range of important issues and concerns central to theorising and researching disability policy and practice spanning employment, housing, higher education with examples from England, Scotland, and Wales, social ‘care’, independent living and leisure and social relations. Together they provide ample evidence of the continuing relevance of debates emanating from the social model of disability within disability studies and related disciplines. This book will be of particular interest to academics, researchers, professionals, disabled people and lay audiences with an interest in disability issues and the on going struggle for a more equitable and just society.
Adaptation policies especially for children: key factors for effective outcomes
- Author:
- HEYWOOD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 11(1), February 2003, pp.22-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Looks at the findings of research supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation into the effectiveness of adaptations for disabled children. Highlights the importance of good adaptations, and the problems of poor adaptations that do not allow for children's growth or development. Looks at the implications for policy and practice, and offers a checklist to help with planning.