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Preventative care: the role of sheltered/retirement housing
- Author:
- LLOYD Peter
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This review examines the role of sheltered/retirement housing in the context of preventative care. It suggests that quality sheltered housing can contribute to preventative care and support, although it must clarify the definition and indicate more clearly the role that it performs. It should identify the type of persons who will benefit most from sheltered housing and who should therefore have priority in the allocation process, and justify the funding sought by sheltered housing. The review explores categories such as: demographic change and ageism; quality of life; is preventative care important?; preventative care defined; a check list of preventative care strategies; accountability and evidence; the needs of older people; what does sheltered housing offer?; how can sheltered housing prove its worth?; to whom should sheltered housing be offered?; who pays for preventative care?; and the impact of changes within sheltered housing. The review concludes that older people are entitled to a good quality of life, and preventative care embraces the means by which a good quality of life may be achieved.