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A vision for sheltered housing
- Author:
- COOPER Lucy
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 9(1), March 2005, pp.37-40.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Examines what sheltered housing, which is facing many challenges since the introduction of 'Supporting people', can offer, and asks whether it will be around in the future.
Village people
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.05.05, 2005, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Despite government backing, care villages still stir opposition from locals. Looks at how a retirement village in Milton Keynes gained approval.
Sheltered housing
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 4(1), March 1994, pp.11-14.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
One of two seminars arranged by the Sussex Gerontology Network and held at the University of Sussex, this report looks at occupants' participation in sheltered housing.
A success story
- Author:
- MILLAR Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 28.5.92, 1992, p.25.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
A scheme in Newcastle has proved that sheltered housing can cater for a higher level of physical frailty than previously thought.
A better way of living
- Author:
- LEIGH A.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.6.87, 1987, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes a special sheltered housing scheme in Croydon.
The rhythm of ageing amongst Chinese elders in sheltered housing
- Author:
- LEE Siew-Peng
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 34(9), 2014, pp.1505-1524.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper examines how some elderly Chinese tenants in a cluster of housing schemes in the north of England differed in their perception, consciousness and management of time. It examines how there was too much or too little time for some of these tenants and how time played a part in their personal and social identification arising from their experiences of migration. Lefebvre's concept of rhythmanalysis is intended to be a transdisciplinary theory that could be used to theorise ‘everyday life’. The writer superimposes this concept on the activity and disengagement theories of ageing to add meaning to the ethnographic data gathered and argues that ageing is not a simple matter of activity or disengagement. These Chinese elders coped with change through a flexible and ongoing process of adapting to different rhythms of life. This paper aims to contribute to the empirical understanding of ageing for a minority in Britain and to present a novel theoretical perspective on research approaches to ageing. (Publisher abstract)
Partnership creates dementia care synergies in sheltered housing
- Author:
- MOORE Geoff
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 3(3), April 2009, pp.247-249.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper describes the development of a dementia service by sheltered housing provider Sanctuary Group and the Cambridge branch of the Alzheimer's Society. Built up over a number of years, this partnership has allowed synergies to be created, combining resources and skills to deliver substantially more than would be achieved by working separately. For example the joint working resulted in specialist activity groups being organised by the Alzheimer's Society at a number of schemes.
Responding to the shifting demographics and expectations of older people
- Author:
- BELCHER John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 2(4), September 2008, pp.315-321.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Since their birth, members of the baby boomer generation have caused major changes in society, whether it is the way they were educated, the music they listened to, their politics or the homes in which they lived. As more of them now reach retirement age, the baby boomers are now turning their attentions to changing the way in which old age is viewed. As England's biggest not-for-profit provider of residential and nursing care, Anchor Trust is responding to this generation's ever-increasing demands. This paper sets out how many people will be of retirement age by 2020, their changing expectations and how Anchor has strategies in place to meet the demands of this ground-breaking generation.
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in assisted living: patterns of use and association with retention
- Authors:
- ROSENBLATT Adam, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(2), February 2008, pp.178-184.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describe patterns of Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (ACI) use in an Assisted Living (AL) population, and the association of ACIs with retention in AL. As part of the Maryland Assisted Living Study (MD-AL), 198 residents of 22 ALs were evaluated. Dementia was diagnosed in 134, and specifically Alzheimer's disease (AD) in 79, by an expert consensus panel. Data was collected on ACI agent and dose. Vital status and location were recorded every 6 months. Other data included age, duration of residence, general medical health rating (GHMR), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD) and number of non-psychiatric medications. The overall ACI treatment rate was 31%. 34.5% of participants with mild to moderate AD were taking ACIs. Only two in seven participants taking rivastigmine were taking an adequate dose. Participants with AD on ACI's did not differ significantly from those not on ACI's in any of the secondary measures except age and duration of residence, those on the agents being somewhat younger and more recently admitted. For participants with AD, only ACI use was significantly associated with retention in AL at 6 months, with a relative risk of death or discharge to higher level care of 0.217. Baseline MMSE was associated with retention for those with non-AD dementia. In a survival analysis ACI use was associated with 228.75 days longer retention in participants with AD. ACIs have low rates of use in AL and are associated with better retention for residents with AD.
Achieving efficiencies in care and support services
- Author:
- WOOD Tristan
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 10(3), December 2007, pp.12-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
'Housing with support and the efficiency agenda - a toolkit' has been published by Tribal Consulting as an aid to organisations involved in care and support provision that are raced with the need to find efficiencies. This article sets out the background to the Toolkit's development and the areas it covers.