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Supported housing for older people in the UK: evidence review: report
- Authors:
- PANNELL Jenny, BLOOD Imogen
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Sheltered housing has changed significantly over the past decade, yet has received little attention from researchers and policy-makers. Changes to funding and benefits for older people's housing and support services need underpinning by robust evidence. This study examines existing evidence about the quality of life offered by sheltered and retirement housing and identifies factors that may improve or reduce quality of life. Eighty publications with material on housing with support and further background publications were included, along with a detailed analysis of 24 academic and resident-led research reports. Key points suggest that: there is limited recent research evidence on the quality of accommodation, services and residents in the UK's 550,000 units of housing with support for older people; this lack of evidence is a cause for concern for residents, providers and commissioners of housing, support and care; and diminishing levels of on-site staffing have affected quality of life for some residents.
Findings from housing with care research: practice examples
- Authors:
- BLOOD Imogen, PANELL Jenny, COPEMAN Ian
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This report draws together practical examples of ways of working from two reports: “Boundaries of roles and responsibilities in housing with care” and “Affordability, choices and quality of life in housing with care”. It highlights ways of working in different housing with care schemes, drawing on the two studies and considering their implications in very practical terms. The practice guide is aimed at people managing frontline housing with care schemes, commissioners and senior managers in housing organisations, social services and health, and frontline staff, older people and their relatives. The practice guide: identifies five key topics in housing with care which could benefit from improvement; summarises what older people and their relatives say they value in housing with care; and presents practical examples.
Supported housing for older people in the UK: an evidence review: summary
- Authors:
- PANNELL Jenny, BLOOD Imogen
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Sheltered housing has changed significantly over the past decade, yet has received little attention from researchers and policy-makers. Changes to funding and benefits for older people's housing and support services need underpinning by robust evidence. This study examines existing evidence about the quality of life offered by sheltered and retirement housing and identifies factors that may improve or reduce quality of life. Eighty publications with material on housing with support and further background publications were included, along with a detailed analysis of 24 academic and resident-led research reports. Key points suggest that: there is limited recent research evidence on the quality of accommodation, services and residents in the UK's 550,000 units of housing with support for older people; this lack of evidence is a cause for concern for residents, providers and commissioners of housing, support and care; and diminishing levels of on-site staffing have affected quality of life for some residents.
The role of sheltered housing in Northern Ireland: final report
- Author:
- BOYLE Fiona
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Housing Executive
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 88p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This report was commissioned to provide a clear picture of the level and make-up of sheltered housing in Northern Ireland and on the current tenant profile. It draws on a number of primary research sources including surveys of sheltered housing providers and their tenants, a survey of people who turned down sheltered housing, focus groups of older people not living in sheltered housing and of younger people who may consider it as a housing option. The findings highlight that occupancy is not, in itself, of major concern within sheltered housing provision in Northern Ireland, that current tenants are largely satisfied with their accommodation and services, and that the physical condition of schemes is also considered to be of high quality. Of more concern is the shifting profile of tenants and their associated needs and support requirements, with increasing numbers of younger people with learning difficulties, people with mental health and addiction problems and older people who have aged in place and now have considerable support and care needs. This broadening tenant mix is important, both for those living in sheltered schemes and those managing them. A number of key issues are provided for sheltered housing providers and strategic stakeholders.
Making it work for us: a residents' inquiry into sheltered and retirement housing
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is designed to encourage wider policy engagement with older residents on the management and future delivery of sheltered and retirement housing in England. It sets out issues for providers, commissioners, policymakers and central government, from a resident’s perspective. It seeks to support the development of a coherent, balanced national strategy on retirement housing, where older people have real influence. The panel of residents, who reviewed the situation for England, concluded that we need greater investment in affordable, attractive housing options – integrated with housing support services and in the right locations. The panel believes that progress towards this goal is being impeded by a range of factors, identified during the inquiry and set out in this report.
Housing benefit for service charges in sheltered housing schemes: an exercise in semantics or an application of reality?
- Authors:
- SANDFORD Paul, SHEPHERD James
- Journal article citation:
- Social Care and Neurodisability, 3(4), 2012, pp.186-190.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper aims to give guidance on the level of service charges that can be claimed by residents in sheltered housing as part of their housing benefit claims. The housing benefit scheme operates a distinction between ‘rent’ and ‘service charges’, and, for the most part, does not provide reimbursement for service charges. However, in some circumstances it is permissible for ‘other charges’ to be paid as housing benefit, and occupants of sheltered housing schemes should be able to claim for additional charges. This paper reviews the relevant legislation and recent opinions and rulings of both the Upper Tribunal and the Supreme Court in the case Oxford City Council v. Basey. Oxford argued that the accommodation occupied by the claimant did not fall under the definition of ‘sheltered accommodation’. The judge ruled that a broad view should be taken of the meaning of sheltered accommodation and that it is more important to look at the nature of the accommodation rather than the level of care provided. This decision was upheld on appeal. Claimants, advocates and decision makers should use the guidance given by the Upper Tier and Court of Appeal when considering housing benefit claims by sheltered housing residents.
Older people's housing: choice, quality of life, and under-occupation
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
There are 7.3 million older households in England (households which contain no-one under the age of 55 years) in mainstream or specialist housing, excluding care homes. This paper summarises the findings from a research project which analysed data from sources including the English Housing Survey and the English House Condition Survey, and drew on 15 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders from private, public and voluntary sector organisations and on a literature review focusing on older people's views about their housing, care and support. The research investigated aspects of housing for older people, covering where older people live, choice for older people who want to move, supply of and demand for specialist housing, moving or staying, quality of life, moving home and the effect on under-occupation of households, and properties released as a result of moves or mortality. It concluded that the specialist housing currently on offer does not reflect the choices that most older people make.
Find Me Good Care
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
Find Me Good Care is a website to help people to make choices about care and support for themselves or other adults in England. This includes care and support at home and in a residential setting. The site combines advice and information about choosing care with a comparable database of services. It also allows you to create your own Good Care Planner online so that you can save all the information that you find most useful in one place. The site has three main sections: a care planner to help plan care and support for yourself or someone else; a search facility to allow you to search for care and support services across England; information on paying for care and care costs. The site is developed and managed by the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
Housing our ageing population: a report of the HPUK working group
- Author:
- HOUSING PARTNERSHIP UNITED KINGDOM
- Publisher:
- Housing Partnership United Kingdom
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this report, based on research undertaken by the Housing Partnership UK working group (comprising representatives of 13 housing associations in England), is to advise providers on how to address issues associated with an ageing population. In the context of increasing life expectancy and the increase in the number of people in England aged over 65, the report discusses the needs and aspirations of customers and potential customers, including existing residents and tenants and the design of new homes. It looks at organisational implications for housing providers and their staff, including the implications of the personalisation agenda and the affordable homes programme. It also considers new provision (covering design considerations, extra care housing and care villages, and shared ownership, shared equity and equity release) and existing stock (covering assistive technology and telecare, aids and adaptations and disabled facilities grant, and asset management and retro-fitting). It includes best practice examples and a summary of recommended publications.