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Housing and homes briefing
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing paper provides a useful overview of the household status of older people, household value, and the conditions of the housing in which older people live. It highlights the poor quality of homes, many of which have poor levels of heating.
Adult care
- Author:
- PEARCE Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 18, October 2004, pp.5-18.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Describes an Economic and Social Research Council Growing Older Programme study exploring how residents of sheltered housing respond to 2 types of development, privately owned and rented. Lists points for practice and key points.
Valuing retirement housing: exploring the economic effects of specialist housing for older people
- Author:
- LLOYD James
- Publisher:
- Strategic Society Centre
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on available data and evidence, this report provides an analysis of the economic effects of developing more specialist and retirement housing for older people. To set the context, the report provides data to describe the numbers of older homeowners across the UK, and their living situation. It then considers the potential of specialist housing to influence the health and care costs of older people. It looks both the prevention of need, for example from a reduction in falls, use of home care or residential care; and a reduction in entitlement to local authority funded services. It argues that the development of new retirement housing would also have an effect on housing supply for the wider population, enabling younger people to purchase property and increasing their ability to fund their housing and care costs during retirement. Drawing on drawing on social survey, administrative and population data, the report suggests that one new retirement housing unit occupied by one person for at least 10 years, could potential result in total savings of around £83,100. This includes £9,700 savings in health and care needs and £18,600 saving in local authority social care entitlement. Using these figures the report develops scenarios to explore savings across regions of England. (Edited publisher abstract)
The housing and support needs for older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Scotland
- Author:
- ODS LTD
- Publisher:
- Communities Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This research identifies the housing and support needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people living in Scotland. It provides information about the rights of LGBT people who own or rent a property or who use housing and housing support services, and explains where people can get help if they are not happy with the service they have received. It also covers getting support at home, moving to sheltered housing or a care home, housing related financial issues, homelessness, and dealing with harassment, hate crime or antisocial behaviour. The booklet was produced following research commissioned by Communities Scotland, Age Concern Scotland and the Equality Network and based on in-depth discussions with a large number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people aged over 45 in Scotland.
Senior citizens' lifestyles and need for support as a challenge for social services providers in Europe
- Author:
- BADEN-WURTTENBERG Wohlfahrtswerk fur
- Publisher:
- Wohlfahrtswerk fur Baden Wurttenberg
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 222p.bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Stuttgart
Proceedings of an international congress organised by Wohlfahrtswerk fur Baden Wurttenberg in July 1999. Papers include: a model for old age; community and institutional care under one roof; the people concerned know what they need; care structures, supply planning, supply management and financing; living at home as long as possible; the organisation in sheltered housing as a special provision for the elderly; living in multicultural society and growing old in one's own culture; caring for the elderly in Germany.