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Housing choices discussion paper 2: a proposed typology of housing and support options
- Authors:
- HARFLETT Naomi, et al
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- Bath
This paper identifies, categorises and briefly describes the housing options available for people with care or support needs who do not live with family. This typology has been developed following a desk-based search to scope all housing and support options for older people, people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems. The range of options identified fall under the following main categories: mainstream renting, which include social renting; home ownership, which comprises matched home sharing schemes; designated shared housing (shared supported housing); supported placement (Shared Lives); clustered housing (sheltered housing, extra care, retirement villages); residential home (care homes); intentional communities (learning disability intentional communities); and charitable housing (almshouse, gifted housing). (Edited publisher abstract)
Should I stay or should I go?: an overview of the findings of the evaluation of pilot local housing options services for older people
- Author:
- CARE AND REPAIR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Care and Repair England
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
This summary report provides an overview of the evaluation of 8 pilot local housing option services in Bristol, Burnley, Derbyshire Dales, East Riding of Yorkshire, Enfield, Hackney, Leeds and Warwickshire. These services provide information, advice, support, advocacy and practical help for older people living in poor or unsuitable housing or considering options for moving home. The evaluation looked at whether there is a need for housing option services, to what extent did these services improve the housing situation of individual older people, and whether the services could help improve the local housing situation of older people more generally through influencing service provision and planning. The evaluation identified a demand for the housing option services, particularly amongst people over 80 with health and mobility problems. Many of the older people using the housing option services were doing so because of significant difficulties with their current living arrangements. Others were seeking information in order to weight up possible options in advance of problems and to plan for their future housing. On average 17% of service users moved home. Others were still waiting to move home, some had chosen not to move because of the lack of suitable housing on offer, and others had made a positive choice to stay put after provision of information about options. There was a high level of satisfaction from service users with the housing options service, with the help for some users being literally life transforming. Whilst there are limitations on what the housing options service can achieve for some people because of a lack of suitable alternative housing options, the information generated can be used by planners and providers to bring about wider improvements to housing for older people.
Enabling older people to stay at home: how adaptable are existing properties?
- Authors:
- GOODACRE Kate, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70(1), January 2007, pp.5-15.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This multiprofessional research project examined in detail the factors that affect the adaptability of existing housing and explored issues relating to the introduction of assistive technology into the existing homes of older people in order to provide them with the opportunity to stay in their homes. The research reported here investigated the feasibility of adapting the existing stock of social housing and the resulting costs and outcomes of introducing assistive technology. This paper outlines that part of the project that examined in detail the adaptability of 82 properties representing a variety of property types to accommodate the needs of seven notional users, characterising the most common range of impairments of older people. The factors that affect a property's adaptability include property type and specific design and construction features. The implications for housing providers, clients and occupational therapists are discussed. The research identified the unique expertise of occupational therapists, spanning the areas of housing, older people and assistive technology, and it introduced methods and tools that can help to determine best housing outcomes as well as cost implications. It is crucial that the profession is proactive in contributing to the development of housing policies that address the needs of an ageing population effectively.
A care team for sheltered/retirement housing: a workshop; University of Sussex, Brighton Thursday 30th September 2004
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
- Publisher:
- University of Sussex
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This Workshop, the 33rd held by the Sussex Gerontology Network since 1992, sought to examine the manner by which care and support are delivered in conventional sheltered housing schemes and to see whether a move towards a care team approach is possible and feasible. This is not a new issue - many local authorities and RSLs have carried out their own pilot projects some of which have successfully continued, others have failed. One obvious factor is the number of stakeholders involved - Social Services, Supporting People Teams, NHS Trusts, the Private Sector Care Agencies, RSL and LA Housing Managements, their sheltered scheme managers and residents. Desire for change by one set is so often frustrated by the problems perceived by others.
Older people's housing - the changing role of social housing providers
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 10(4), December 2000, pp.8-10.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Looks at the changing role of social housing providers, and scenarios for the future.
Supply-side review of the UK specialist housing market and why it is failing older people
- Author:
- HARDING Andrew J.E.
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 21(2), 2018, pp.41-50.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a supply-side review of policies and practices that impact on the shortage of supply in the contemporary specialist housing market for older people in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: The review is based on a review of academic literature, policy documents, reports and other sources. Findings: There is a critical conflict between the key social purpose of specialist housing (i.e. living independent of socially provided care) and the values that underpin and ultimately limit the quantity of units in both the social and private sector. In the social sector, government policies prohibit rather than encourage local authorities and housing associations from increasing specialist housing stock. The nature of leasehold tenures in the private sector tends to commodify not only housing stock but also those who use it and therefore acts to instrumentalise housing supply in favour of the profit motive and the focus on the person and her or his needs is largely ignored. Originality/value: While the shortage of specialist housing is well known, this paper is unique in that it provides a comprehensive and critical supply-side review of the factors that have created such conditions. (Publisher abstract)
Funding for supported housing: Government response to two consultations
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises responses to two joint consultations on the design of the new funding models for the housing costs for supported accommodation and outline the full Government response. One consultation related to sheltered and extra care housing and the other related to short-term supported accommodation. The consultation proposals included an enhanced regulatory regime for sheltered and extra care housing (‘Sheltered Rent’), and a ring-fenced, local authority administered grant for short-term provision. The results include that the Government will not be pursuing the Sheltered Rent model for sheltered and extra care housing in the upcoming consultation on the Rent Standard Direction. In addition the Government will continue to maintain housing benefit for all supported housing, including short term supported housing. (Edited publisher abstract)
Now or never: older people's decisions about housing
- Authors:
- HIRST Rob, ALLAN Graham, WATSON Lynn
- Publisher:
- University of Southampton
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 40p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Southampton
Research study concentrating on social housing and looking at the views of older people concerning their need to move from their original home, the availability of care and support services and the housing choices open to them.
Home truths
- Author:
- BELCHER John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.5.01, 2001, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that greater co-operation between social housing providers and health care agencies is vital if valuable preventive services are to survive.