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Homeless campaign
— rhetoric into reality | | Author(s) | Kim Willcock |
| Corporate Author | Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 1999 |
| Pages | unnumbered |
| Source | Help the Aged, St James's Walk, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R OBE. |
| Keywords | Homelessness ; Needs [elderly] ; Projects ; Research Reviews ; London. |
| Annotation | Help the Aged has developed a user focused approach to action research which aims to improve service provision for older homeless people, by making changes in practice to resolve problems identified by service users. Action research is concerned with resolving real life problems encountered in practice, where a "problem" is defined as a need for change, and the findings of research inform the development of practice. This report discusses the limitations of traditional methods of monitoring service outcomes which informed the development of the action research programme, and it outlines the defining characteristics of user focused action research. The report provides a brief synopsis of three action research projects with older homeless people in East London: a drop in centre at the St John-at-Hackney Community Space Centre; provision of "floating support" at the Providence Row Housing Association; and the Moving On Group at the St Botolph's Project. The report describes the benefits of taking a user focused approach for users and services. It concludes with a set of recommendations for funders and service providers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000906214 P |
| Classmark | K4A: IK: 3E: 3A:6KC: 82L * |
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