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| Making the case for retirement villages | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 0166, April 2006 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, April 2006 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. http://www.jrf.org.uk Full report (ISBN 9781859354643) £11.95 (+£2.00 p&p) from York Publishing Services, 64 Hallfield Road, Layerthorpe, York YO31 7ZQ. |
| Keywords | Retirement communities ; Very sheltered housing ; Extra care ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | There has been a growing policy emphasis on promoting independence for older people, offering them choices, and improving their quality of life. Retirement villages appear to serve current policy agendas very well. They offer purposefully designed barrier-free housing with the associated autonomy, a range of facilities and activities that are not care-related which generate opportunities for informal and formal social activity and engagement, alongside a range of care and support services that can respond quickly and flexibly to a range of care needs over time. This is an outline of the findings in Karen Croucher's report (same title) published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). She uses as her research base previously published studies and data from an ongoing comparative evaluation of seven different housing with care schemes for older people. The two reports on which this paper is based are also by Croucher and colleagues, and published by JRF: 'Housing with care for later life: a literature review'; and 'Living in Hartrigg Oaks: resident views of the UK's first continuing care retirement community'. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060407211 A |
| Classmark | ROA: KLA:58D: QA:58D: 3A:6KC |
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