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| Supporting independence for people with dementia in extra care housing | | Author(s) | Simon Evans, Tina Fear, Robin Means |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 6, no 1, February 2007 |
| Pages | pp 144-149 |
| Source | http://www.dem.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Independence ; Sheltered housing ; Extra care ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | This paper uses findings from a 3-year longitudinal study to examine the opportunities and challenges provided by extra care housing to support independence for people with dementia. The study by Sarah Vallelly of Housing 21 and Simon Evans, Tina Fear and Robin Means of the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England (UWE) has the title 'Opening doors to independence: a longitudinal study exploring the contribution of extra care housing to the care and support of older people with dementia'. The views of the tenants themselves were central to this research, along with those of relatives, care staff and other professionals from housing, health and social care. The authors discuss three features of the extra care environment seen as particularly important in supporting independence: the freedom to come and go within and beyond the housing scheme; maximising opportunities to "do things for themselves"; and having choices about how to spend their time. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070510212 A |
| Classmark | EA: C3: KLA: QA:58D: 3J |
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