Centre for Policy on Ageing



Extra care housing — a concept without a consensus
Author(s)	Anthea Tinker, Hannah Zeilig, Fay Wright
Journal title	Quality in Ageing, vol 8, no 4, December 2007
Pages	pp 33-44
Source	http://www.pavpub.com
Keywords	Sheltered housing ; Extra care.
Annotation	Extra care housing has developed from sheltered housing and has increasingly been seen as a popular option by policy-makers for a number of reasons. These include the inability of conventional sheltered housing to be an adequate solution for a growing population of very old people, the decline in popularity and high costs of residential care, and perceived problems with older people staying in mainstream housing. There is, however, no agreed definition of extra care housing, even though a growing number of government grants are become available for this type of housing. This is causing confusion for providers and for older people and their families who are not sure exactly what is provided. This lack of clarity means that this form of housing has become an erratic and piecemeal form of provision. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-071211215 A
Classmark	KLA: QA:58D
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