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Personal choice in sheltered / retirement housing
— a workshop: University of Sussex, Brighton, Friday 26th September 2008 | | Author(s) | Peter Lloyd |
| Corporate Author | School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex; Sussex Gerontology Network |
| Publisher | School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex, 2008 |
| Pages | 3 pp |
| Source | Professor Peter Lloyd, School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9SN. Make cheques payable to Sussex Gerontology Network. |
| Keywords | Sheltered housing ; Residents [care homes] ; Finance [care] ; Needs [elderly] ; Consumer choice ; Conference proceedings ; East Sussex. |
| Annotation | Two ways in which personal choice might be exercised were explored in this workshop. First personal budgets (or individual budgets, or self directed support), for which West Sussex was one of thirteen pilot sites. The complexity, innovativeness and risks of the system are commented on. The second, a service menu, involved residents in one locality (North Somerset) selecting a "menu" of different levels of support (low, medium or high). More than two-thirds chose the low level, and only 5% the high level. While sheltered housing schemes retain their managers, there remains a question mark as to whether this choice could be denied to residents who may only be able to choose items on "the menu". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081222022 P |
| Classmark | KLA: KX: QC: IK: WYC: 6M: 8E * |
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