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Widening choices for older people with high support needs
— [full report] | | Author(s) | Helen Bowers, Sian Lockwood, Anita Eley |
| Corporate Author | National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi); Community Catalysts (CC); Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, January 2013 |
| Pages | 95 pp |
| Source | (http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/widening-choice... Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. Weblink: www.jrf.org.uk/better-life |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Needs [elderly] ; Consumer choice ; Projects. |
| Annotation | Not A One Way Street was a collaborative research project designed to better understand the various ways in which older people with high support needs take up active roles within support arrangements based on mutuality and reciprocity. This report presents the findings of the project, which was funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and undertaken by the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) and Community Catalysts (CC). The focus was on arrangements where older people were living in their own home and did not need to move 'into care' to access support. The key issue for this study was that the individuals concerned were living in a domestic household they regarded as their own. More than 70 older people with high support needs shared their experiences across four fieldwork sites: Dorset, Swansea & Gower, Leeds and Oxford. Another 50 people took part in six in-depth case studies examining the design, experiences and outcomes of specific models, including Time Banks (in Bromley and an initiative across Northern Ireland), senior co-housing (in Fife and Glasgow), mutually supportive communities (in Suffolk), and self help networks (in Cambridge). A literature search and open call provided evidence, lessons and insights from further afield. The report provides detailed information about the research design and methods, including how participants were involved, and the different sources of information gathered and analysed. Among key findings are that support based on mutuality and reciprocity makes a positive difference; asset-based and community-led approaches matter; resources and resourcefulness are important; problem solving is a central, sustaining feature; and there are challenges of scale and replication. Decision-makers must pay particular attention to dispelling negative attitudes about and narrow perceptions of older age. This report is part of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) Better Life research programme, which examines what needs to change so that older people, especially those with high support needs, can have 'a better life'. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130125204 E |
| Classmark | KE: IK: WYC: 3E |
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