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Supported housing for older people in the UK
— an evidence review | | Author(s) | Jenny Pannell, Imogen Blood |
| Corporate Author | Imogen Blood and Associates; Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, December 2012 |
| Pages | 4 pp (Inspiring social change; Ref: 2846) |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Sheltered housing ; Living with others ; Research Reviews ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | Around 5% of the older population live in specialist housing with support. Across the UK there are almost 18,000 developments and around 550,000 units (480,000 in England) of such housing, built and managed by not-for-profit and private providers, and providing a wide range of accommodation and levels of support. This summary reports on a study which is part of JRF's Better Life programme. The study included a literature search examining more than 100 publications (mainly since 2000). Analysis of official statistics in two English datasets was commissioned from the New Policy Institute for CORE (Continuous Recording of Lettings and Sales in Social Housing in England), and from the Centre for Housing Research, University of St Andrews, for Supporting People monitoring. The study examines the evidence and gaps in it, to consider what sheltered and retirement housing offers in terms of quality of life for those with high support needs. It notes that researchers have paid more attention to "housing with care" which comprises only 10% of the total supported housing stock, while sheltered housing has been largely ignored. Recent and forthcoming changes to funding and benefits for older people's housing and support services need underpinning by robust evidence, particularly on owner-occupied retirement housing, and on the growing private rented market. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130315003 A |
| Classmark | KE: KLA: KA: 3A:6KC: 8 |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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