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Ageing at home?
— Meeting housing, health and social needs | | Author(s) | Jill Stewart, Rachel Crockett, Jim Gritton |
| Journal title | Journal of Integrated Care, vol 22, no 5/6, 2014 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2014 |
| Pages | pp 218-228 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/jica.htm |
| Keywords | Living in the community ; Housing [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Needs [elderly] ; Community care ; Services ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Coordination. |
| Annotation | The present study aimed to consolidate a range of issues relevant to owner occupiers who age in place and to offer an initial overview of how effective partnerships can respond to and meet the changing housing, health and social care needs of the ageing population. Issues affecting older people's changing needs were considered holistically and considered in terms of how partnerships could be enhanced to develop improved services in the future. Study findings showed that most owners wish to stay in their own homes for as long as possible and it can be cost effective to do so. However there is a need to look at new and innovative ways of developing and providing front-line services to enhance health and safety in the home as well as quality of life and wellbeing issues such as combatting loneliness and isolation. Although there are examples of evidence-based good practice, service provision is variable and there is a risk that many older home owners may miss out on services for which they may be eligible. With this in mind it may be helpful to develop a new framework where one key practitioner holds responsibility to consolidate and coordinate the range of local services available as a package that offers a range of housing, health and social care services. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150522264 A |
| Classmark | K4: KE: CC: IK: PA: I: QK6: QAJ |
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