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Towards integrated living? — housing strategies and community care
Author(s)	Brian Lund, Mark Foord
Corporate Author	Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF
Publisher	Policy Press, Bristol, 1997
Pages	59 pp
Source	The Policy Press, University of Bristol, Rodney Lodge, Grange Road, Bristol BS8 4EA.
Keywords	Housing [elderly] ; Community care ; Housing Departments ; Social Services Departments ; Coordination ; Needs [elderly].
Annotation	The contribution that safe, affordable and suitable housing can make to community care has now been fully recognised, and the involvement of housing authorities in joint planning is regarded as a key element in promoting community care. This study reveals that further progress depends on the integration of assessment procedures, a systematic recording of need, the development of 'independent living' performance indicators, and recognition of the importance of location. Resource constraints and reductions in expenditure in the mid 1990s has led to the concentration of people with specific needs in particular areas. Consequently, strategic planning for housing and community care has not yet embraced notions of 'independent' or 'integrated living'.
Accession Number	CPA-970603202 B
Classmark	KE: PA: PG: PF: QAJ: IK
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