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Housing and community care
 — exploring the role of home improvement agencies
Author(s)Gavin Smart, Robin Means
Corporate AuthorAnchor Trust; Care and Repair
PublisherAnchor Trust, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, 1997
Pages96 pp
SourceAnchor Trust, Fountain Court, Oxford Spires Business Park, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1NZ.
KeywordsOwner occupied dwellings ; Maintenance ; Community care ; Costs ; Performance ; Costing ; Case studies.
AnnotationThe community care reforms place high emphasis on both frail elderly and disabled people being able to stay in their own homes. This has resulted in a growing appreciation of the community care contribution made by home improvement agencies (HIAs) through their home improvement and home adaptation work. This research tests out how HIAs are helping deliver the Government's commitment to housing being central to community care, and what constitutes success from the perspective of health and social service agencies who have decided to partly fund HIAs. The impact of HIAs in terms of their cost effectiveness and costing of their work is analysed in case studies.
Accession NumberCPA-971118002 B
ClassmarkKEA: 5P6: PA: WC: 5H: WTC: 69P

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