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| Forms and functions: assessing housing need in the community care context | | Author(s) | Bridget J Franklin |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 6, no 6, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp 420-428 |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Community care ; Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation ; Personnel ; England ; Wales. |
| Annotation | The National Health Service and Community Care Act of 1990 has been criticised for its marginalisation of housing issues. This marginalisation has perpetuated a lack of understanding about housing issues amongst those involved in community care assessments. Little is known about the assessment of housing need in the community care context, although it seems likely that it is driven by the perceptions and values of organisations, rather than any real understanding of individual need. This study, conducted in England and in Wales, aimed to investigate the assessment of housing needs by both housing organisations and social work teams located in community and hospital settings. Interviews were conducted with a wide range of professionals, the assessment process was observed, and users and user groups were consulted. The results suggest that professionals have different approaches to housing need, driven by procedures, practices and professional grounding in place before the implementation of the community care legislation, but that awareness is growing about the limitations of these existing approaches, and the need to develop greater insight. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981130402 A |
| Classmark | KE: PA: IK: 4C: QM: 82: 9 |
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