Developing quality and choice are key components of the recent announcement from the Department of Health on facilitating market conditions to deliver better care and support at home.
Within a housing context, the ADASS/Housing LIN resource pack, ‘Strategic Housing for Older People’, described some of the challenges facing providers of sheltered housing, whether in the public or private sector: “increased expectations…a shift towards supporting people to remain in their own home…an emphasis on creating a home for life…and difficulty letting poorly designed or poorly located housing.”
In the light of these:
- How can we make best use of what is a significant housing asset whilst ensuring it meets the needs and aspirations of older people now and in the future?
- What approaches can be taken to reviewing provision, and then what options are there for change?
- What could this asset provide for local authority commissioners, and clinical commissioning groups?
The Instituteof Public Care, in partnership with the Housing LIN, are producing a briefing paper which explores these issues in more detail, and draws on examples of good practice and innovation from around the country.
If you have examples you would like included, please email Emma Henrion no later than October 23, 2012.
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