Housing, Care and Support: Volume 13 Issue 4

Better use of resources

Martin Cooper

Why retirement housing deserves priority

Richard Best

In this opinion piece, Lord Best makes the case for retirement housing to be a national priority. Based on the recent Housing an Ageing Population Panel for Innovation (HAPPI…

Personalisation and housing in an age of austerity

Bruce Moore

The author debates the concept of personalisation ‐ choice and control to those who receive services ‐ for housing providers in the current economic and political climate in the…

Mental health and housing: developing a care and support pathway

Nick Welch, Angelo Fernandes

This article describes the development of the Supported to Independent Living project (SIL), which is for the support and care for people with mental health needs in Oxfordshire…

Can housing care and support provide solutions to health challenges?

Emily Bird

This article highlights the links between housing and health and suggests that the health sector has much to benefit from joined‐up working with the housing and support sector…

Prevention and personalisation ‐ the case for housing‐related support

Phil Saunders

This article reports on a recent study carried out by Sitra on behalf of the Yorkshire & Humber Housing Related Support Group, which resulted in the publication of Prevention and…

The impact of government cuts across housing, care and support on vulnerable people

Emily Bird

This article considers the effects of UK government cuts across the housing, care and support sector on vulnerable people. The article urges that the human and financial costs of…

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