Housing, Care and Support: Volume 8 Issue 4

A cautionary tale

A strategic approach to support services for refugees?

The Government has called for a strategic approach to support services for people given refugee status, and has itself adopted a new strategy, Integration Matters. This article…

The support plan: Centrepiece of high‐quality service or missed opportunity?

The support plan is central to the Supporting People programme. A service user without one is not eligible for funding, and it forms a core objective of the formal Quality…

Intermediate care service in extra care sheltered housing

This case study gives an example of an integrated intermediate care service providing short‐term, intensive support and assistance combined with the facilities and services…

Future need and demand for supported accommodation for people with learning disabilities in England

Despite changes in the nature of supported accommodation services for people with learning disabilities, little progress was made during the '70s, '80s and '90s in addressing the…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/13595474200500008. When citing the…

Organising and supporting direct payments

This case study gives an example of a well‐established direct payments service, managed by Hampshire County Council in partnership with users of direct payments, carers and…

Independent living for disabled people: Making it happen

The Government's 2005 Green Paper on Adult Social Care put forward a vision of ‘independence, well‐being and choice’. While the notion of independent living was central to the…