Updated 09.03.16
Growing Older Together: An overview of collaborative forms of housing for older people
This Housing LIN case study paper highlights how collaborative models of service delivery for older people are now being widely adopted in the heath and care sectors and it argues that providers of housing for older people should do more to embrace collaborative approaches.
The Housing LIN has been pioneering this kind of thinking for some time and the User Involvement and Co-production section of the its website contains an expanding range of reports, case studies and viewpoints.
The overview consolidates and adds to this work. It contains nine new case examples ranging from; place-based collaborative 'ways of living'; through existing schemes in which residents have taken over ownership and management; to ground breaking new developments, many of which are self-developed and/or co-produced.
The overview argues that there many different ways of realising collaborative housing for older people. It concludes with a series of ideas and proposals for promoting and developing collaborative housing on a much larger scale to meet the rapidly changing priorities and expectations of future generations of older people.
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Off the Radar? The impact of housing disrepair on health in later life
This report from Care & Repair England sets out the national picture with regard to the scale of poor housing conditions amongst older people, its concentration in the owner occupied sector and the resulting impact on the health and wellbeing of an ageing population.
It includes new figures about ageing, disrepair and tenure that are not currently available anywhere else - for example:
It argues for a coherent national response to address private sector housing disrepair arguing significant economic and social gains for the whole country.
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Meeting lifestyle aspirations of older consumers
This Housing LIN Viewpoint no 77 examines the urgent need for greater innovation in the UK's retirement and care sectors, and radical transformation of the housing options available for older people.
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