Housing, Care and Support: Volume 1 Issue 2

A package with teeth

Best value: A new management imperative

This article examines the features of Best Value, and the ways in which they may affect local authorities, other organisations, housing and support services and individuals. It…

Service development: Comparing housing and support options

There are many reasons to evaluate services and the benefits of different options for providing housing and support. The new report described in this article gives an introduction…

The housing dimension: A forgotten piece of the jigsaw

The Audit Commission has recently published a report on the role of housing in community care — an often‐forgotten piece of the community care jigsaw. The message for housing…

Living independently with support: Floating support or that sinking feeling

This new study carried out at Stirling University examines users' views of support services which are designed to enable them to live independently in the community. The…

Housing strategies for youth: Moving towards independence

Many young people may need support during their transition to independence, particularly if they have been forced to leave home or care before they are ready for independent…

Who pays for what?: Who Pays For What in Supported Housing?

Making God wait: An alternative to residential care

Frail older people have often had to choose between residential care and staying in their own homes with community care services. Both have disadvantages. The development of very…

Sheltered housing for the future: Is it an asset or a liability?

Sheltered housing for older people will have to change, as the principles of a ‘home for life’ and the indivisibility of housing and care take hold. ‘Remodelling’ accommodation…

Performance standards: What's good about the new published guidelines?

The Housing Corporation claims that its new standards give greater focus and clarity to service standards in supported housing. How true is this? What will be the benefits — and…

Homes not domes?

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