Housing, Care and Support: Volume 5 Issue 3

Joined‐up thinking

Maurice Harker

Changing habits

Bill Puddicombe

The Audit Commission's publication Changing Habits reports on a study of the commissioning and management of community drug services carried out in 2001. The report says that drug…

Housing Options — developing autism services

Nick Morey, Richard Woolrych

Housing Options is an independent advisory service for people with learning disabilities, their relatives and housing and care providers. Housing Options wanted to promote the…

Working for inclusion

Peter Bates

This briefing introduces the Sainsbury Centre publication Working for Inclusion, which provides an analysis and examples of how mental health and other agencies can support people…

The impact of Supporting People on housing association/agency relationships

Tristan Wood

The basis of current working relationships between housing associations and managing agents was established by FLAP ‐ a financial and legal advisory panel co‐ordinated by the…

Supporting People

Jeremy Porteus

Supporting People is arguably the most comprehensive and radical overhaul of housing‐related support services to date. Much of its success will depend on how providers take the…

Care standards

Claire Bastow

The Care Standards Act 2000 is designed to regulate and improve the management of residential care homes and other services. It provides a legislative framework for good practice…