Housing, Care and Support: Volume 2 Issue 2

Editorial

Supporting people 1: Is the Government listening?

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE new funding regime for supported housing has caused a crisis of confidence among supported housing providers who previously looked kindly on ministerial…

Supporting people 2: Realising the reforms

THE DIRECTOR OF THE supported housing policy and training agency SITRA analyses the DSS consultation paper, Supporting People, and highlights the issues of provider stability, the…

Funding freedom: Direct payment schemes

TWO RECENT CONFERENCES AND publications on direct payments indicate how these are integral to the Modernising Government agenda. They will have implications where supported…

The elements of good performance: The priorities for providers

HOUSING CARE AND SUPPORT significantly contribute to the delivery of a socially inclusive and healthy society. The Government has started to make that contribution explicit and to…

Healthy housing policies: Public health strikes back

THE RE‐EMERGENCE OF THE public health agenda and the continued high level of scrutiny of the outcomes of activities in the public sector have created the need to try and work…

Working with older people: A community development approach

THIS IS AN ACCOUNT of two projects initiated by Anchor Trust and funded by the Department of Health Community Care Development Programme for a period of two years ‐ 1996 to 1998…

Older homeless people: An action research plan

HELP THE AGED IS running a six‐year campaign to improve service provision for older homeless people. The charity has developed a programme of user‐focused action research within…

Housing and older people: A national overview

ANCHOR TRUST IS ABOUT to publish Age File 99 ‐ a comprehensive, up‐to‐date report documenting the demographics, health, housing circumstances, finances, care arrangements and…

Events Diary