Housing, Care and Support: Volume 4 Issue 3

Politics again: Coming off the rails?

Supporting People ‐ a probation perspective: Acceptance or further marginalisation

The provision of supported housing is vital to the work of the National Probation Service as it seeks to reduce re‐offending and protect the public. Supporting People offers an…

Settling for sustainability: Developing a joint strategy for supported accommodation in Kingston‐upon‐Hull

In 1999 voluntary and statutory sector partners in Hull agreed that they wanted to respond more effectively to the needs of all those in supported accommodation. We were…

Health improvement programmes and joint investment plans: Making connections

Health improvement programmes (HImPs) and joint investment plans (JIPs) are becoming increasingly important mechanisms for modernising services. They bring new disciplines that…

Valuing People

The new White Paper, Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century, is the first for 30 years. It is important, first, as an indication that people…

The White Paper aims for housing: Choice and control over where and how you live

Models of very sheltered housing: Rethinking housing for older people

This year's Reith lectures focused on older people and questioned the inevitability of the ageing process. One lecture was to an audience of older people living in an ‘extra care’…

Person‐centred planning: A plea for lateral thinking

Workforce and training: Update on the new training standards and regulations in care

With new information on what seems like a weekly basis, the requirements for training in care need careful tracking. Recommendations become requirements as the new regulatory…

Transfer of a residential care home: Human Rights Act 1988