Housing And Home In Later Life (Rethinking Ageing Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335201695 ISBN 13: 9780335201693

Publisher: Open University Press, 2001

Synopsis

At the heart of all policies of supporting people to live and thrive into old age lies the concept of home. Yet there is a vacuum where policies concerning housing issues should be, and such policies as exist are profoundly ageist and often based on a medical model of disability. The authors of this volume share a commitment to see the issues of later life and housing re-thought to address more adequately the diverse needs and preferences of a group who constitute around one quarter of the population. The book has three strands; to uncover the theoretical origins of accepted practice; to present a critique of the present policies and to consider new theories, ideas and methodologies for achieving user centred changes. The central aim of the book is to reduce the present dissonance between older people's needs and preferences and those of policy makers and practitioners.

It has been written for students and researchers of social and public policy, social work, health care, community care, housing studies and social gerontology; and for professionals involved with older people such as social and community care workers.

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About the Author

Frances Heywood is a Research Fellow at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Her research career began with Birmingham Community Forum, discovering and finding ways to represent user views of urban regeneration and compulsory purchase/clearance. In Bristol, the multi-disciplinary SPS has facilitated co-operative research on housing, health and community care. Recent work has included HOOP (Housing Options for Older People), housing and health in later life and research with a team of partners into the effectiveness of housing adaptions. Christine Oldman has worked in social policy research for over twenty years and has had a consistent interest in social gerontology. She has worked in the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York since its inception in 1990 and has developed its research into housing and community care. She has written widely in the area of interface between housing, welfare and social security. Her particular interest is focused on the ageism inherent in current housing policies. Robin Means is Professor and Associate Dean at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol. He has written and researched extensively on issues relating to community care, housing and older people. His previous publications include: Community Care: Policy and Practice and From Poor Law to Community Care (both with Randall Smith).

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335201695
• ISBN 13: 9780335201693
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208