The Future Home Improvement Agency: Supporting choice and maintaining independence – A report overview

Gives an overview of the key findings of the Future HIA project carried out by Foundations on behalf of Communities and Local Government (CLG). The Future HIA project aimed to set out a broad agenda for the evolution of the HIA sector to its next level. I

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Retirement Plus Equity Release

 

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Underfunded, Undervalued and Unfit : A fresh approach to social care for older people in England

A call for action to: bring the debate about the future of social care into the public domain; set it in its broader context; and implement a number of short and medium term recommendations on its funding.

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Enhancing Housing Choices for People with Learning Disabilities

This paper expalins the range of accommodation options for people with a leaning disability. It is aimed at workers who give them advise and support to adentify their housing choices.

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Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers

Written for people with dementia and their carers. It explains the NICE and SCIE guideline. Aims to help people understand the support and treatment options that should be available in the NHS and social care.

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Older People’s Housing Strategies: Key Policy Drivers

This examines the relationship between the housing agenda and the agenda for older age. It explores the ways in which any gaps at national level are affecting and influencing regional strategies and local policies and implementation. It is intended for us

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Futurecare@home: A collection of papers for the Housing LIN

A collection of papers for the Housing LIN by Nigel Appleton, Peter Colebrook, Dr Ian Donald, Alan Kell, Moyra Riseborough, Georgina and John Truscott, edited by Jeremy Porteus

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Direct Payments from social work

This explains the payments that can be made by Social Work Departments, so that individual people can arrange their own care to meet the needs that they’ve been assessed as having. It explains what Direct Payments are and what they can be used for.

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