An overview of care options, intended to be combined with a bespoke care homes and/or care services listing to produce a FirstStop client ‘Care Options Report’. Contents are: 1. Thinking about moving into a care home 2. Alternatives to moving into a

FirstContact schemes are local collaborative schemes directed principally at ‘vulnerable’ people in the community. The main aim of the schemes is to ensure that people who, for whatever reason, are excluded and/or vulnerable are able to access the advice

A guide to 150 housing developments designed for older people and described by their developers / managers as Retirement Villages.

A summary of considerations applicable to people who live in park homes (‘mobile homes’) when it comes to paying for care.

A report on the new national Housing for Older People Awards – the first awards ever to be nominated by the residents of sheltered and retirement housing. The Awards celebrate housing for older people in all its forms and give residents the opportunity to

Project report to the Housing Corporation; including: steps to success, literature review, workshop report, new questionnaires, quality of information pack

An analysis of extra care housing provision against demographics by English region, county and district. A companion volume, ‘A Guide to Extra Care Housing in England’, provides full details of each scheme / development. Note that a copy of the statisti