A glossary of health and housing terminology

Somerset Housing Options for Older People is a county wide project which provides training and information about the housing options for older people in the county of Somerset to health, housing and care professionals, older people and community activists

FirstStop Advice is a service providing information and advice about care and housing options in later life to older people, their families and carers. An expansion of FirstStop Advice was supported by DCLG from March 2009, and soon afterwards the The Ca

This report summarises the findings of an evaluation of the FirstStop information and advice service for older people conducted by the University of Cambridge. This particular report considers the successes of and challenges faced by the initiative

This report from the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research analyses the value for money (VFM) of the FirstStop Warwickshire service. It is part of an ongoing project. VFM is always based on a combination of research evidence and assumptions b

A comprehensive report on the development and operation of the FirstStop Advice service. Includes aims and objectives, methodology, findings and analysis and covering both national and local FirstStop services, and a value for money analysis. (All extract

Summary of the findings of an independent evaluation of FirstStop Advice between November 2009 and June 2011, including key successes, challenges and the future.

This report details the findings of an evalutaion conducted by the University of Cambridge of the local projects of the FirstStop information and advice service for older people.