Housing and homelessness
These publications address housing and homelessness, housing advice for older people, and issues facing those who are or have been homeless.
Directory of Housing Advice and Information Services for Older PeopleHousing and Older People Development Group (HOPDEV)with Help the Aged and Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC)
Later life can force people to make tough decisions – whether to stay living at home, making adaptations if necessary, or to move on to more suitable, possibly sheltered, accommodation or residential care. This Directory is a valuable resource for older people, their families and carers, and the professionals working with and for them. Easy to use, it includes two service locator charts to help you find the right support and a full A–Z of housing advice and service providers. Entries for each organisation include contact details, services provided and support available to older people.
Housing Choice for Older People
This discussion paper by Joe Oldman presents an overview of some of the current policy issues impacting on older people's housing in England. It is designed to stimulate comment and feedback to assist Help the Aged in determining future priorities for further action.
ISBN: 1-84598-006-9
Date of publication: 2006
Pages: 62
Price: £10
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Live Choices: supporting older homeless people to engage in meaningful occupation in the community
As Kim Willcock shows in this report for Help the Aged, the Live Choices project in East London demonstrated that homeless and formerly homeless older people (aged 50 or over) can, with support, develop new interests, establish new social relationships and engage in regular meaningful occupation in the community.
Moving On: the meaning of activity for older homeless people
This report for Help the Aged by Kim Willcock shows that meaningful activities can help build the confidence and skills that are necessary for successful resettlement and re-integration into the community.
Date of publication: 2006
Pages: 38
Price: Free
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Older People, Decent Homes and Fuel Poverty: an analysis based on the English House Condition Survey
Sue Adams (Care & Repair England) and Kevin White (BRE)
New research produced for the British Gas Help the Aged Partnership exposes the inadequate housing conditions in which many older people in England are now living, and provides recommendations for government policy and practice.
ISBN: 1-904528-99-6
Date of publication: 2006
Pages: 100
Price: £10
