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What Role for Housing in Health and Social Care Provision?

Sue Adams (Care & Repair England)

Journal of Integrated Care

ISSN: 1476-9018

Article publication date: 1 October 2008

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Abstract

Older people (particularly 75 years+) are the main users of health and social care services. They are also the age group most likely to occupy non‐decent homes. Government health and social care policy is increasingly focused on enabling more older people to remain living independently in their own homes and on delivery of care ‘at or closer to home’. This article considers how greater recognition of the negative impacts of poor‐quality and inappropriate housing on older people's health and well‐being, combined with targeted housing repair and adaptation assistance, could contribute to achieving a range of current health and social care objectives, including enabling older people to live independently in mainstream housing and better management of chronic health conditions.

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Adams, S. (2008), "What Role for Housing in Health and Social Care Provision?", Journal of Integrated Care, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/14769018200800038

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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