Housing, Care and Support: Volume 4 Issue 4

Fit for purpose ‐ the humble can opener: Putting the quality back into quality assurance

Maurice Harker

Asylum seekers: Is there a proper housing response?

Ruth Wilson

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust commissioned research in order to provide an overview of how services have responded in West Yorkshire to the Government's new policy of…

Asylum seekers: Is there a proper housing response?

Gerard Lemos

Service review: Devising an all ‐ purpose methodology

Kate McAllister

There are currently a number of reasons why providers need to review their services: to prepare for Supporting People, to develop a strategy for rent restructuring, to implement…

Benchmarking and performance: How much is known about organisations providing housing, care and support?

Jane Harris, Tom Noon

This article draws on the experience of a benchmarking club for non‐profit providers of social care services, and identifies some lessons for others who are considering…

The Care Standards Act 2000: Changing for the better?

Chris Greathead

Providers are keenly aware of the new and additional requirements for the regulation and supervision of services providing housing care and support. The Care Standards Act 2000…

Housing adaptations: Understanding their worth

Frances Heywood

Adaptations ‐ permanent or fixed alterations to make homes more suitable for disabled occupants and their families ‐ are important. A recent project has been seeking to assess…

Extra care housing: Capital and revenue funding

Nigel King

This is the second of a series introducing ideas about extra care housing for older people. Extra care models and new ‘retirement communities’ are becoming an alternative to…

Making an impact: How housing associations can measure their effect on people's health

Peter Molyneux

Health impact assessment (HIA) is emerging as a useful way of ascertaining whether housing‐related activities have a positive or negative effect on people's health. The article…