The Impact of Mutual Support Based Housing Projects on the Costs of Care

Borgloh, Sarah; Westerheide, Peter

doi:10.1080/02673037.2012.697554

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“…Buck and Gregory (2013), in an impact assessment of two housing improvement programmes in Birmingham, England, found that for an outlay of £12 million, the local authority achieved savings of £24 million. Borgloh and Westerhide (2016) show that social worker support in four housing projects in Germany was linked to significant potential socioeconomic cost savings. The provision of more generalised support is similar to the model used within the intervention evaluated here.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Personalised housing support to improve health and well-being: findings from a local pilot programme in Yorkshire, England

2019

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The contribution that housing associations have made to public health in recent years is recognised within research and policy literature. This paper examines a partnership pilot intervention implemented by one housing association and one community healthcare service provider that aimed to improve the health and well-being of people with complex needs living in social housing stock in one area in England. The pilot delivered co-commissioned personalised support using a holistic model of care. This paper describes the pilot intervention and associated findings drawn from a mixed methods evaluation. The findings illustrate positive service user reports, including improved health and wellbeing, increased independence and reduced social isolation. The intervention was also associated with reduced use of community healthcare services; with an estimated potential local net saving of £20,818 during the year of the pilot. In conclusion, this small-scale pilot intervention supported clients with complex health needs whilst reducing demands on community health care services. Despite more research being needed in this area, particularly from larger and longer-term studies, this paper contributes to the evidence base by illustrating an effective health and housing practice-based partnership approach.What is known about the topic?• Housing and health are interrelated; several aspects of housing can affect health and health service usage costs.• Housing associations can make contributions to public health improvements in several ways.• Policy documents suggest that joint working between health and housing services are a starting point for interventions which aim to deliver health improvements. What this paper adds• Analysis of a joint pilot intervention between health and housing services, which improved older people's health and well-being through the provision of targeted, individualised support.• The views of service-users in relation to this model of care, including positive perceptions of better health, increased independence and reduced social isolation.• Evidence related to potential cost savings: the pilot was associated with reduced use of community healthcare services; potentially saving £20,818 over a one year period.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Personalised housing support to improve health and well-being: findings from a local pilot programme in Yorkshire, England

2019

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“…Dentro de este nuevo marco para el envejecimiento, uno de los aspectos determinantes es el residencial, el que conforma el espacio en que vivir, la vivienda, la cual se estructuraría como pilar de participación social frente a la soledad no deseada que implica el hacerse mayor 4 , y que afecta a un número incrementalmente creciente de personas (Borgloh & Westerheide, 2012; López de la Cruz & Sánchez, 2017) 5 . Pero también para dar respuesta a necesidades especiales de habitabilidad que supone el envejecer, paliar la incertidumbre económica en que se halla inmerso el sistema público de pensiones, y la dificultad de acceso 4 En 2016, 75 millones de ciudadanos europeos informaron estar socialmente aislados, y en 2017, el 18% o casi uno de cada cinco ciudadanos de la UE de 65 años o más estaba en riesgo de pobreza o exclusión social (EuropEan commission, 2019).…”

Section: La Vivienda Colaborativa Senior Y Envejecimiento Activounclassified

“…El problema de la soledad en general, y de manera especial entre las personas mayores (la llamada soledad no elegida), es uno de los retos a que se enfrentan nuestras sociedades por sus importantes y negativas consecuencias psicológicas. La evidencia científica constata que la soledad crónica y el aislamiento social perjudican seriamente la salud, contribuyendo al deterioro mental, a la hipertensión, las enfermedades cardiovasculares, favoreciendo el riesgo de adiciones, depresión, demencias o muerte prematura (López Doblás & Díaz Conde, 2018;Bermejo, 2018;Gajardo, 2015;Borgloh & Westerheide, 2012;Steptoe, 2013).…”

Section: Vivienda Colaborativa Intergeneracionalunclassified

Vivienda colaborativa y Economía Social: análisis del modelo sénior e intergeneracional

2022

Revista Del Ministerio De Trabajo Y Economía Social

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Problems of oversize, degradation of neighborhoods in large cities and high housing costs, the demographic challenge of increasingly aging societies and loneliness, or the new readings and social approaches marked by sustainability, the value of use versus property, the collaborative economy, active aging, communality, collaborative consumption, open the way to the aspirations and needs of people and groups that propose a refocus on the concept of housing.The Cohousing, based on the participatory organization of its residents on self-promotion and self-management processes, finds in the Social Economy the conceptual framework for its development. And it is that the Social Economy has a relevant track record offering housing solutions through traditional housing cooperatives, but more recently the cooperative formula promotes and legally protects this housing model. This work carries out an analytical journey on the conceptual framework of cohousing and its location in the field of the principles and values of the Social Economy, focusing the study on the senior and intergenerational modalities and the advantages and benefits that it implies for both groups.

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“…The availability of mutual aid and support among co-residents that would supplant or complement family or institutional support is an attractive feature of this kind of housing across Europe (Bamford 2005;Droste 2015;Labit 2015), with some notable cases in long-established German intergenerational projects (Labit and Dubost 2016;Borgloh and Westerheide, 2012) as well as in the US (Glass 2013;Glass and Vander Plaats 2013;Markle et al 2015) and Australia (Forbes 2002) and for men as well as women. Mutual support is a significant and highly prized feature of New Ground and the women offered numerous examples of what they termed 'OWCH in action'for example, preparing meals for each other during periods of ill health; driving each other to hospital appointments; organizing visiting rotas for residents in hospital.…”

Section: Mutual Aid Care and Lovementioning

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Interdependence, commitment, learning and love: the case of the United Kingdom's first older women's co-housing community

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2020

Ageing and Society

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Housing options for older people in the United Kingdom (UK) have been rather limited to remaining living ‘independently’ in one's own home and some variant of institutionally provided, pre-established and age-exclusive housing such as retirement communities, extra-care or sheltered housing. However, interest in alternative forms of housing and living which align more closely with the expectations of those currently entering later life is steadily growing. In this paper, we present some findings from original, mixed-methods research on the UK's only established example of senior co-housing, which also happens to be women only. Through thematic analysis, we explore two key questions about this important social experiment: (a) is this a model merely for the dedicated, activist and privileged few, as is often presumed; and (b) what might it tell us about post-traditional ageing. Is it merely a retirement lifestyle choice and identity project, grounded in logics of age denial, activity, choice, individualism and risk management? Our findings cannot be conclusive at this stage, but they do suggest a new model of later-life dwelling for the UK based on more collectivist values of inter-dependence, commitment, learning and, even, love.

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The Impact of Mutual Support Based Housing Projects on the Costs of Care

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Personalised housing support to improve health and well-being: findings from a local pilot programme in Yorkshire, England

Personalised housing support to improve health and well-being: findings from a local pilot programme in Yorkshire, England

Vivienda colaborativa y Economía Social: análisis del modelo sénior e intergeneracional

Interdependence, commitment, learning and love: the case of the United Kingdom's first older women's co-housing community

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