Promoting supportive relationships in housing with care
This report explores how to promote positive and supportive relationships between older people with and without high support needs who are living in housing with care schemes.
Evidence has consistently shown that older people with high support needs, particularly those who have cognitive and sensory impairments, can be marginalised within housing with care schemes. The report identifies a number of approaches which have demonstrated how housing with care can be made more supportive and inclusive, either through initiatives driven by provider organisations, by the efforts of residents themselves, or by external organisations.
The report highlights how organisations can:
- promote a culture of tolerance and respect within housing with care schemes;
- raise awareness of the nature of specific conditions or aspects of a person’s identity to foster greater understanding and tolerance of individuals;
- provide an underlying environment where individuals, whatever their circumstances, can flourish; and
- broker opportunities for residents to take part in the life of their communities, and provide guidance and support to those residents who are willing to reach out to others.
Published : 31st December 2012
Author : Karen Croucher and Mark Bevan [ More From This Author ]
Publisher : Joseph Rowntree Foundation [ More From This Publisher ]
Rights : Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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