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Sheffield's strategy aims to improve and diversify housing choices for older people, ensuring quality and sustainability. Recommendations focus on diversity, flexibility, and joint working.
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Sheffield’s Vision for Older People Liz Cook Programme Director Services for Vulnerable People, Health and Social Care Partnerships
Key Strategic Drivers • To improve and diversify the housing and support options, and choices for Older People. • To ensure effective provision of the range of housing and support options and choices across the City. • To ensure the appropriate mix of housing and support provision is developed within regeneration areas of the City through the Neighbourhood Development Frameworks.
Key Strategic Drivers (2) • To ensure appropriate investment is delivered within the Council sector to ensure all designated older people’s housing and sheltered housing meets the decent homes standard by 2010. • To develop effective investment criteria and financial models to ensure consistent and effective analysis of investment decisions for the development and renewal of older people’s housing.
Some Givens • The population is ageing and has a highly diverse range of needs and aspirations. • There is an expectation for flexible service provision. • Consultation will be an integrated element of “our” strategy implementation. • Older people have the right to independent living and self-determination. • Older people need to be able to make active and informed choices about their accommodation.
Older People’s Housing Strategy – is underpinned by • An analysis and strategic overview of the current housing market and future demand for Older Person’s housing and support options and services in Sheffield. • Research into BME elders housing needs and aspirations. • An understanding of the key factors influencing supply. • Demand around older persons housing and support needs. • Changing aspirations of older persons and the wider national policy context are reflected. • Support the diversification of housing and support options and choices for older people.
Strategy Recommendations • Diversity and choice. • Information, advice and access. • Flexible Service Provision. • Quality and standards. • Joint working.
Key Recommendations • Consultation during implementation and review. • Sustainability assessments of existing provision. • Offer greater choice in new provision. • Increase provision of extra care/villages. • Increase mixed tenure provision. • Review information for older people.
Key Recommendations (2) • Expand equity release schemes. • Explore opportunities for use of ICT/telecare. • Explore flexibility in provision of residential care. • Develop and introduce service standards. • Involve older people in monitoring and reviewing service quality.
Workshops 3 key areas for discussion. • Communications. • Funding. • Partnerships.