Housing and Home in Later Life (Rethinking Ageing Series) - Hardcover

Heywood, Frances ; Oldman, Christine ; Means, Robin

9780335201709: Housing and Home in Later Life (Rethinking Ageing Series)

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ISBN 10: 0335201709 ISBN 13: 9780335201709

Publisher: Open Univ Pr, 2002

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Re-thinking housing issues with the needs of older people in mind, this book unearths the theoretical origins of current practices, critiques present policies, and promotes new theories, ideas, and methodologies for change. It also reviews empirical studies of housing decisions, independence, communal living, and other related matters. The book focuses particularly on the policies and practices of the United Kingdom. The authors are scholars of social policy and social care. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Frances Heywood is a Research Fellow at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Her research career began with Birmingham Community Forum, discovering and finding ways to represent user views of urban regeneration and compulsory purchase/clearance. In Bristol, the multi-disciplinary SPS has facilitated co-operative research on housing, health and community care. Recent work has included HOOP (Housing Options for Older People), housing and health in later life and research with a team of partners into the effectiveness of housing adaptions.

Christine Oldman has worked in social policy research for over twenty years and has had a consistent interest in social gerontology. She has worked in the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York since its inception in 1990 and has developed its research into housing and community care. She has written widely in the area of interface between housing, welfare and social security. Her particular interest is focused on the ageism inherent in current housing policies.

Robin Means is Professor and Associate Dean at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol. He has written and researched extensively on issues relating to community care, housing and older people. His previous publications include: Community Care: Policy and Practice and From Poor Law to Community Care (both with Randall Smith).

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