Appendices for the Study of Housing and Support Needs of Older People
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A Study of the Housing and Support needs of Older People in Herefordshire A study of the Housing and Support needs of Older People in Herefordshire Appendices 1. Local policy contextual information ............................................... 1 2. Demographic Information ............................................................. 36 3. Consultation with Older People .................................................... 64 4. Older peoples’ household survey technical information ........... 97 5. Allocations policy ........................................................................ 101 6. Residential and nursing care home supply ............................... 106 7. Sheltered housing property and resident survey analyses ..... 108 8. Specialist housing stock for rent ............................................... 132 9. Background information on extra care housing and case study examples ............................................................................ 137 10. Examples of local planning policies relating to older people .. 152 Peter Fletcher Associates Ltd i Hereford Older People’s Housing Needs Study Appendix 1: Local Policy Contextual Information ADULTS AND OLDER PEOPLE ............................................................................................... 3 THE HEREFORDSHIRE PARTNERSHIP (2007) ‘GROWING OLDER IN HEREFORDSHIRE: A STRATEGY FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN HEREFORDSHIRE’ .................................................................. 3 FUTURE SOCIAL CARE NEEDS AND SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN HEREFORDSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL CORPORATE POLICY AND RESEARCH TEAM, SEPTEMBER 2006 ................................................................................... 4 THE HEREFORDSHIRE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE COMMUNITY DRAFT (14 MAY 2011) COMMISSIONING PLAN FOR INTEGRATED HEALTH AND ADULT SOCIAL CARE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON OLDER PEOPLE ...................................................................................................... 4 DRAFT HEREFORDSHIRE MARKET POSITION STATEMENT FOR ADULT HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (JULY 2011) ......................................................................................................................... 7 LIVING WELL WITH DEMENTIA IN HEREFORDSHIRE: A JOINT COMMISSIONING PLAN BY NHS HEREFORDSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL 2010-2013 .................................................. 8 HEALTH ......................................................................................................................................... 9 ‘HEALTHY HEREFORDSHIRE’ YEAR ONE (2010-2011) OPERATIONAL PLAN ............................ 9 HOUSING AND PLANNING ..................................................................................................... 11 HOUSING IN HEREFORDSHIRE STRATEGY, 2011-2012 ............................................................. 11 HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY FOR HEREFORDSHIRE, 2008-2013 .............................................. 12 GYPSY AND TRAVELLER ACCOMMODATION ASSESSMENT: SHROPSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE, TELFORD AND WREKIN AND POWYS JULY 2008 ....................................................................... 13 HEREFORDSHIRE HOUSING ALLOCATIONS POLICY, MAY 2010 ............................................... 14 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL ‘AFFORDABLE WARMTH STRATEGY, JULY 2008’ ........................ 14 TRIBAL (OCTOBER 2006) ‘REVIEW OF SHELTERED HOUSING: HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL’ . 15 OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS (2008) WEST MIDLANDS WEST HOUSING MARKET AREA ‘STRATEGIC HOUSING MARKET ASSESSMENT 2008’ ................................................................ 17 HEREFORDSHIRE AND SHROPSHIRE HOUSING STRATEGY CONSULTATION DRAFT, 2011- 2015 .............................................................................................................................................. 18 HEREFORDSHIRE LOCAL HOUSING MARKET ASSESSMENT (LHMA) (JUNE 2011) ................ 18 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL LOCAL HOUSING REQUIREMENTS STUDY FINAL REPORT (JULY 2011) ............................................................................................................................................. 19 SUPPORTING PEOPLE ........................................................................................................... 20 THE HEREFORDSHIRE SUPPORTING PEOPLE PARTNERSHIP ‘HEREFORDSHIRE SUPPORTING PEOPLE STRATEGY, 2005-2010’ ................................................................................................ 20 HEREFORDSHIRE SUPPORTING PEOPLE ANNUAL UPDATE, 2007-2008 ................................. 21 Peter Fletcher Associates Ltd 1 Hereford Older People’s Housing Needs Study HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL ‘DRAFT SUPPORTING PEOPLE BUSINESS CASE 2009 (EXTRACT)’ ....................................................................................................................................................... 22 HOUSING - RELATED SUPPORT COMMISSIONING INTENTIONS, 2011-2014 ............................ 22 COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE .......................................................................................... 26 THE HEREFORDSHIRE PARTNERSHIP ‘THE HEREFORDSHIRE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY, 2010-2011’............................................................................................................... 26 THE COMMUNITY STRATEGY FOR HEREFORDSHIRE: A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR THE COUNTY, 2006 .............................................................................................................................. 27 ‘ENCOURAGING COMMUNITIES TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF HEREFORDSHIRE’ HEREFORDSHIRE’S STRATEGY FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, 2005 ................................... 28 THE HEREFORDSHIRE PARTNERSHIP ‘HEREFORDSHIRE STORY OF PLACE: LOCAL AREA AGREEMENT, 2008-2011’ ........................................................................................................... 30 HEREFORDSHIRE LOCAL AREA AGREEMENT 2008-2011: REFRESHED INDICATORS AND TARGETS (MARCH 2010) ............................................................................................................. 31 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL AND THE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES AGENCY (JANUARY 2011) ‘LOCAL INVESTMENT PLAN, 2011-2026’ .................................................................................... 31 HEREFORDSHIRE JOINT STRATEGIC NEEDS ASSESSMENT, 2008 ............................................ 33 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL AND HEREFORDSHIRE NHS ‘WORLD-CLASS COMMISSIONING STRATEGIC PLAN, 2010-2014’ ................................................................................................... 34 Peter Fletcher Associates Ltd 2 Hereford Older People’s Housing Needs Study ADULTS AND OLDER PEOPLE The Herefordshire Partnership (2007) ‘Growing Older in Herefordshire: A strategy for older people in Herefordshire’ The aims of this strategy are listed as follows: Communication and Information - Knowing where to access information and services - Having the opportunity to remain involved and to become involved in the local community - Being able to access recreational, social and educational activities Community Safety - Feeling and being safer at home - Worrying less about crime - Being less vulnerable to crime - Having more information about crime Employment and Retirement - Avoiding social isolation - Developing positive attitudes towards employing older people - Being able to access employment and fair treatment - Being able to plan ahead for retirement - Having sufficient income in retirement Health and Independence - Ease of access to primary care services - Having accommodation needs met - Receiving assistance at home that promotes independence - Benefiting from person-centred services - Feeling satisfied that service charges are fair Transport and Access - Easy access to service information - Having more services provided in one place - Improving public transport - More reliable services supporting rural areas The strategy document does not provide an action plan detailing how these aims are going to be achieved or a timescale under which they are to be achieved. Peter Fletcher Associates Ltd 3 Hereford Older People’s Housing Needs Study Future social care needs and services for older people and adults with learning disabilities in Herefordshire, Herefordshire Council Corporate Policy and Research Team, September 2006 Compared with generally high‐performing East Riding, Shropshire and Somerset, Herefordshire proportionately provides much lower levels of residential and nursing home care, helps fewer people to live at home, and is slower to complete assessments and provide services. It spends less but has higher unit costs, which is partly because it raises less income from charging service users. It has fewer social workers, care managers, support staff and senior managers. It has much poorer systems for data collection and analysis. Compared with Shropshire, it appears to have a significantly lower level of voluntary‐sector community support that enables people to live fulfilled lives in their own homes and communities. These are needed as the bed‐rock for sustainable and cost‐effective services. They are not about professional social care and should be developed as part of the comprehensive strategy Growing Older in Herefordshire. This community support needs to have good links to professional social care and health services, especially reablement that supports people intensively for a limited time to enable them to return to independent lives in their communities. Other crucial ingredients of future services are: a network of