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ABSTRACT This article reports the experiences of 109 homeless people aged seventeen to twenty-fiv... more ABSTRACT This article reports the experiences of 109 homeless people aged seventeen to twenty-five years in England who were resettled into independent accommodation during 2007/08. It focuses on housing, finances, employment and access to support services. After fifteen/eighteen months, 69 per cent of the young people were still in their original accommodation, 13 per cent had moved to another tenancy and 18 per cent no longer had a tenancy. Most were glad to have been resettled but found the transition very challenging, particularly with regard to managing finances and finding stable employment. The prevalence of debts increased substantially over time, and those who moved to private-rented accommodation had the poorest outcomes. People who had been in temporary accommodation more than twelve months prior to resettlement were more likely to retain a tenancy, while a history of illegal drug use and recent rough sleeping were associated negatively with tenancy sustainment.
Many innovative community-based intermediate care services have been initiated to address the car... more Many innovative community-based intermediate care services have been initiated to address the care needs of older people with chronic health conditions, but there is little evidence about their outcomes or how they are best configured and delivered. This study aimed to evaluate one practice innovation, a rapid response service (RRS). This study focused on the RRS's clinical and therapeutic achievements, and patients' satisfaction with its care. A mixed design of quantitative and qualitative methods was used. Patients were satisfied with staff attitudes; being treated at home or in a home-like environment; and receiving a quick response to their needs and access to services/ help. Aspects of care that they were dissatisfied with were inconvenient facilities and insufficient equipment or material supplies; arrangements for their care and recovery; lack of communication; inappropriate medical care; and insufficient or limited duration of care. The RRS provided holistic assessments for a previously under-served group of older people with chronic health problems and disabilities, and identified and responded to several unmet needs, partly through its own treatment and partly by referring patients to other health and social services.
Page 1. 20-Variations in the Propensity Among Older Persons To Migrate: Evidence and Implications... more Page 1. 20-Variations in the Propensity Among Older Persons To Migrate: Evidence and Implications 1 Anthony M. Warnes 2 1 The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Central Research Fund of ...
Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 2005
ABSTRACT The article examines why the statutory and voluntary- (non-profit) sector services in Br... more ABSTRACT The article examines why the statutory and voluntary- (non-profit) sector services in Britain do not fully meet the needs of vulnerable older people or prevent homelessness among them. Britain has a relatively comprehensive welfare safety net for vulnerable people, and since the early 1990s central government has taken a more directive and strategic role in the development of services specifically for homeless people. As a result, service provision has greatly expanded, diversified and specialized, but nonetheless, many older people still become and remain homeless. An underlying reason is that there is a gap between the behaviour of some very vulnerable people and the general assumption of the welfare state services that people in need will request help. Some older people, through mental health problems, alienation or apathy, do not ask for help, and the lack of a duty among most statutory services to ‘seek out' unmet needs means that this group is neglected. Outreach work or active case finding is not normally undertaken by mainstream health and housing providers, while its provision by voluntary organizations has until recently been limited to the largest cities. Moreover, government policies and many homeless services target the needs of young homeless people, and consequently the organization and ‘culture' of many homeless services are unsuited to the problems and needs of older homeless people. The article concludes with a discussion of the uncertain future for services for older homeless people in Britain.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the influences of biographical, behavioural, housing and neighbourho... more ABSTRACT This paper examines the influences of biographical, behavioural, housing and neighbourhood attributes on housing satisfaction, settledness and tenancy sustainment for 400 single homeless people who were resettled into independent accommodation. It draws on evidence from FOR-HOME, a longitudinal study in London and three provincial English cities of resettlement outcomes over 18 months. There was a high rate of tenancy sustainment: after 15/18 months, 78 per cent of the participants were in their original tenancy, 7 per cent had moved to another tenancy and only 15 per cent no longer had a tenancy. Tenure greatly influenced tenancy sustainment, with moves into private-rented accommodation having the lowest rate of success. Several housing and neighbourhood characteristics had strong associations with the outcomes. The biographical and behavioural attributes that were influential in determining outcomes were being young, frequent family contacts, having been in care as a child and some features of the recent episode of homelessness.
Page 1. Housing Studies, Vol. 15, No. 5, 757773, 2000 Evictions and Prolonged Homelessness MAURE... more Page 1. Housing Studies, Vol. 15, No. 5, 757773, 2000 Evictions and Prolonged Homelessness MAUREEN CRANE & ANTHONY M. WARNES Shef eld Institute for Studies in Ageing, University of Shef eld, Shef eld, UK [Paper ...
A comparative study of the causes of new episodes of homelessness among people aged 50 years and ... more A comparative study of the causes of new episodes of homelessness among people aged 50 years and over has been undertaken in Boston, Massachusetts, Melbourne, Australia and four English cities. This paper presents the findings from England, where information ...
... Russell King School of European Studies, University of Sussex, UK Anthony Warnes Sheffield In... more ... Russell King School of European Studies, University of Sussex, UK Anthony Warnes Sheffield Institute for Studies of Ageing, University of Sheffield, UK Guy Patterson Department of Sociology, University of Exeter, UK Abstract ...
Advertisement. Close Window. Close Window. Thank you for choosing to subscribe to the eTOC for To... more Advertisement. Close Window. Close Window. Thank you for choosing to subscribe to the eTOC for Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation. Enter your Email address: Wolters Kluwer Health may email you for journal alerts and information ...
ABSTRACT This article reports the experiences of 109 homeless people aged seventeen to twenty-fiv... more ABSTRACT This article reports the experiences of 109 homeless people aged seventeen to twenty-five years in England who were resettled into independent accommodation during 2007/08. It focuses on housing, finances, employment and access to support services. After fifteen/eighteen months, 69 per cent of the young people were still in their original accommodation, 13 per cent had moved to another tenancy and 18 per cent no longer had a tenancy. Most were glad to have been resettled but found the transition very challenging, particularly with regard to managing finances and finding stable employment. The prevalence of debts increased substantially over time, and those who moved to private-rented accommodation had the poorest outcomes. People who had been in temporary accommodation more than twelve months prior to resettlement were more likely to retain a tenancy, while a history of illegal drug use and recent rough sleeping were associated negatively with tenancy sustainment.
Many innovative community-based intermediate care services have been initiated to address the car... more Many innovative community-based intermediate care services have been initiated to address the care needs of older people with chronic health conditions, but there is little evidence about their outcomes or how they are best configured and delivered. This study aimed to evaluate one practice innovation, a rapid response service (RRS). This study focused on the RRS's clinical and therapeutic achievements, and patients' satisfaction with its care. A mixed design of quantitative and qualitative methods was used. Patients were satisfied with staff attitudes; being treated at home or in a home-like environment; and receiving a quick response to their needs and access to services/ help. Aspects of care that they were dissatisfied with were inconvenient facilities and insufficient equipment or material supplies; arrangements for their care and recovery; lack of communication; inappropriate medical care; and insufficient or limited duration of care. The RRS provided holistic assessments for a previously under-served group of older people with chronic health problems and disabilities, and identified and responded to several unmet needs, partly through its own treatment and partly by referring patients to other health and social services.
Page 1. 20-Variations in the Propensity Among Older Persons To Migrate: Evidence and Implications... more Page 1. 20-Variations in the Propensity Among Older Persons To Migrate: Evidence and Implications 1 Anthony M. Warnes 2 1 The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Central Research Fund of ...
Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 2005
ABSTRACT The article examines why the statutory and voluntary- (non-profit) sector services in Br... more ABSTRACT The article examines why the statutory and voluntary- (non-profit) sector services in Britain do not fully meet the needs of vulnerable older people or prevent homelessness among them. Britain has a relatively comprehensive welfare safety net for vulnerable people, and since the early 1990s central government has taken a more directive and strategic role in the development of services specifically for homeless people. As a result, service provision has greatly expanded, diversified and specialized, but nonetheless, many older people still become and remain homeless. An underlying reason is that there is a gap between the behaviour of some very vulnerable people and the general assumption of the welfare state services that people in need will request help. Some older people, through mental health problems, alienation or apathy, do not ask for help, and the lack of a duty among most statutory services to ‘seek out' unmet needs means that this group is neglected. Outreach work or active case finding is not normally undertaken by mainstream health and housing providers, while its provision by voluntary organizations has until recently been limited to the largest cities. Moreover, government policies and many homeless services target the needs of young homeless people, and consequently the organization and ‘culture' of many homeless services are unsuited to the problems and needs of older homeless people. The article concludes with a discussion of the uncertain future for services for older homeless people in Britain.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the influences of biographical, behavioural, housing and neighbourho... more ABSTRACT This paper examines the influences of biographical, behavioural, housing and neighbourhood attributes on housing satisfaction, settledness and tenancy sustainment for 400 single homeless people who were resettled into independent accommodation. It draws on evidence from FOR-HOME, a longitudinal study in London and three provincial English cities of resettlement outcomes over 18 months. There was a high rate of tenancy sustainment: after 15/18 months, 78 per cent of the participants were in their original tenancy, 7 per cent had moved to another tenancy and only 15 per cent no longer had a tenancy. Tenure greatly influenced tenancy sustainment, with moves into private-rented accommodation having the lowest rate of success. Several housing and neighbourhood characteristics had strong associations with the outcomes. The biographical and behavioural attributes that were influential in determining outcomes were being young, frequent family contacts, having been in care as a child and some features of the recent episode of homelessness.
Page 1. Housing Studies, Vol. 15, No. 5, 757773, 2000 Evictions and Prolonged Homelessness MAURE... more Page 1. Housing Studies, Vol. 15, No. 5, 757773, 2000 Evictions and Prolonged Homelessness MAUREEN CRANE & ANTHONY M. WARNES Shef eld Institute for Studies in Ageing, University of Shef eld, Shef eld, UK [Paper ...
A comparative study of the causes of new episodes of homelessness among people aged 50 years and ... more A comparative study of the causes of new episodes of homelessness among people aged 50 years and over has been undertaken in Boston, Massachusetts, Melbourne, Australia and four English cities. This paper presents the findings from England, where information ...
... Russell King School of European Studies, University of Sussex, UK Anthony Warnes Sheffield In... more ... Russell King School of European Studies, University of Sussex, UK Anthony Warnes Sheffield Institute for Studies of Ageing, University of Sheffield, UK Guy Patterson Department of Sociology, University of Exeter, UK Abstract ...
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