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Policy & Publications Page 1 of 3
 Anchor Trust works closely with government to promote the interests of older people.
As a recognised authority on housing, care and support for older people, Anchor is regularly invited to contribute to policy and legislative discussions.
To access Anchor's responses to government consultations, click on the links below.
ANCHOR PUBLICATIONS
Research and other publications
Through its developmental and policy-influencing work, Anchor Trust has produced a wide range of high quality printed material around age and care related issues.
Our catalogue includes a lot of original research, as well as work done in conjunction with our partner organisations.
We have made our publications available to download as PDF's
To read One World: Working with Racism click here, the report commissioned by Anchor Homes to address the problem of racism experienced by care staff
working in residential homes in south London and Surrey.
Select from the available publications to find out more about them and then have the option of downloading the PDF:
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85 Not Out: A Study of People Aged 85 and Over at Home
More British people than ever before are surviving to age 85 and beyond; once a rarity, the numbers of people in this age group in Britain are rising.
But what does it mean to be "very old"? How far do people aged 85 and over today share any characteristics or conditions, which distinguish them from other age groups?
The results of the research show the variety of people's experience of very old age, from institutionalisation, or total dependence, to complete continuity with the rest of their life post-retirement,
with no need for any kind of assistance.
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A Question of Shared Care: The role of relatives in sheltered housing
This report directly addresses the questions surrounding the role of relatives in sheltered housing. A joint project between Anchor Trust and the Centre for Housing Policy at York University,
this report offers new insight into the views of relatives,as well as those living and working in sheltered housing, and is a practical tool for housing providers aiming to formulate a "Relatives" policy.
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Brighter Futures: A Report on research into provision for persons with dementia in residential homes, nursing homes and sheltered housing
As the population in societies such as ours has grown older, the number of people with dementia has risen steadily... by 2010 the numbers will almost certainly have risen further. The research reported here was funded equally by Anchor, Methodist Homes,
and Bradford Dementia Group. It consists of two parallel studies; one related to residential and nursing care, and the other to sheltered housing. Both studies lead to the conclusion that there are grounds for optimism about the future, if the right kind of action is taken now.
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Developing a Housing and Community Care Strategy for Older People: A Do-it-Yourself Guide
This "do-it-yourself" guide has come out of a study funded by a Housing Corporation Innovation and Good Practice Grant.
The study is concerned with developing a housing and community care strategy for older people living in Middlesborough. The guide is for those localities who may not be able nor want to use,
as this project did, the services of an external research organisation. It tells its readership the "story" of how developing a housing and community strategy was approached.
It defines the problems, warns of the difficulties and highlights the things that work.
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Home ownership in old age: the future of owner occupation in an ageing society
This study looks for the first time at the changing housing situations of particular cohorts, that is people born in a particular period, as they progress through the life cycle. This provides a better understanding of the circumstances which affect home ownership over time and provides more accurate forecasts of future trends. The report will be of interest to a wide audience including academics, policy makers in central and local government who are concerned with the needs of older people, to mortgage lenders, housing associations, the voluntary sector, and pressure groups working on behalf of older people.
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Housing and Community Care: Exploring the role of home improvement agencies
The community care reforms from 1990 placed a high emphasis upon frail, elderly and disabled people being able to stay in their own homes and this has resulted in a growing appreciation
of the community care contribution made by home improvement agencies (HIAs) through their home improvement and home adaptation work. This research explored this crucial issue in three ways:
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by testing out how HIAs are helping to deliver the Government's commitment to housing being at the centre of community care
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by exploring what constitutes success from the perspective of health and social services agencies who have decided to partially fund HIAs
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by contributing to the development of a cost effectiveness methodology which might help to demonstrate the value of HIAs in terms of enabling vulnerable people to remain in their own homes.
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