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ANCHOR PUBLICATIONS
We have made our publications available to download as PDF's
Select from the available publications to find out more about them and then have the option of downloading the PDF:
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Promoting Well-being: Developing a Preventive approach with Older People
One of the significant implications of an ageing population is the challenge of promoting independence and preventing or delaying deterioration in the health and quality of life of older citizens.
This research draws on postal questionnaires sent to all health and local authority chief executives in England, 25 follow up telephone interviews and field visits to five authorities. The report will be especially helpful in providing additional information to authorities developing prevention strategies and services in response to recent Government guidance on partnership, prevention and carers' grants.
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Retirement Housing: Ownership and Independence. A Survey of Residents of Guardian Housing Schemes.
This report examines the findings of a survey of 1,067 residents of Guardian retirement housing. The report presents information from the survey on the characteristics of Guardian residents, their housing histories, the reasons why they decided to move into retirement housing, how people rated their accommodation, levels of satisfaction with the services provided, and issues relating to affordability and value for money.
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Staying Put: The Best Move I'll Never Make
This report charts the success of Anchor Staying Put projects in assisting many older people to improve the condition of their housing and ensure they can remain living in warm and safe accommodation. The report will be useful to all those who are involved in providing housing services for older people and in particular to local authorities who are interested in establishing Staying Put projects in their areas.
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The Future of Community Care: A Consumer Perspective
This reports the findings of a MORI interview survey of 2,000 people in Great Britain on a range of issues relating to the housing and care needs of older people. The research examines perceptions of the NHS and Community Care Act; the standards of living of older people over the past 10 years and future housing and care needs.
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The Numbers Game: Black and minority ethnic elders and sheltered accommodation
This report sets out to explore what black and minority ethnic elders in Bradford, London and the West Midlands know about sheltered housing and what will govern and influence their demand for this type of accommodation in the future. Above all, the report shows that there is no single magic solution to meeting the housing needs of black and minority ethnic elders, who are not an homogenous group but individuals, with individual needs and aspirations.
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Towards 2000: Designing Housing for Frail Elderly People
The provision of housing to meet the needs of frail elderly people and the delivery of care to them has been under great discussion as part of the wider debate about the provision for an increasingly older population. This report records the results of an architects design competition and comments on the main ideas produced in the light of Anchor's experience with and proposals for Integrated Housing with Care. The report presents design ideas as the basis for discussion with the aim of improving the housing environment for frail elderly people.
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Using Telecare: Exploring Technologies for Independent Living for Older People
This report explores the link between new and developing technologies and the emerging policy agenda on older people; reports the findings of the Lifestyle Monitoring trial and bio-medical monitoring from a user's perspective; considers the requirements for the delivery and design of telecare services and makes a number of recommendations to the Housing Corporation, Registered Social Landlords and other housing, care and support providers, including health and social service providers.
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"We Know Best What We Need" and "I never thought I'd be doing this..."
These reports look at Anchor's Local Service Networks in Brighton and Hartlepool, which aim to test the effectiveness of a community development approach to preventative work with older people. The agreed objectives were to:
Community development is a planned way of working, which sets out to involve people in their local neighbourhoods and give them the tools to influence the issues that affect them. Overall, community development works to improve the quality of community life.
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