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TY - JOUR
T1 - Social work and older people with dementia
T2 - Meeting their housing needs
AU - Means, Robin
AU - Morbey, Hazel
AU - McClatchey, Terry
PY - 2002/7/31
Y1 - 2002/7/31
N2 - This paper looks at the potential contribution of both home improvement agencies (HIAs) and assistive technology to social work with older people with dementia. It presents some of the main findings of research funded by the Nuffield Foundation on how HIAs are helping to meet both the home improvement and home adaptations needs of such people. Two case studies are presented of such work in practice as well as a third example which looks at the potential role of assistive technology. It is argued that social workers have much to gain through working closely with such specialist housing agencies and that this is most likely to happen if staff'on the ground' map the availability of such support in their locality.
AB - This paper looks at the potential contribution of both home improvement agencies (HIAs) and assistive technology to social work with older people with dementia. It presents some of the main findings of research funded by the Nuffield Foundation on how HIAs are helping to meet both the home improvement and home adaptations needs of such people. Two case studies are presented of such work in practice as well as a third example which looks at the potential role of assistive technology. It is argued that social workers have much to gain through working closely with such specialist housing agencies and that this is most likely to happen if staff'on the ground' map the availability of such support in their locality.
U2 - 10.1080/09503150208411530
DO - 10.1080/09503150208411530
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84937382015
VL - 14
SP - 5
EP - 14
JO - Practice
JF - Practice
SN - 0950-3153
IS - 3
ER -