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Transcript of Housing Group ‘More than Bricks and Mortar’ Preston, 30 th April 2014.
Housing Group‘More than Bricks and
Mortar’Preston, 30th April 2014
Housing Group:
Co Chair Terry SullivanCo Chair Wendy Cocks
Housing Policy and Context
Joe OldmanAge UK
Table Discussion:•Introduce yourselves and your local area•What are the housing issues for older people in your area?Please record these on the purple paperCan each table feed back one shared issue
‘Location, Location, Location’Housing options – my experience
Wirral Older People’s Parliament
Bringing it back together
Housing Options Advice in Wigan
Angela Durkin Wigan Borough Council
John McArdle Age UK Wigan Borough
Table Activity:
Who would you ask if you needed housing advice?
What support is available to older people in your area?
Information & Advice about later life housing & care
Where do we go from here?
Sue Adams, CEO, Care & Repair England
Info & Advice: CurrentOfficial Government Gov.uk – taken over nearly all other sources of
info
Councils’ Legal Obligations:Housing Authority – obliged to offer housing
advice (issue of interpretation eg homelessness)Social Services – focus is on Assessment of
Needs but even if ineligible for publicly arranged social care, should give information about alternative sources of support and advice
Info & Advice: CurrentVoluntary Sector – National/ Older people
specificAgeUKElderly Accommodation Counsel &FirstStopIndependent Age
Voluntary Sector – National/ Issue specificWhere to start!
General - CABHealth / medical conditions (Alzheimers, RNIB,
RNID, MD, Arthritis etc etc etc…….)Money/ debt/ retirement housing/ homelessness
Info & Advice: CurrentVoluntary Sector – local
Specialist (subjects/ older people eg CAB, AgeUK, (some Care & Repair)Generalist neighbourhood & Community
GroupsSpecial interest groups eg. Health
Other not for profit (paid for)Consumers Association
Info & Advice: CurrentCommercialFinancial advisersLegal Major contractors
eg. Capita, A4E etc
Let alone – online sources……….
Trying to bring it togetherEAC FirstStop – independent, impartial
information and advice specifically about housing, care and related finance
Backed by Dept for Comm. & Local Government
Aims to compliment - national information, tel advice line and local partners offering in depth service, including Wigan
Working with AgeUK, Foundations and Indep Age
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New legal Duty: Care BillCare Bill – LA obliged to provide information
about:
Care & support services availableHow to access these How to obtain independent financial advice
Statutory Guidance may promote integration, possibly including housing
Which way will your LA go?Opportunity ThreatCould have visionary,
fully integrated information and advice housing, care & finance information & advice service
Bottom line minimalist signposting/ list of providers
Doing it for ourselves?Silverlinks
‘Pass it on’ housing & care options workshops
Thinking and planning ahead events
‘Peer to Peer’ information, advice and support
Looking forward together
Support a positive, active ageing vision and ethos to underpin provision
Share information & evidence to build the economic case for I&A
It is all our futures…..