Author : Laura Hemingway
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1847428053
By examining policy, meanings of 'home' and potential barriers to housing options, this book provides a comprehensive overview and investigation of housing issues for disabled people from a social model perspective.
Author : Ruth Bull
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781853024542
Adaptations or re-housing can help people with disabilities to live at home in the community. This multidisciplinary guide suggests innovative ways of working out solutions to problems, and highlights the key role of occupational therapists.
Author : Homeswest (W.A.)
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 35,41 MB
Release : 2003
Category : People with disabilities
ISBN :
Author : Lawrence A. Frolik
Publisher : American Bar Association
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,26 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781590319161
Recent census figures report that more than 35 million Americans are age 65 or older. Medical and scientific discoveries have prolonged life expectancy, and this, in turn, has led to needs that are specific to older persons and their caregivers. One of the most pressing of these is the need for appropriate housing. This book is a comprehensive guide to the many different types of housing available for aging and disabled individuals. It starts with the most independent type of living, proceeds through transitional forms of housing and ends with an in-depth discussion of medically assisted housing. With this book you will learn not only about the various types of housing but the pros and cons of each.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 45,12 MB
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 030945980X
Accessible and affordable housing can enable community living, maximize independence, and promote health for vulnerable populations. However, the United States faces a shortage of affordable and accessible housing for low-income older adults and individuals living with disabilities. This shortage is expected to grow over the coming years given the population shifts leading to greater numbers of older adults and of individuals living with disabilities. Housing is a social determinant of health and has direct effects on health outcomes, but this relationship has not been thoroughly investigated. In December 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a public workshop to better understand the importance of affordable and accessible housing for older adults and people with disabilities, the barriers to providing this housing, the design principles for making housing accessible for these individuals, and the features of programs and policies that successfully provide affordable and accessible housing that supports community living for older adults and people with disabilities. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Author : Alise Vanags
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 19,81 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN :
"Creating Livable Communities" is an outgrowth of the National Council on Disability's (NCD) interest and recent work in the topic of liveable communities for people with disabilities. The main impetus for this interest is threefold: 1) the prospect of a growing population of people with disabilities as the baby boom generation ages, 2) the desire that people with disabilities -- indeed, all people-have to live in their own homes and communities and maintain their self-determination, dignity, and independence for as long as possible, and 3) the pressures that these factors will exert on local communities that strive to become liveable for people of all ages and abilities. This book thoroughly examines these challenges, as well as addresses promising practices. This book consists of public domain documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.
Author : Judy A. England-Joseph
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 27,91 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Housing policy
ISBN :
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 14,76 MB
Release : 2018-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309477042
Chronic homelessness is a highly complex social problem of national importance. The problem has elicited a variety of societal and public policy responses over the years, concomitant with fluctuations in the economy and changes in the demographics of and attitudes toward poor and disenfranchised citizens. In recent decades, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the philanthropic community have worked hard to develop and implement programs to solve the challenges of homelessness, and progress has been made. However, much more remains to be done. Importantly, the results of various efforts, and especially the efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans in recent years, have shown that the problem of homelessness can be successfully addressed. Although a number of programs have been developed to meet the needs of persons experiencing homelessness, this report focuses on one particular type of intervention: permanent supportive housing (PSH). Permanent Supportive Housing focuses on the impact of PSH on health care outcomes and its cost-effectiveness. The report also addresses policy and program barriers that affect the ability to bring the PSH and other housing models to scale to address housing and health care needs.
Author : Darlene Copley
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 25,75 MB
Release : 2001
Category : People with mental disabilities
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,59 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
