Affordable warmth: housing strategies for older people
Housing, Care and Support, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/hcs/19/1" > Volume 19, Issue 1 < /a > , Page 23-31, March 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consolidate policy, research, evidence and good practice around strategies tackling fuel poverty and affordable warmth for older people aged over 60 to support the development of more effective services for this life course stage and to tackle physical and mental health inequalities. Design/methodology/approach – The authors consolidate current policy, research, evidence and examples of good practice in exploring effective interpro...
Source: Housing, Care and Support - July 4, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Assessing beneficiaries ’ needs and expectations as a determinant of residential satisfaction in South Africa
Housing, Care and Support, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/hcs/19/1" > Volume 19, Issue 1 < /a > , Page 10-22, March 2016. < br/ > Purpose – There is an integral link between theory and measurement suggesting that validation of measures should be the first stage of theory testing. The purpose of this paper is to validate the factorial validity of needs and expectations (NAE) features as determinants of low-income residents’ housing satisfaction in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical data were collected by a questionnaire survey conducted among 751 low-income housing residents’ i...
Source: Housing, Care and Support - July 4, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Narratives by health professionals on solvent use and housing insecurity
This study highlights how human service professionals make sense of their role in their work and how they maintain hope for themselves and for the recovery of the clientele they work alongside. (Source: Housing, Care and Support)
Source: Housing, Care and Support - July 4, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
