Housing the elderly in the community

Hunt, A. (1978). The Elderly at Home Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. HMSO.

Abrams, M. (1978). Three Score and Ten Age Concern.

Department of the Environment (1978). National Dwelling and Housing Survey HMSO.

Central Statistical Office (1979). Social Trends, No. 7, p. 65 table 3.10. HMSO. While the numbers under 75 will decline in the UK by 1991 those aged 75-84 will rise by 23% and those over 85 will increase by 43%

Department of Health and Social Security (1976). Prevention and Health Everybody's Business. HMSO p. 37. 'If the demands people of this age make on institutional beds continues at its present rate ... This raises formidable logistic problems which, coming at a time of financial restraint, may require a re-allocation of resources or a re-consideration of alternative solutions. An increasing number of old people inevitably means more cases of disability and more chronic degenerative disease.'

Gray, M. The myth of objective assessment Community Care 1 March 1978 , p. 22.

Gray, M. and Graves, J. 1984 revisited Housing Monthly March/April 1979, p. 9.

Hunt, A. (1978) op. cit p. 41.

Doe (1978) NDHS op.cit p. 17.

Wicks, M. (1978) Old and Cold Heinemann.

Dhss (1978). A Happier Old Age HMSO.

Age Concern (1977 ). Housing Advice for the Elderly Age Concern , London.

Tinker, A. (1976). Housing the Elderly: how successful are Granny Annexes? HMSO. Reprinted 1980.

Karn, V. (1977). Retiring to the Seaside Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Tinker, A. Housing the elderly near relatives: moving and other options DOE Occasional Paper. 1/80. HMSO 1980.

Doe (1978). Circular 60/78 (Welsh Officer 108/78) Homes Insulation Act 1978 and Homes Insulation Scheme 1978 p 29. HMSO.

Tinker, A. (1976) op. cit

Underwood, J. and Carver, R. Sheltered Housing — How have things gone wrong — What's coming next? Housing , April 1979 p. 8.

Hunt, A. (1978) op. cit p. 106.

Dhss (1977) Annual Report. 1977. HMSO. p. 39 Table 17. The number of cases covered by home helps went up between 1976 and 1977 for those aged 65 and over and down for every other group

Housing for the Elderly. Speech by John Stanley, MP, to Kent County Council's Conference on Accommodation for the Elderly 11.11.80.

Dhss. Growing Older. Cmnd 8173 HMSO March 1981.