Extra Care Housing independent evaluation

The Personnel Social Service Research Unit (PSSRU) and Housing LIN have jointly published the evaluation of the Department of Health's Extra Care Housing Fund at the Housing LIN Annual Extra Care Housing conference in London. The summary report, Improving housing with care choices for older people: an evaluation of extra care housing, provides a comprehensive summary of the review of 19 of the schemes funded between 2004 and 2006 and details the key findings on improving outcomes, achieving greater care efficiencies and cost effectiveness and delivering more qualitative factors around improvements to older residents' wellbeing.