Shift to community-based supported housing

Location: Telford and Wrekin

Issue: Enabling social services to begin to shift overall provision for older people away from a high level of reliance on residential care to community-based solutions.

Action: Two supported housing schemes were commissioned by social services and the then health authority. They are run, and were developed, by independent providers. They offer residential care, supported flats and communal facilities, linked to home care, community nursing and other support services.

Outcome: The schemes offer quality supported accommodation in a non-institutional style that has resulted in high levels of satisfaction among service users.

Organisations Involved: Borough of Telford & Wrekin Council

Contact: Chris Winter
Telephone: 01952 202702
Email: chris.winter@wrekin.gov.uk