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What else? Alternatives to DFG Lynn Collingbourne

What else? Alternatives to DFG Lynn Collingbourne. The funding problem. DFG allocation increased by 5.9% in 2011/12 £20 million extra funding from DH January 2012 BUT..... Reduction in renewal funding from £1.07 billion in 2008/9 to £300 million in 2010/11 and zero from 2011/12

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What else? Alternatives to DFG Lynn Collingbourne

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  1. What else? Alternatives to DFG Lynn Collingbourne

  2. The funding problem • DFG allocation increased by 5.9% in 2011/12 • £20 million extra funding from DH January 2012 BUT..... • Reduction in renewal funding from £1.07 billion in 2008/9 to £300 million in 2010/11 and zero from 2011/12 • Supporting People funding reducing year on year with no allowance for inflation • Handyperson funding reduced from £20 million in 2010/11 to £13.5 million in 2012/13 (£10.50 million for 2014/15) • RPs increasingly using DFG

  3. Changing needs? • Changing aspirations of the baby boomers • Living longer, healthier lives • Desire to continue living in own homes, not institutional settings • People over 65 control 80% UK wealth • Require choice and control and a quick solution once decision made ... need to mainstream accessibility!

  4. The right help at the right time:Centres for Independent LivingDorset and Bristol

  5. Dorset -The ‘structure’

  6. An impression of how the entrance can be modified to create the front of the house. Behind the door will be a kitchen, bedroom, and lounge area. The door can provide a range of experiential learning opportunities.

  7. The main corridor, there is an opportunity to create a street scene here where information can be displayed through shop windows, and a interactive walkway created to provide experiential training in using aids and adaptations for mobility

  8. Outside, there is a garden area which as well as being aesthetically pleasing lends itself ideally for Gardening aids and adaptations, how to enjoy the countryside, active outdoor living etc. Note the perimeter is a mix of decking and paving and can be adjusted to create a mobility, wheelchair training and assessment area

  9. The move-on option

  10. Barriers to moving • Emotional ties with existing home • Potential loss of local support network • Seen as a major disruption • Difficulty in identifying suitable home • Complex application process and CBL systems • Difficulty in going to view homes and envisage how they will ‘work’ • Stress!

  11. Tenant scrutiny feedback • Better information needed • Photos and floor plans helpful • Use of icons for accessibility features • Extend void target for accessible homes • Use of ‘home coming soon’ feature • Also looked at incentives and support

  12. Bristol project • 2010/11 – adaptation costs over £10k – only 2 of 41 rehoused. Savings for the two movers £48k! • Rehousing OT appointed Jan 2012 – aim to rehouse at least 10 households requiring expensive adaptations each year • Menu of discretionary incentives available plus practical help provided by OT/OTA and WEC&R • Better joint working between Adaptations/ HCB/Under-occupancy project/Landlord Services/Development teams • 20 households moved to date!

  13. Launch of new range Includu Designed to make life easier for everyone

  14. THCP – www.thcp.org Lynn Collingbournelynn.collingbourne@thcp.org 07825 828668

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