Transcript 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

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
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
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!
The right help at the right time:
Centres for Independent Living
Dorset and Bristol
Dorset -The ‘structure’
The healthy
living zone
The café
and hire a
café bar
zone
The guest
agency’s
zone
The skills
training and
education
zone
The aids
and
adaptations
zone
Customer
adviserfacilitator
The meeting
room and
consultation
room
The
financial
and benefits
zone
The safety
zone
The
transport
zone
The leisure
and
connections
zone
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.
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
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
The move-on option
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!
Table 1: General Needs Homes let through Devon Home Choice by Accessibility - 1 April 10 - 31 March 2011
1. Wheelchair
Accessible
Accessibility Need (Applicant)
2. Part
3. Lifetime home
Wheelchair
4. Step free
5. Max of 3 steps 6. General needs
Not specified
Total (Properties)
Accessibility Details (Property)
1. Wheelchair Accessible
8
2
0
2
0
1
10
23
2. Part Wheelchair
1
3
0
3
0
11
5
23
3. Lifetime home
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4. Step free
8
5
3
23
11
68
116
234
5. Maximum of 3 steps
2
4
4
36
59
252
292
649
10
7
18
40
66
1,147
886
2,174
0
1
1
0
2
22
96
122
29
22
26
104
138
1,502
1,407
3,228
6. General needs
Not specified
Total (Applicants)
For example: 5 of the 234 step free homes were let to applicants assessed as having a Part Wheelchair need and 2 of the 29 applicants assessed
as needing Wheelchair Accessible housing were housed in homes with a maximum of 3 steps.
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
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/Underoccupancy project/Landlord Services/Development teams
20 households moved to date!
THCP – www.thcp.org
Lynn Collingbourne
[email protected]
07825 828668