Housing Options for Older People
Support in your own home
You may not have to move
If you would like a little extra help, but don't wish to move from your home, we have a number of schemes that will bring support to you. For example, we may be able to provide:
Extra Care and Community Supportive Housing
If you are 60 years of age or over when you apply for housing, we will assess you to see if your needs could be met by either extra care or Community Supportive Housing.
These schemes offer independent flats with varying degrees of support. You can choose whether or not to take advantage of these services, however many people enjoy the additional security that a sheltered or supported flat will offer.
Community Supportive Housing
These are self-contained flats but with a resident scheme manager who contacts each tenant subject to their support needs. The scheme managers liaise with Social Services and other agencies to ensure residents are able to live independently. Most schemes have communal facilities such as a lounge, and a laundry service. When the scheme manager is off duty all flats are linked to a 24-hour emergency alarm system.
Extra Care housing
This is Community Supportive Housing with a difference! This Scheme offers an alternative for residents who are no longer able to live alone or in Community Supportive Housing but do not want or need to go into residential accommodation. This scheme is ideally suited to residents who require a care package between 2 and 4 visits a day. Residents still have their own self-contained flat, with a scheme manager on site. The extra care comes from a specially trained team of home carers who are on site daily.
Community Support and Outreach Service
The aim of this scheme is to help older tenants to live independently in their own homes for as long as they are able and wish to do so. The Community Support and Outreach officers maintain regular contact, act as advocates, and arrange appropriate support services.
Read more Housing Options for Older People
Advocacy Plus (Previously Westminster Advocacy Service for Senior Residents)
Advocacy Plus is a local, independent voluntary organisation based in Soho. Advocacy Plus helps older people say what they want, secure their rights and obtain services.
This includes helping people with housing issues, assisting in obtaining the care and support that is needed, or resolving social and commercial disputes.
Advocacy Plus has a wealth of experience advocating for older people. Take these recent case studies:
Mr White was referred to Advocacy Plus by the local corner shop where he was well known. He had been beaten up. It turned out that Mr White had memory loss and was totally unknown to any services. Advocacy Plus developed a relationship of trust with him and helped him to access health and social care.
Mrs Jones lived with her family in what had been her home. She was getting confused and was waking the children in the night to get up for school. The family couldn't cope and wanted her to go into residential care. Mrs Jones was adamant that she didn't want this. Advocacy Plus helped to mediate with the family and found a solution that suited them all. Mrs Jones was referred to a day care centre, got regular respite care and also benefited from a befriender to visit and spend time with her.
If you are over 60 and you think Advocacy Plus could help you, please contact Advocacy Plus.
Address: 8 Godson Street, London, N1 9GZ
Email: info@advocacyplus.org.uk
Tel: 020 7837 6744
Fax: 020 7923 9019
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