Abstract:

Dementia and other mental health problems among older people are major and growing issues facing frontline services in the UK. While policy to date has primarily focused on the implications for health and social care services, with some consideration of demand for specialist supported housing, less attention has been paid to mainstream housing-related service provision, particularly for the vast majority of older people who live in their own homes. This paper considers the need for, and some potential means of delivering, practical support services that can enable older people with dementia to live in mainstream housing for longer.