The Health Cost-benefits of Adapting Housing for Disabled and Vulnerable People

ISBN-13: 9781848064430 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 40 str.

Helen Garrett;Mike Roys;Selina Burris

Opis

In 2014 a 'Bletchley Day' workshop was organised by Care & Repair England. BRE was tasked with considering ways to demonstrate the investment value of home adaptations and modifications through the production of better evidence. BRE researched some of the cost-benefit to the NHS of undertaking preventative home interventions for households with a long-term sickness or disability, where the risks of accidents in their home are worse than the national average. This research has identified the need for preventative work in around 3 million households who have a long-term sickness and disability. This work would make their homes safer and warmer and so reduce the likelihood of NHS treatment and the need for a DFG adaptation required as a result of injury.

Spis treści

Foreword
Executive summary 
1 Introduction 
2 Research background 
3 Literature and methodological review  
4 Examples of home interventions reducing the risks of HHSRS hazards 
5 A new cost-benefit model using the cost of poor housing approach 
6 Estimating the reduction in cost to the NHS of home interventions 
7 Additional costs to society of not adapting homes for the disabled and vulnerable  
8 Conclusions 
9 References 
Appendix Literature review 

O autorze

Principal consultant and member of Housing and Energy Group at BRE