Sheltered Housing for the Elderly

The Leeds study, on which this book is based, first published in 1983, was the most comprehensive and detailed to have been conducted into sheltered housing. It evoked widespread interest in Britain and abroad. It sought to answer some of the important questions about the growth and proliferation of sheltered housing.

Alan Butler, Christine Oldman, John Greve

Foreword. Acknowledgements. List of Tables and Figures. 1. Introduction and Background 2. The Problems of Evaluation 3. Housing and the Elderly 4. Sheltered Housing - the Conventional Wisdom 5. The Development of Sheltered Housing 6. A Housing Provision 7. The Management of Sheltered Housing 8. Financial and Economic Aspects 9. Extra-care Sheltered Housing 10. Alternative Forms of Tenure 11. Alternatives to Sheltered Housing 12. The Warden 13. The Tenants 14. Conclusions and Recommendations. Bibliography. Index.