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Enhanced sheltered housing

1. An enhanced form of sheltered housing but with additional services on site to enable older people to retain their independence for as long as possible. This accommodation is mostly for renting but also leasehold or purchase.1EAC glossary entry on “enhanced sheltered housing” 

2. Most developments will have a scheme manager and alarm systems in the property. There may also be some personal care and home help services that can be arranged by management.2Too Little, Too Late? Housing for an ageing population by Professor Les Mayhew, published by Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI), 2020, p.18 

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Age-exclusive housing

1. The Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) introduced the description ‘age-exclusive housing’ for schemes or developments that cater exclusively for older people.1EAC glossary entry on “age-exclusive housing”

2. EAC say that this term was introduced because of the recent trend away from providing ‘wardens’ or Scheme Managers in traditional sheltered and retirement housing schemes. 

3. Age exclusive housing is designed, built and let/sold exclusively to older people (typically 50+ or 55+), but without supportive on-site management and usually without any shared facilities except perhaps a garden, residents’ lounge and guest suite.2EAC glossary entry on “age-exclusive housing” & Too Little, Too Late? Housing for an ageing population by Professor Les Mayhew, published by Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI), 2020, p.18 

4. Age-exclusive housing usually incorporates design features helpful to older people, and may have communal facilities such as a residents’ lounge, guest suite and shared garden. It does not provide any regular on-site support to residents.

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Sheltered housing

1. Sheltered housing is one form of supported housing. 

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2. There is no statutory definition of sheltered housing. The UK Government has adopted the following definition of “sheltered housing” for policy purposes:2DWP A5/2019 Sheltered and extra care supported accommodation – New LA IT functionality requirement, 21 May 2019

Sheltered housing is housing designated for occupation mainly by over-55s with low-level care and support needs. The majority of residents are above the state pension age, but some are of working age.

3. Residents’ needs are at least in part met by extra housing facilities and services. This support could be either physical (getting in and out of the property) and/or emotional/ mental (emergency help or assurance).

4. Features of a sheltered unit might include:

  1. 24-hour emergency help (alarm system);
  2. warden present some of the time;
  3. some communal facilities, in other words, lounge, restaurant, laundry, garden;
  4. rooms available for outreach services; and
  5. often accessible buildings designed for communal purposes.

5. Extra care housing is related to sheltered housing. 

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Extra care housing

1. Extra care housing is a form of supported housing.

2. There is no statutory definition of extra care housing. The UK Government has adopted the following definition of “extra care housing” for policy purposes.1DWP A5/2019 Sheltered and extra care supported accommodation – New LA IT functionality requirement, 21 May 2019

Extra care housing is related to sheltered housing. Like sheltered housing, it is also designated for occupation mainly by over-55s but with higher level support and care to help residents live independently (for example, where the likely alternative might be a residential care home).

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