Extra Care Housing - Draft Strategy
Overview
The development of Extra Care Housing nationally exemplified many of the best characteristics of the changing face of services for vulnerable Adults living in the community. These incluse well designed housing which enables people to self-care for longer, access to an on-site care team, privacy, and choice and security of tenure.
One of the key challenges of developing housing services for older people is to link the development in a coherent strategic way to health, social care, leisure and other housing choices used by older people. This strategy is against a “one size fits all” approach and specific Extra Care provision will need to be thought through locally in Cumbria taking into account the detail of a particular geographical area its existing Extra Care provision, and financial implications which may impact on the range of initial range of facilities able to be offered in any scheme.
Why we are consulting
The basis of this draft strategy is developed from national and local strategies and/or legislation. However, Cumbria County Council would welcome views from interested parties and are eager to adopt any relevant comments or suggestions into the final strategy, reflecting local views and opinions.
What happens next
Any responses will be considered within the strategy context and responded to if appropriate.
