New report from ODESSA investigating current long-term care delivery models for older people

ODESSA Optimising Care Cover

We are pleased to draw your attention to an ESCR funded research report, 'ODESSA: Optimising care delivery models to support ageing-in-place', published by the University of Sheffield.

This report brings together international research findings on current long-term care delivery models for older people and assesses the key factors that allow them to live independently for longer.

Published by the University of Sheffield on behalf of the Universities of Belfast, Central Lancashire, Dauphine in France and Tsinghua in China, the three-year project investigated new and innovative ways of adapting a person's home so that they can live independently for longer and avoid going into residential care as well as making it easier for them to access public services such as health and social services.

Key themes arising from the comparative research across the countries include:

  • Better housing choices to meet the needs and preferences of older people;
  • The importance of housing and living conditions and their links to social and health care delivery and in prompting ageing-in-place;
  • The potential for engaging communities in effective and inclusive models of social care delivery to support healthy ageing, with reference to the different policy contexts of the three partner countries;
  • Design alternatives for age-friendly housing environments that support ageing-in-place, independence and enable effective, inclusive and easily accessible health and social care for older people;
  • The efficiency and affordability of financial innovations for the long-term living arrangements of older people and propose delivery for an ageing population through development of funding options and associated proposals; and
  • A common framework for health and social care delivery mechanisms and housing options.

The Housing LIN was delighted to be a member of the Advisory Group and to support the dissemination and promotion of these important findings.

Lastly, for those of you who attended this event, presentations will soon be available on Sheffield Uni's website