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Provision of Disability Adaptations to the Home: Analysis of Household Survey Data

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  • Ian J. Ewart
  • Chris Harty

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The move towards greater provision of healthcare at home has been a significant policy intention for the past two decades [Ham, C., Dixon, A., & Brooke, B. (2012) Transforming the Delivery of Health and Social Care: The Case for Fundamental Change (London: Kings Fund)]. Key to this ambition is the need to provide suitable accommodation for disabled households by installing a range of possible adaptations. Using data from English Housing Surveys of 2003/2004 and 2009/2010, we compare levels of the provision of adaptations with a number of socio-cultural variables, and report on some significant correlations. This includes most importantly, bias against non-white disabled households and younger disabled households, a significant link between rented accommodation and disabled households, and a worrying increase in the proportion of adaptations deemed by the householders to be 'not needed', from 7 to 25 per cent, over that 6-year time period. We discuss the context of these results and conclude with an outline plan for future research, which is urgently needed to verify and understand the issues raised.

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  • Ian J. Ewart & Chris Harty, 2015. "Provision of Disability Adaptations to the Home: Analysis of Household Survey Data," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(6), pages 901-923, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:30:y:2015:i:6:p:901-923
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2014.991379
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