Recent projects: Housing decisions in old age


Project summary

  • collaborative research between Lancaster University and Counsel and Care
  • funded by the Community Fund (£205,000)
  • book, Housing and Identity: Living Arrangements in Later Life, to be published by Palgrave/Macmillan, 2004
  • a central feature of the research methods was that older people carried out the qualitative interviews, having been trained on a two term, Lancaster university validated course

Publications available

The following publications relating to this project are available:

Briefing papers, containing the key research findings, are available in PDF format:

The project report Homing in on Housing, which has been quoted by the Audit Comission, is available to order, priced £9 incl. postage and packing. An order form is available to download and print.

A book Housing Decisions in Later Life (Clough, Leamy, Miller and Bright) will be published by Palgrave/Macmillan in 2004.

Project team

Lancaster University

Roger Clough Research Director; Mary Leamy Senior Research Officer; Vince Miller Research Officer.

Counsel and Care

Les Bright Deputy Chief Executive; Liz Brooks Project Officer.

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