Evaluation of extra care

Commissioners, providers and users of extra care want to know whether it is achieving the intended objectives and outcomes. The resources listed below provide examples and tools for use in evaluating extra care housing.

• Evaluation of Extra Care Housing initiative
  The PSSRU was commissioned by the Dept of Health to evaluate 19 extra care housing schemes. Outcomes to date are included in newsletters and summary reports (see below).
• 'Extra Care' Housing and People with Dementia: A scoping Review of the Literature 1998 - 2008
  Commissioned by the Housing and Dementia Research Consortium and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, key aims of this literature review were to identify recent published and grey literature relating...
• Reeve Court Retirement Village - Block Contracting Care in Bands & Individual Budgets
  This Housing LIN Case study No43 examines the advantages and disadvantages of block contracting care using bands in extra care housing. It also explores possible implications of individual budgets for...
• Reeve Court Retirement Village - Executive Summary of Evaluation
  This Executive Summary outlines the key findings from an evaluation of Reeve Court Retirement Village. It covers health and well-being outcomes, the way in which care and support are commissioned, the...
• Dray Court - enhanced Extra Care scheme evaluation report
  Published by Guildford Borough Council, this report evaluates the Enhanced Extra Care project at Dray Court, managed in partnership between Guildford Borough Council (GBC) and Adults and Community Care...
• An extra care housing kitemark?
  The concept of a kitemark arose out of a series of meetings between leading industry players, hosted by the Department of Heath and the Housing Corporation between 2003 and 2006, to which EAC had also...
• The Extra Care Housing initiative evaluation - feedback seminar - four presentations
  Evaluation of Extra Care Housing initiative - feedback seminar - four presentations