The Harassment and Abuse of Older People in the Private Rented Sector

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-86134-458-8
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 72 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm

Help the Aged funded this major study because of concerns that older people living in private rented housing were vulnerable to abuse and harassment by landlords. Drawing upon detailed research with older people, professionals and landlords in six different localities, the report provides the first major study of this important issue.

The report concludes with a series of recommendations to central and local government. These include the need for changes in such areas as the overall regulation of the sector, the rights of older tenants and in the housing benefit system. The recommendations also cover the need for better training for professionals about abuse and harassment, improved age related records and the need for improved funding for advice and advocacy services.

This study will be essential reading for a wide range of practitioners and academics whose interests and responsibilities span older people and their reliance upon the housing and welfare systems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carlton, Nancy

Heywood, Frances

Izuhara, Misa

Pannell, Jenny

Fear, Tina

Means, Robin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; The development of the private rented sector; Legal protection, legal remedies and the private rented sector; Elder abuse and adult protection: definitions and debates; Experiences of older tenants with their landlords; Living in the private rented sector: the impact of the wider housing market and social and housing policies; Problems with 'the system': making life more difficult for older people in private rented housing; Supporting older people in private rented housing; Recommendations.

Über Autor(innen)

Means, Robin
Robin Means is Associate Dean (Primary and Community Care) of the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Izuhara, Misa
Misa Izuhara is Senior Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. She has been working extensively in the areas of ageing and intergenerational relations, housing and social change, and comparative policy analysis between the East and the West. She is the Editor of the international journal, Policy & Politics.

Dr Nancy Carlton is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of England, Bristol. Dr Frances Heywood is a Research Fellow at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Dr Misa Izuhara is a Research Fellow at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Jenny Pannell is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol. Tina Fear is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Continuing Care Adult Nursing at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol. Professor Robin Means is Associate Dean (Research and International Developments) at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol.