...Phil Saunders This article reports on a recent study carried out by Sitra on behalf of the Yorkshire & Humber Housing Related Support Group, which resulted in the publication of Prevention and Personalisation ‐ the case for Housing Related Support (Sitra, 2010). The study demonstrated...

...Bruce Moore The author debates the concept of personalisation ‐ choice and control to those who receive services ‐ for housing providers in the current economic and political climate in the UK. It is suggested that a wholesale shift towards the culture of personalisation will be necessary...

...Martin Cheeseman Adoption of personalisation in the housing sector is not straightforward, and indeed there is some doubt that a good match is possible at all. Yet the sector must learn to adapt to this change, and to start doing so as soon as possible. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009...

...Irmani Darlington; Kathleen Boyle What does personalisation mean for a support provider? Before we go too far down the route of answering this question, we first need to look at a more basic question: what does personalisation mean? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Housing...

...Peter Molyneux The move towards personalisation in health, as in other services, provides the opportunity to make a new and more humanising relationship between providers and the people they serve. Research by NHS Kensington and Chelsea indicates a direction in which commissioners of housing...

...Peter Beresford The policy of personalisation is essentially about matching services and support to address the unique needs and shared rights of each person as a service user. We can get some idea of the implications this new policy may have for housing by looking at some recent real‐world...

...Gerard Wistow Just as universalism was a fundamental value underpinning the creation of the post‐war welfare state, so personalisation is rapidly gaining a similar status in contemporary public service reform. This paper explores the background to both concepts and their current relevance...

... Personalisation The care trail Families Carers Funding Practice Negotiating the care trail Bill Randall Housing Writer and Commentator and Green Party Councillor, Brighton and Hove, UK Abstract Self-directed support is a revolutionary shift which is complex to manage but essential for people s well-being...

...Merron Simpson This article considers the implications of personalisation for housing providers, commissioners and customers, using the example of housing‐related support. Opportunities and challenges are identified. Housing Personalisation Challenges Commissioners Providers Customer...

...Jon Head This article refers to common values and principles underlying personalisation and housing, and the importance of personalisation for providers like Hanover (a leading provider of housing and support services for older people). It also refers to challenges that personalisation presents...

...Sarah Davis; Jeremy Porteus This article looks at the challenges for delivering personalisation across public services, the key for transformation of those services. Based on a recent publication, Housing Health and Care (Davis et al, 2009), it argues that the policy context, performance systems...

... association and local authority stock. This article examines the proposed standards and sets out some views on how they could be developed in relation to tenants requiring care and support. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Housing Regulation Standards Personalisation Choice Policy...

...David Walden Personalisation means thinking about housing, care and support services in an entirely different way. It means starting with the person as an individual. This article looks at what personalisation means for housing providers, for instance tailoring support to people's individual needs...

...Sarah Vallelly; Jill Manthorpe In July 2007, Housing 21 began an exploration of how changes to the system of social care called personalisation might impact on specialist housing provision in England. Personalisation now forms the basis of English social care policy focusing the delivery of public...