Integration of fast-track home adaptation services with health and social care services
Breaking barriers for seamless care: Fast-track home adaptations integrated with health and social care services in Oxfordshire.
‘Integration of fast-track home adaptation services with health and social care services’ is another pilot study funded by Healthy Ageing and Care network in Oxfordshire (January to July 2021).
Fast-track Home Adaptation (FHA) is a non-means tested adaptation funded by Disabled Facilities Grant, (DFG) for small adaptations. It aims to speed up delivery for home adaptations to allow people to get discharged home from hospital quicker and to allow older people to stay safe and independent at home for longer.
This study explores the use of FHA for older people delivered by local housing authorities in Oxfordshire in partnership with health and social care services. This study explores the extent to which the current FHA is integrated with health and social care services in Oxfordshire; identifies successful factors and barriers to the integration of a county-wide FHA service; and develops an integration pathway of the Fast-track Home Adaptations service.