Saturday, September 05, 2009

Save Sheltered Housing Wardens

The decision by local authorities and housing associations nationwide to replace residential wardens with teams of ‘floating’ workers.

A residential warden is physically there on a live-in, daily basis and can pick up on problems much more quickly than these ‘floating’ workers. Cost cutting in one part of the service will lead to financial and social costs elsewhere. Many older people will feel that they are losing their security, as well as being severely let down.

Calling on councils to immediately re-examine their policies to make sure that funding is prioritised to provide comprehensive services for our most vulnerable in society. Wardens have a strong preventative role to play in recognising problems before they get too bad and maximising people's independence.

The number of over 65s in England is expected to increase by more than 3 million in the next 15 years but the money to care for them is not keeping up.

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2 comments:

Fran said...

Saw the Panorama programme. It did much more harm than good to the cause of the Resident Scheme Managers/Wardens. Just my humble opinion of course. But as a Resident Scheme Manager who has lived in and lived out, I think the Scheme Managers/Wardens were badly represented. Good will aplenty, but none of the residents or their family members who were spoken to did a very good job of justifying the presence of a resident scheme/manager.

John Gray said...

Hi Fran
I missed the programme (and it’s now too late to see it on iplayer) - this is a shame. The unions, residents and employers need to work together and gather facts and information to support resident scheme managers/wardens.