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1、ReporttoLeicestershireHousingServicesPartnershipBoard23rdJanuary2013ReviewofDisabledAdaptationsin2012includingthosefundedbyLeicestershireCountyandRutlandPCT1.IntroductionInlateMarch2012LeicestershireCountyandRutlandPCTcontributed£1mtowardsadaptationsinLeicestershire&Rutl
2、and.ByDecember2012,allofthe£1mhadbeenspentoneligibleadaptationsthroughouttheCounty.Disabledadaptationsarecarriedouttoeligible(usuallyvulnerable,lowincome)householdstoenabletherecipienttoremainsafelyintheirownhome.Thismaypreventthemhavingtoaccessmoreexpensiveservices,fore
3、xamplehospitalorcareservices.Theseadaptationsareusuallyreferredtoasdisabledfacilitiesgrants(DFGs).Theadaptationscanalsobepreventative,forexampleinstallingastairliftforanelderlypersonmaypreventafall.ThemostcommontypesofadaptationsinLeicestershirearelevelaccessshowers(LAS)
4、and/orstairlifts,bothofwhichcanhelptopreventfalls.2.TheBenefitsofanAdaptationforaRecipientItwasagreedthattheLeicestershire&RutlandAuthoritieswouldgatherinformationfrompeoplewhohadreceivedanadaptationinordertoassessthebenefitstothewiderhealthandsocialcarecommunityofthePCT
5、contributingtotheadaptationfund.Researchhasestablishedthatin2000theUniversityofYorkproducedareportonTheEconomicCostofHipFractureintheUK.Itconcludedthatthecostofanindividualhipfractureatthattimewascalculatedtobe£25,424.(Appendix1).InadditionOfficersareawareofthepositivefe
6、edbackreceivedfromgratefulrecipientsofgrantfunding.Inordertogetongoinginformationaroundthebenefitsofinvestmentinhousingadaptationsitwasdecidedtoaskalladaptationrecipientsin2012,tocompleteanevaluationfrom.TheinformationinthisreportisbasedonadaptationsdonebetweenAprilandDe
7、cember2012andconsiderswhethertheadaptationimprovedtheir;·qualityoflife·qualityofhealth·independence·levelofcomfortand13·wellbeing.ApostalsurveywascarriedoutinallbutHinckleyandBosworth,whousedatelephonesurveytoobtainresults.Inadditioncustomerswereaskedtosayiftheadaptation
8、hadimprovedtheirlifeinanyotherways.Thecommentsmadeareofgreatvaluetothestudy.Acopyofthequestionnaireisat
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