Adult Social Care Accommodation Strategy 2024-2034
Our long-term plan for accommodation-based care and support services that enable residents to live independent, healthy and safe lives.
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Our vision for accommodation
We want Islington residents with care and support needs to live healthy, fulfilling, and independent lives in a safe place they call home. We will support residents with care needs to remain as independent as possible in their own home, balancing the individual’s wishes and best interests while making best use of the public purse. Where this is no longer possible, we aim to support residents in bespoke, high-quality accommodation-based care services, as close to home as possible, helping to maintain links with their communities and support networks.
The purpose
Our strategy aims to develop a long-term, innovative plan for providing accommodation for people with care and support needs.
It outlines roles and responsibilities and shows how we will address challenges like high property prices and limited development opportunities. It outlines the various support options we can offer to help residents live independently and stay connected to their support networks.
Co-producing and co-delivering our strategy
This strategy has been shaped by residents who use our services, their carers and the people who support them. They have shared what matters to them, and this has shaped the principles underpinning the strategy.
It requires a whole council effort, we will need to work as one council in partnership with housing and care providers and wider sub-regional networks.
Our priorities
- Promote strengths-based approaches to maximise independence and prevent need
- Maximise use and potential of existing capacity
- Develop new capacity
- Develop our evidence base to support service development
Measuring our impact
We will know if we have achieved our vision if we:
- reduce reliance on more institutional forms of care
- help more residents with care needs to remain in their own homes
- more residents receive care closer to home
- fewer residents will be delayed in hospital and other intensive support settings when they are ready for greater independence
- more residents tell us they are receiving the right care and support for them.