Background: The number of families living in temporary accommodation in the UK is increasing. International evidence suggests that family homelessness contributes to poor mental health outcomes for both child and parent/carer, yet there is no routine way of understanding these health impacts at a local area level.
Methods: A homeless health needs audit was adapted to include questions about family health and completed in survey form by 33 people living in temporary accommodation in the London Borough of Bromley. Data were supplemented through an engagement event with 23 health and community care practitioners.
Results: The small population sample surveyed showed high levels of poor mental health in addition to behaviours that increase the risk of physical ill health (such as smoking) and a high use of secondary healthcare services. Engagement with practitioners showed awareness of poor health amongst this population group and challenges with regard to providing appropriate support.
Conclusions: There needs to be a sustainable and representative way of understanding the health needs of this population group including a comparison of the health needs of people placed in temporary accommodation in and out of their resident area.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa056 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Individual Variations in Vergence and Accommodation Responses Following Virtual Reality Gameplay.
Vision (Basel)
December 2024
Department of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia.
Virtual reality (VR) can challenge the visual system, leading to temporary oculomotor changes, though the degree of change varies among individuals. While the vergence and accommodation system plays a crucial role in VR perception, it remains unclear whether individuals whose visual functions fall outside clinical norms experience larger changes. Thus, our study aimed to investigate whether changes in vergence and accommodation responses following VR gameplay differ between individuals with and without non-strabismic binocular and accommodative disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSupporting older people experiencing homelessness and memory problems in hostels: Learning from an ethnographic study.
Gerontologist
December 2024
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Healthcare Services and e-Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Background And Objectives: Older people with memory problems living in temporary hostel accommodation have longer stays and higher care needs than those without memory problems. In this ethnographic study, we aimed to elucidate how staff currently support older hostel residents with memory problems, what contextual factors determine support given and, what facilitates positive and meaningful outcomes for staff and residents.
Research Design And Methods: We conducted interviews and participant observations with older people (≥50 years) experiencing memory problems and homelessness (interviews n=17, observations n=13), hostel staff and managers (interviews n=15, observations n=20) from seven residential facilities (six hostels and one care home), and health and social care practitioners (interviews n=17, observations n=7), from September 2021-December 2022 in London, England.
A New Temporary Training Prosthesis for People With Transtibial Amputation: a Technical Note.
Can Prosthet Orthot J
June 2024
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Background: While waiting to receive a prosthesis, individuals with amputations could benefit from using a temporary training prosthesis to expedite the rehabilitation process and prepare them for subsequent walking with their prosthesis.
Objectives: To design and build a temporary training prosthesis for people with a transtibial amputation.
Methodology: Various temporary training prostheses were designed and simulated using SolidWorks software, followed by fabricating and testing multiple prototypes.
The current and rising provision of temporary accommodation in the UK does not always meet the needs of residents with one such contributing factor being the often-poor atmospheric qualities within these environments. Temporary accommodation is a broad term for housing provided for those who have previously been homeless, covering different variations of support or tenancy length. Our research synthesises transdisciplinary literature to create a theoretical framework which can be used to inform the design of suitable temporary accommodation by connecting psychological theories in a novel way to shed light on the parameters of the phenomenon of home attachment, specifically physical, architectural elements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe provision of social care for people in prison in England has historically been lacking. Seeking to address this, the 2014 Care Act clarified that local authorities are responsible for identifying, assessing and meeting prisoners' social care needs. Against this background, in 2020 we undertook a survey to explore the emerging services for this group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!