{"id":3129,"date":"2015-03-20T15:33:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T15:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adultsocialcareandhealth\/housing-options\/sheltered-housing-and-housing-associations\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:58:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:58:36","slug":"sheltered-housing-and-housing-associations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/sheltered-housing-and-housing-associations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheltered housing and housing associations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sheltered housing<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sheltered housing may suit you if you are an older person wanting to live independently, but with security and the opportunity to socialise and get involved with leisure activities when you choose.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The accommodation is generally self-contained flats or bungalows. There is usually a call system in case you get into difficulties and a warden who calls or sometimes lives on the premises.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Some properties can be purchased so you still own your own property but have the additional reassurance of support and company.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Housing associations<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Housing associations offer non-profit making social housing. They can be large national providers or small local providers of accommodation. Some develop schemes specifically for certain groups of people, such as people with a learning disability or older people.&nbsp;E<\/span>xamples of some of the charity schemes include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almshouses.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Almshouses<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/abbeyfield.com\/?campaignid=19092952987&amp;adgroupid=144020218756&amp;keyword=abbeyfield%20care%20home&amp;device=c&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIorDpho-V_gIVzNLtCh1q3Q9fEAAYASAAEgKupPD_BwE\" rel=\"noopener\">Abbeyfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheltered housing&nbsp; Sheltered housing may suit you if you are an older person wanting to live independently, but with security and the opportunity to socialise and get involved with leisure activities when you choose.&nbsp; The accommodation is generally self-contained flats or bungalows. There is usually a call system in case you get into difficulties and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":748,"featured_media":0,"parent":25307,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 19:51:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/748"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3129"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44881,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3129\/revisions\/44881"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}