Housing Older People with Learning Disabilities

 This fact sheet gives an overview of the issues facing older people with learning disabilities and their changing needs.

This fact sheet aims to give a general overview of housing options for older people with learning disabilities. It is aimed at family members, support staff, managers in housing and support services for people with learning disabilities and more general older peoples services, as well as commissioners.

About housing for older people with learning disabilities.

• The housing issues for older people with learning disabilities are similar to the issues we all face when we age:

•  Reduced mobility means that sometimes the physical environment needs to adapt or change

•  If we need higher levels of care, where we currently live may not be suitable to allow for that
•  We may be faced with greater loneliness and isolation if we can’t get out and about as much.