Older People's Strategy - Newcastle City Council

92Older people are a key client group within this strategy. The typeof services provided include housing support services in ExtraCare Housing and floating support such as the Community CareAlarm Service for people in their own homes. It alsocommissions a handyperson service and help to owneroccupiers through the local Home Improvement Agency –Anchor Staying Put.The Newcastle-based voluntary organisation Dementia CarePartnership has developed innovative models of housing andcare for people with dementia (www.dementiacare.org.uk).Older person friendly neighbourhoodsNew planning frameworks such as the Local DevelopmentFramework provide more opportunities than ever for olderpeople to become involved in the planning and regenerationof their neighbourhoods. The Local Development Frameworkis a spatial plan for the city which goes beyond the scope offocusing on land use and deciding planning applications totake account of other social policy initiatives such as crimereduction, improved housing, better public transport andaccess to facilities and amenities.The Older Person Friendly City Centre group has developedprocesses through which older people have undertaken anaudit of the city centre and provided valuable information tofeed into planning processes. This could serve as a modelfor engaging older people in local neighbourhoods.