ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many individuals and organisation have contributed to this review.
We would like to thank Chris Taylor, Kate Bilton, Paul Tyrer and Lisa Taylor from the Scottish Executive, Jackie Wilkins from Communities Scotland, the other members of the Sheltered Housing Review Advisory Group ( SHRAG), and the members of the Review of Older People Housing ( ROOPH) Group (see Appendix C for further details).
We would like to thank John Galvin, at the Elderly Accommodation Counsel for providing us with the data from the Elderly Accommodation Counsel database.
In addition, many people in local authorities and housing associations in Scotland assisted us in a variety of ways, by completing provider questionnaires, by distributing questionnaires to residents of sheltered housing schemes, by taking part in telephone interviews, by arranging visits to sheltered housing schemes, and introducing us to residents. Furthermore, voluntary sector agencies assisted us with organising focus groups with older people from BME communities, older disabled people, and 'younger' older people. For the purpose of anonymity we cannot name particular individuals or organisations, but we are very grateful for their support and contribution to the project.
Finally, we would like to thank the residents in the sheltered housing schemes who completed questionnaires, and all those people who participated in the focus groups and interviews. We are grateful for their time and patience. Their contribution to the review is greatly valued.