NHF conference - Delivering Housing Adaptations

With increasing demand for adaptations and rising expectations of customers who rightly want a tailored and high quality service, how can you establish a first-class service which delivers adaptations that meet their needs?

This conference is an opportunity to get ahead of the game in proactive asset management and assistive technology while achieving value for money. The programme will help you navigate the new health landscape and suggest new ways to engage effectively with local partners.

Key topics include:

• Financing adaptations - latest on the Disabled Facilities Grant and alternative funding options
• Advances in assistive technology - telehealth and telecare
• Proactive asset management - how to make best use of existing adapted stock and re-lets
• New opportunities for Home Improvement Agencies and Handypersons Services
• Working in partnership for improved efficiency and cost-effective outcomes
• The sector's link to health
• How to deliver practical, cost-effective support for people with dementia

Speakers include:

• Jeremy Porteus, Housing LIN
• Andy Chaplin, Foundations
• Domini Gunn-Peim, Director of Public Health and Vulnerable Communities, Chartered Institute of Housing
• Cllr David Rogers, Community Wellbeing Board

Housing association, local authority and home improvement staff with an interest in delivering aids and adaptations including:

• Heads of housing
• Heads of asset management
• Maintenance managers
• Directors of adult services
• Older people service managers
• Housing care service managers
• Managers of supported and sheltered housing
• Independent living managers
• Housing services teams
• Disabled and/or older people's community groups

Get up-to-date with the current issues and latest developments affecting the delivery of housing aids and adaptations.