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We were delighted to attend Housing 21's annual conference on shaping the future of housing for older people! In his opening presentation, Jeremy Porteus stressed that "homes for older people should be central to housing and care policies, not pushed to the margins".

This HAPPI Hour webinar will explore key insights and lessons from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Housing and Care for Older People's Inquiry into the Regeneration of Outdated Sheltered Housing (Re-HAPPI). This session is particularly special as we celebrate a significant milestone—our 100th HAPPI Hour webinar!

Are you a university or research body seeking to apply to the NIHR’s latest themed funding call for research to accelerate action on poor health outcomes? Are you looking to test out housing, technology and places-based interventions that move health and care closer to home? We want to hear from you on how we can utilise our learning improvement networked activities to support your proposal. Read on…

This Housing LIN Case Study (No. 173), updated by Payal Ceurvels, Associate at Mæ, explores an innovative intergenerational housing project with varied accommodation types that require progressive privacy levels in shared spaces within a dense urban environment. 

This blog by Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, shares insights on the growing issue of dementia in the UK, where nearly a million people are affected.

This week's HLINks highlights our 100th HAPPI Hour webinar on Regenerating Outdated Sheltered Housing (Re-HAPPI), last week's webinar recording on Scotland's innovative housing examples, Habinteg's new inclusive housing design guide and much more! 

For Falls Prevention Week took last month, the Centre for Ageing Better published a blog drawing on BRE analysis that reducing hazards at home amongst over 55s would save the NHS £330m a year. We signpost to this and pull together a range of useful information on housing and falls prevention.

With support from St Monica Trust, our South West Leadership Set convened yesterday afternoon in Bristol. We were joined by Tom Surrey, Director of Adult Social Care Workforce and Policy, for a productive discussion.

The new Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Rhian Bowen-Davies, has set out her vision for a Wales that leads the way in empowering older people, tackling inequality and enabling everyone to live and age well.

Amanda Ellwood-Roberts, Deputy Head of Service for Sanctuary Supported Living, shares Sanctuary Supported Living’s new vision for retirement communities and how it’s reshaping our approach to supporting people in later life.