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We're delighted to share with you a new Housing LIN Cymru e-Prospectus in collaboration with our Housing LIN Cymru Steering Group members. 

Welcome to this week's edition of HLINks, your go-to e-bulletin for all things related to housing with care. For those of you surprised to receive our e-bulletin today, we have brought it forward by one day due to the Easter break.

Following the announcement of an Older People's Housing Task Force in the government's Adult Social Care statement, Professor Julianne Meyer CBE, has been appointed as its independent chair.

The Department of Health and Social Care has today published The Hewitt Review – an independent review of integrated care systems (ICSs). Drawing on the insights of leaders from across the NHS, local government, social care providers, the charitable and the voluntary and social enterprise sector, the review looked at how best to empower local leaders to focus on improving outcomes for their populations.

The government today released its Adult Social Care statement, ‘Next steps for putting people at the heart of care’. It sets out the plans on implementing the funding commitments made in its 2021 White Paper.

For the first time in over a decade, we have a rare sponsorship opportunity available with the Housing LIN. 

This week’s HLINks provides a comprehensive round-up of the latest Housing LIN news, views, resources, and events including a guest blog on the Dementia in Extra Care Housing research findings published as part of the DemECH project, two new reports from TEC Action Alliance, a TAPPI update and new HAPPI Hour webinars.

Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people.

We're delighted to share this Housing LIN guest blog by Katey Twyford, the Housing LIN’s former dementia lead, who reflects on the Dementia in Extra Care Housing research findings published as part of The Supporting People Living with Dementia in Extra Care Housing (DemECH) project.

A new report launched today by the TEC Action Alliance at the ITEC conference, Birmingham, has found that only a handful of councils, housing and care organisations are delivering digital care in people’s homes at scale, to cut hospital admissions, speed up emergency response times, and reduce long waits for formal social care.