This week's HLINks: 27 - 31 March 2023
This week, I was delighted to attend TSA's ITEC 2-day conference where I presented on TAPPI and launched a series of personal stories on its positive impact with our testbed partners.
The conference also saw the release of two new reports by the TEC Action Alliance: Technology-Enabled Lives: Delivering Outcomes for People and Provider and A guide to getting started in co-production. I was delighted to contributed a piece on making our living environment appropriate to our changing needs.
In other news, check out Katey Twyford's new blog highlighting the importance of three new Insight booklets published by the DemECH project for those with dementia, carers, and commissioners/operators of extra care housing.
And, you may have seen that Shakespeare Martineau released their report "Moving On: Could later living by the answer to the housing crisis?" following their opening session at the Housing LIN Summit on "Last time movers and shakers (opens new window)".
Other things that caught my interest this week include:
- Tackling the loneliness crisis with home care – A digital smart home assistant (opens new window)
- Housing21/ECCT (opens new window) considering merger
- Bangladesh Independence Day celebrated the 1st anniversary of the Amar Bari, Amar Jibon (opens new window) project
- I visited Agile Homes (opens new window) with NHS England
- CAE (opens new window) blog on affordable housing options for disabled people by OT Marney Walker
- The APPG on Leasehold and Commonhold reform held a roundtable meeting looking at retirement housing after ground rents
- Good Thing Foundation (opens new window) HoL submission on digital exclusion and cost of living
- Nuffield Trust (opens new window) social attitudes report on social care
- Age UK (opens new window) report on cost of living crisis impact on older people
Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk (opens new window).
Stay connected, stay curious!
Jeremy Porteus