Extra care - design

The design features of extra care housing are central to achieving good outcomes for individual users and the wider community and environment. The resources listed below offer guidance and examples of effective design principles and practice.

Design principles for Extra Care housing

New edition of Factsheet No6 (Feb 08) describing key design principles and issues to consider when designing and developing a brief for a new Extra Care scheme. Case studies illustrate the variety of...

Non-mainstream housing design guidance

This provides an overview and summary of existing published design guides and covers housing for a wide range of specific needs. The Homes and Communities Agency commissioned Levitt Bernstein and PRP...

Extra Care Housing: Designing, assessing and delivering sustainable homes

This Housing LIN Technical Brief No 4 sets out the current policy and legislative context for 'green' housing. It presents examples of Extra Care Housing and general needs housing developments and looks...

The Design of Housing for people with dementia

First published in the Journal of Care Services Management, this paper by Damian Utton uses two completed projects to illustrate how the principles of designing for dementia have been successfully applied...

Enabling Independence - Design Guide for Independent Living

The Design Guide was compiled by Sunderland City Council (SCC), Health Housing and Adult Services Directorate in 2011 and has been regularly updated to include good practice and evidence of learning....

Suffolk extra care/dementia design and management guide

Updated in March 2009 Published by Suffolk County Council this guide describes the additional design criteria, social activities, care and support provided in extra care housing for people with dementia....

Vertical Housing with Care: Remodelling a tower block as extra care housing at Callendar Court, Gateshead

This Housing LIN Case Study No 44 describes Callendar Court in Gateshead, an 11 storey former council housing tower block that has been remodelled as extra care housing. A description of the scheme is...

Dignity through design - how the architecture can make a difference

An article describing the design features of New Larchwood extra care scheme that enable residents to be as independent as possible, to regain skills and remain in their flats for a s long as possible....

Eco Housing - taking extra care with environmentally friendly design

A Housing LIN Factsheet No13 that summarises some policy and legislative context for 'green' and 'intelligent' housing. It presents examples of Extra Care Housing and general needs housing developments...

Very sheltered housing in Suffolk - design & management guide

This guide describes the design and development of very sheltered housing and provides details of how the service is managed. There are other 'bolt on' guides to this main document covering older people...

A major design challenge faces commissioners and providers who wish to remodel existing sheltered housing or residential homes into extra care provision. There is a separate page of resources related to remodelling of services.