In Focus - Innovations in Housing and Dementia
The number of people living with dementia is set to grow. These dedicated pages have been specially created to put the spotlight on dementia for those working in a variety of housing and older people settings.
You can access a range of dementia-friendly topics that will help people with dementia to live independently for as long as possible. And for more about how we can help you develop a better range of housing choices and services for people with dementia, download our brochure.
The Housing LIN is a member of the Dementia and Housing Working Group. We also have an excellent track record working with housing providers, health and adult social care commissioners of housing that supports independent living for people with dementia.
Key Dementia Subjects
Personal stories
A collection of personal stories and examples of everyday experiences of people living with dementia
APPG Inquiry: Housing and Dementia
Information on this 2020 APPG on Housing and Care for Older People inquiry
Dementia-friendly Commissioning
Information that helps those involved in service commissioning and strategic planning for people with dementia
Dementia-friendly Provision
Case studies and documents to help you manage or provide: extra care and supported housing, specialist care and support services, and assistive technology
Dementia-friendly Design
How you can design and change the living environment for people with dementia, including extra care housing
Dementia-friendly Communities
Good practice examples and suggestions about how the wider community can be more welcoming and user-friendly for people living with dementia
Practice, Workforce and Training
Good practice advice and guidance for front-line staff and managers working with people who have dementia
Legislation
Information on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the legislative framework for deprivation of liberty as they relate to the housing sector and dementia
Dementia Action Alliance
What it is, how to join, and useful information from DAA meetings
Dementia Sites
Useful links to other sources of dementia-related information and resources
Key resources
Housing for people with dementia – are we ready?
This APPG on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry report pulls together the evidence presented to the Inquiry's expert Panel, the research and analysis undertaken to understand the housing implications of people living with dementia and makes over 40 key policy and practice recommendations for making dementia-readiness happen.
Dementia-friendly housing guide
The Alzheimer’s Society and Housing 21 have updated the 2017 Dementia Friendly Housing Charter. The new report helps to inform how housing organisations, corporate bodies and sector professionals on how housing, their design and supporting services, can help improve and maintain the wellbeing of people affected by dementia.
Prime Minister's challenge on dementia 2020
This report from the Prime Minister sets out the areas where the government believes it will be necessary for society to take sustained action in order to deliver this vision and to truly transform dementia care, support and research by 2020.
Dementia and housing: An assessment tool for local commissioning
Commissioned by Public Health England in partnership with Alzheimer's Society, the Local Government Association and the Housing LIN, this self-assessment tool focuses on local commissioning processes and decision-making.
MAKING A START - Dementia - Skilling The General Needs Housing Workforce
Supported by the Housing LIN and written by Sue Garwood on behalf of the Dementia and Housing Working Group, this new report and Resource Pack is aimed at providing information to assist housing providers in equipping their workforce with the knowledge and skills they need to work effectively with people who have dementia.
Independent Evaluation of The Guinness Partnership’s Dementia Project
The Housing LIN was commissioned by The Guinness Partnership to undertake an independent evaluation of the progress made in becoming a more dementia-friendly organisation.
Assistive technology as a means of supporting people with dementia: A Review
To coincide with the Housing LIN's involvement in the Prime Minister's challenge on dementia, we have published this helpful review of how AT can support people with dementia.
In Focus: Housing and Dementia
This brochure gives an overview of the Housing LIN's work to create a better understanding on the links between housing and dementia and promote our related online learning and regional improvement services.
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Building on the Housing LIN’s learning and improvement ethos, we offer bespoke advice to help your organisation draw on the lessons highlighted on these pages. To find out how the Housing LIN can support your operational and/or strategic plans, please contact us at consultancy@housinglin.org.uk or visit our consultancy pages.
Latest Resources
- High Impact Change Model: Improving the timely and effective discharge of people with dementia and delirium into the community
- Older People’s Housing Preferences
- Housing LIN Case Study (No. 174) - More's Meadow Almshouses: A community-led development in Cambridgeshire
- Dementia-ready housing design criteria for general needs housing
- Taking an outcomes focussed approach to improving care for older people with dementia and other needs
- A new model to understand the complexity of inequalities in dementia
- Measuring the Wellbeing and Fiscal Impacts of Housing for Older People
- The Regeneration of Outdated Sheltered Housing
- Dementia-Friendly Homes Design Guide
- Manifesto for Dementia Carers