Resource Library

This model document has been produced by the Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) for use by applicants when negotiating planning applications.

This Framework from the Quality of Life Foundation covers key themes to help understand how one's home and neighbourhood affects one’s health and wellbeing. It outlines the evidence base and includes case studies that exemplify good practice.

This publication from the Town and Country Planning Association is a practical guide for local authorities on embedding health in local plans and planning policy in England.

To illustrate the impacts of a contracting welfare state, this article, published in Social Policy and Society and online by Cambridge University Press, examines the use of assistive and everyday technologies to improve social housing residents’ quality of life.

This work by Age Platform Europe focuses on the challenges of older people with disabilities in using digital technologies and their impact on the equal enjoyment of human rights in old age.

The LGA/ADASS collaborative, Partners in Health and Care, has issued this online resource on mental health discharge, drawing on extensive engagement with front line teams, statutory guidance and operational models that are working well across the country. From inpatient treatment to community support, the lack of suitable accommodation is recognised as critical to discharge planning.

Published on The Open University’s Societal Challenges webpages, this blog from the Amar Bari, Amar Jibon research team draws attention to how coproduction is core to the Dunhill Medical Trust funded research concerning urban ageing amongst Bangladeshi communities in East London and reflects on their experience.

This report from the NHS Confederation analyses return on investment (ROI) at intervention level and the implications for the health and care sector, outlining how better targeting of existing money could deliver at least an extra £11 billion annual ROI.

This Canadian report, from a collaboration between Happy Cities, Hey Neighbour Collective and Simon Fraser University, highlights design ideas and research findings to support ageing in the right place.