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Meeting the housing needs of our ageing population

Client

Local Government Association

Our role

Researching and producing - (opens new window)Housing our ageing population (opens new window)

Objectives

To produce the new updated version of the Housing our ageing population report
To set out the policy context that affects the housing options and opportunities that will address the needs of an ageing population
To provide evidence of how, in their role as housing authorities, planning authorities, and health and care authorities, councils are at the heart of solutions, and should be enabled with the tools, resources and certainty to realise their ambitions for people and places.

Impact

Providing examples of good practice by councils in meeting the housing needs of an ageing population.
The case studies in this report demonstrate how councils are playing a significant place-making role in shaping the current and future supply of housing for an ageing population in their areas.

Retirement Village and Extra Care Housing in England: Operators’ Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic - RE-COV Study

Client

St Monica Trust (research funded by Dunhill Medical Trust)

Our role

Undertaking an in-depth survey of the retirement village/extra care housing sector
Extensive promotion of the study and its objectives through our networks
Input and feedback in writing the report
Dissemination and promotion in the media, at a HAPPI Hour webinar and at webinars run by other groups

Objectives

To understand how Retirement Village/Extra Care housing scheme operators in England and their residents have experienced and responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
What measures have been taken to maintain staff and resident well-being and the effectiveness of these.
Whether reasons for variations in numbers of resident cases/deaths and their experience of lockdown could be determined.
To share organisational learning about key challenges, innovations and accomplishments so far, as well as concerns, requirements and plans for the next 6-12 months.

Impact

Launched at the Housing LIN’s HAPPI Hour webinar on 29 April 2021, the RE-COV Study highlighted the favourable experience of many residents living in Retirement Villages and Extra Care Housing during the pandemic.
However, the huge strain that the COVID-19 pandemic placed on operators was also identified by the research. Recommendations were made based on the evidence from the study as to how some of the major challenges and difficulties faced by operators could be overcome.

Other Housing LIN Consultancy reports in the public domain

Bringing Generations Together: Unlocking Community Wellbeing with InCommon

In this Housing report, Lois Beech, Consultancy and Partnerships Manager and Darius Ghadiali, Senior Data Analyst at Housing LIN, evaluate InCommon's online platform and the social impact of their intergenerational activities.

Supported housing for people with learning disabilities and autistic people in England

This report, written by the Housing LIN and commissioned by the Learning Disability and Autism Housing Network, provides the most up to date information on the size, scope, cost, support and importantly future needs of supported housing in England for individuals with a learning disability and autistic people.

Improving health and wellbeing through housing: A High Impact Change Model

This high impact change model, published by LGA, encourages local partners to integrate housing delivery with local health and care commissioning and service provision.

Smoking and social housing: Supporting residents addressing inequalities

This report, a collaboration between ASH and the Housing LIN, outlines the case for reducing rates of smoking in the social housing sector as part of social landlords’ health and wellbeing activity and the action needed to achieve this.

The TAPPI Inquiry Report: Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation – Phase One

Technology and digital infrastructure that support future care needs must be built into all new housing, leaders from a range of sectors have urged in a report by the TAPPI Inquiry.

Identifying the health care system benefits of housing with care

A new report from the Housing LIN and Southampton City Council identifies the cost benefits of housing with care to the health care system.