'Homes for older Londoners' calls for the Mayor to push for more specially build retirement housing to accommodate an expected doubling of the number of Londoners over 85 over the next twenty years.
Welcome to the October 2013 newsletter from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Knowledge Transfer Network and the Telecare Learning and Improvement Network. We are grateful to the HealthTech & Medicines KTN and the TSB's Assisted Living Innovation Platform for providing newsletter funding for another year enabling us to continue to provide the most comprehensive newsletter available serving the telecare, telehealth, mobile health, digital health and assisted living communities.
In July 2013, the Department of Health published a consultation document 'Caring for Our Future: Consultation on reforming what and how people pay for their care and support.'
The Housing LIN response highlights two areas for consideration.
The Department of Health has awarded £10 million for projects from the Hospital Discharge Fund to ensure homeless people receive better help once they leave hospital.