Hot off the press: HLINks – latest sector news, views and essential resources through the prism of ageing
Welcome to Jeremy talks and my weekly piece to audio to coincide with the Housing LIN's free weekly bulletin, HLINks, week ending Friday, 16 October 2020.
Hot off the press: I am pleased to announce that we have now released details of our rescheduled annual conference. Cancelled back in March as Coronavirus was taking hold, we a now organising an exciting week-long virtual Housing LIN Summit with 10 sessions over 5 days, week commencing Monday 7 December. Don’t miss out!
This week I was delighted to be invited by SCIE to be a Commissioner on a new Commission into on the role of housing in the future of care and support, supported by Dunhill Medical Trust. More details to follow.
On the COVID front, with a 3-tier system having come into force the government is also rolling out its test and trace, with a specific campaign for extra care housing and supported living operators. Check out details on their information webinars to find out more about arrangements for this.
We also held a great HAPPI Hour session on planning for healthy living and an ageing population with Tetlow King Planning and the TCPA. For more about our next two HAPPI Hour sessions, visit the events page on our website.
In other news, we published a new Housing LIN Viewpoint by LeGrand on the digital switchover and futureproofing grouped living developments. We also partnered Shakespeare Martineau with a new Ipsos Mori Later Living and retirement housing survey. Please take part in this, we want your views.
In this week’s HLINks, you can also read our curated round-up of other relevant news and events on later life living with regard to homes and communities, health and social care, design and technology, planning matters and more, including the LGA’s updated report on ‘Home Comforts’ and how the design of our homes and neighbourhoods affected our experience of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Best wishes and stay connected and, above all, be safe,
Jeremy
This week’s Housing LIN publications
Analogue to digital: Future proofing your group living systems
New Housing LIN Viewpoint (no 101) by Legrand Assisted Living and Healthcare highlights how, during the pandemic, many social landlords have relied on monitoring & comms to keep vulnerable residents safe but also to enhance their quality of life as social isolation has become widespread.
Updated Housing LIN Covid-19 briefing (No1) on Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Housing and Care in Specialist Housing
Following the Government’s announcement of extending test and tracing arrangements to extra care housing and supported living, the Housing LIN’s briefing (No1) has been updated and is now in its 7th edition.
Coronavirus Update
With further lockdowns in various parts of the UK as a 2nd wave fast approaches, check out on our Coronavirus Info Hub for a range of Housing LIN practice briefings for the sector and links to other useful information and websites. Also, post or reply to questions on our discussion forum. It allows you to share information, raise issues and ask questions to solve a tricky issue. For example, can you share your organisation’s COVID-19 risk plan in preparation for the 2nd wave or information about how you are engaging with residents?
As mentioned above, we have updated our Covid-19 practice briefing (No1). In the meantime, below you will find a selection of latest Coronavirus related guidance relevant to our sector.
- DHSC Guidance: Local COVID alert levels: what you need to know
- MHCLG updated Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for local government
- NCF findings: LESS COVID-19 - Learning by Experience and Supporting the Care Home Sector during the COVID-19 pandemic: Key lessons learnt, so far, by frontline care home and NHS staff
- ADASS / LGA Hub update: Infection Control Fund – further advice relating to community care providers
- MHCLG Guidance: COVID-19: provision of night shelters
Housing LIN signs up to the Stop Ageism Campaign
Formally launched last week by Guild Living, the Housing LIN is pleased to be a partner of the STOPageism campaign and how we tackle ageism both generally but also specifically in our housing.
And watch Professor Malcolm Johnson talking about unlocking the process of ageing.
Housing, Community, Disability, and Ageing
SCIE to lead a new Commission on the role of housing in the future of care and support
A new commission Chaired by former Care Minister, Paul Burstow, has been set up to develop an evidence-based vision and roadmap for housing in the future of care and support.
Supported by the Dunhill Medical Trust, it will review progress of the 2014 Commission on Residential Care’s recommendations, taking account of COVID-19, and will consider all forms of housing services that provide care and support including care homes (both residential and nursing) and housing with care (supported living, extra care, shared lives and home share).
Jeremy is delighted to be commissioner on this influential new Commission.
Have your say: Later Living Survey
We are delighted to support Shakespeare Martineau’s Later Living survey and their research project to understand industry perceptions of retirement housing.
Following the publication of our joint report, Shining a spotlight on the retirement housing market last year, we want to update this state of the nation report. If you’re involved in the sector, we need your input!
In other News
Design, Construction and Technology
- LGA funding: LGA Digital Connectivity applications now open
- Place Alliance report: Home comforts: stress testing our homes and neighbourhoods during the Covid-19 lockdown
- RIBA survey findings: https://www.housinglin.org.uk/News/RIBA-research-reveals-demand-for-UK-home-transformations/
- Rethink case study: Working with councils on the largest and fastest roll-out of care technology to keep people connected during COVID-19
- BSI: Project launch: First building design standard for sensory and neurological needs
Opinion pieces and blogs
Dementia, Mental Health, Health and care
- CQC guidance: Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture
- NICE consultation: Integrated health and care for people who are homeless through being roofless
- Mental Health Foundation report: Resilience across the UK during the coronavirus pandemic
- TLAP report: A Telling Experience - Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on people who access care and support – a rapid evidence review with recommendations
- SCIE: Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Directory
Opinion pieces and blogs
- ADASS blog: How can technology support social care winter pressures?
- AT Today guest article: Technology solutions and dementia care – What’s available?
- Tunstall Healthcare blog: Accelerating Digital Healthcare: How the rapid uptake of digital services as a result of the pandemic can transform UK healthcare
Housing and Dementia
APPG on Housing and Care for Older People
We are now working on the APPG on Housing and Care for Older People’s 3rd Inquiry session which takes place later this month on the housing experiences of people living with dementia. The final session will then take place in December before the final report launch event in February 2021.
While the current call for evidence is formally closed, do email us any examples of innovative practice at: dementia@housinglin.org.uk
Housing LIN's sight loss, home and the built environment webpages
Sponsor or sight loss, home and the built environment webpages
To coincide with National Eye Health Week 3 weeks ago, we put a call out for an exclusive sponsor who shares our learning and improvement ethos; in particular, to champion better housing for visually impaired people. Would you like to be associated with our dedicated webpages for a modest amount to help us sustain our information exchange on latest practice developments and innovation that improve the quality of accommodation and housing services for people with a sight loss?
If you would like to find out more about this exciting sponsorship opportunity and accompanying 'package', email us at info@housinglin.org.uk so we can arrange an informal chat with you. Thanks for your interest.
Planning
Planning White Paper consultation
Further to our HAPPI Hour on planning this week, remember that the Government consultation on their Planning White Paper is still open.
Planning tracker
Older People’s Care Development – Local Development Plan Monitoring
In association with Tetlow King Planning, this document monitors current local authority planning consultations that may be of interest for those seeking to develop housing for older people. The tracker is updated fortnightly.
Wales
Welsh government guidance on COVID-19 can be found at: https://gov.wales/coronavirus
And find details about how to sign up to our upcoming Housing LIN Cymru HAPPI Hour on Tuesday, 3 November in our events section below.
Scotland
Scottish government guidance on COVID-19 can be found at https://www.gov.scot/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance/
Our Housing LIN Scotland HAPPI Hour with SFHA was held last week.
Housing LIN Events
Our annual conference is back on! Spread across the week of 7-11 December, there are ten free HAPPI Hour sessions with two must-join topical sessions each day to choose from. And because it’s virtual. you can now choose as many of the sessions as you want to go to.
Join us for HAPPI Hour
The Housing LIN’s exciting new virtual platform offers chance to resume networking and stay connected with latest policy and practice developments, and recent publications and research findings. Check out our October/November HAPPI Hour programme below. And also look out next month for details of our rescheduled annual conference!
Forthcoming Housing LIN HAPPI Hours
- HAPPI Hour - Health starts at home - 29/10/2020 4:00pm till 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour Cymru - Spotlight on Inclusion - 03/11/2020 4:00pm till 5:30pm
Other events
We are pleased to be involved/support the following virtual events:
- Healthy Ageing: Vision for our Futures - 02/11/2020 till 30/11/2020
- Social Care Future event - Towards a Brighter Future - 04/11/2020 till 06/11/2020
- CIH Eastern Housing Summit - 10/11/2020 till 11/11/2020
- Later Living: the role of technology in the later living sector - 03/11/2020 9:30am till 10:15am
- The Housing 21 Dementia Design Event - 04/11/2020 10:00am till 3:15pm
- Later Living: Building for life – planning for a HAPPI life - 10/11/2020 9:30am till 10:15am
- HRF Academic Conference - Happy Homes, Happy Society? - 12/11/2020 till 13/11/2020
- SHMA Talks: Future proofing Later Living - 17/11/2020 4:00pm till 4:45pm
- Healthy City Design 2020: International Congress & Exhibition - 30/11/2020 9:00am till 03/12/2020 5:00pm
Next week
Next week we publish a new Housing LIN case study by BPTW architects on their award-winning Rochester Riverside development for Countryside and the Hyde Group, winner of the Building for a Healthy Life at this year’s national Housing Design Awards.
Lastly, the Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.