HLINKs - Housing LIN's weekly update at your fingertips
Welcome to #Jeremytalks and our must-read weekly bulletin, HLINks, week-ending Friday, 15 October 2021.
This is where you can take a tour of relevant resources and events on later life housing and independent living with regard to homes and communities, health and social care, design and technology, dementia, planning matters and more.
For example, this week, we published a joint Housing LIN guest blog by Matter Architecture's Roland Karthaus and United for All Ages' Stephen Burke on places of social and economic exchange.This is ahead of next week’s extended HAPPI Hour session on Intergenerational Living on Tuesday, 19 October 2021.
And if you missed it, you can now access the recording and slides from this week's HAPPI Hour 'From Passivhaus to Active Ageing'. We are delighted to have received such excellent feedback:
- Informative and super useful. Covering different angles to an important and complex subject.
- A great format to pick and choose from some really well presented informative content.
We also highlight a range of items that we think will be of interest to you, including:
- New two-part BBC Two programme called 'Dementia & Us'.
- Skills for Care's State of the Nation Report on the The value of adult social care in England
- The new Welsh Government's strategy, Age friendly Wales: our strategy for an ageing society.
And lastly, looking ahead, we are really excited that we are quickly closing in on the launch of the TAPPI Inquiry report. Chaired by Professor Roy Sandbach OBE, and funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust, we invite you to join members of the TAPPI Expert Panel and those who gave evidence on Tuesday, 26 October to learn about the 10 guiding principles and recommendations in Phase One of this influential project. You can sign up to attend, here.
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If you would like to talk to us about any matters highlighted in this week's issue, share learning about your work and/or discuss how you can engage our highly regarded consultancy services to support you, email 'Jeremy talks' at: info@housinglin.org.uk
Stay connected and, above all, remain safe.
Jeremy
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If not now, when? The opportunity for intergenerational living in town centres has never been greater.
Ahead of appearing in our extended HAPPI Hour session on Intergenerational Living on Tuesday next week, 19 October 2021, we've published a joint Housing LIN guest blog by Matter Architecture's Roland Karthaus and United for All Ages' Stephen Burke.
Entitled, ' If not now, when? The opportunity for intergenerational living in town centres has never been greater', their blog considers places of social and economic exchange, such as town centres.
Future Leaders Network: Housing LIN opens call for applications
With thanks to Thirteen Group’s support, we want the new network to be a small, diverse and dynamic community of younger, early career individuals.
We are now looking for up to 10 committed people with an interest in housing for an ageing population to be part of our second intake.
This is a fantastic and valuable opportunity for successful applicants to learn through the lived experience of a selection of industry leaders about what/who inspired or influenced them and what qualities they looked out for to enable them to then develop their own leadership styles and credentials.
Applications close on Friday 5th November 2021 at 5pm.
And, in case you missed it, we have made the exciting decision to change our Twitter handle from @HousingLINews to @HLINComms to better reflect the scope of information we share.
Coronavirus
Check out current and relevant sector guidance on the pandemic on our Coronavirus Info Hub.
You can also find out more about the recent launch of the St Monica Trust/Housing LIN RE-COV Study, on COVID-19 and its impact on the retirement village and extra care housing sector.
Housing, Community, Disability, and Ageing
What caught our interest?
Design, Construction, Planning and Technology
NHS digital shift survey closes next week!
NHSX, a joint unit of the Department of Health & Social Care and NHS England & Improvement with a focus on digital development, are reporting on the readiness of England’s telecare services ahead of the telephone network moving to digital.
The NHSX digital shift survey has had a reasonable response from both telecare providers and suppliers – but it would be great to get in some further responses during the final week.
This work is supported by the Local Government Association, the Association of Adult Directors of Social Services and the Technology Enabled Care Services Association. Findings will inform NHSX awareness guidance in the new year.
What else caught our interest?
Health and Social Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability
What caught our interest?
Housing and Dementia
APPG on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry Report
Did you miss this recent APPG Inquiry report?
Watch and listen again to the launch of the new report on housing and dementia here and be inspired by Wendy Mitchell as she shares her personal story about living with dementia.
And did you miss our HAPPI Hour sessions on housing and dementia last month? The recording and presentations are now available.
DemECH - Commissioner survey
We are pleased to partner with the Association for Dementia Studies on a new research project funded by the NIHR SSCR to find out how best to support people living with dementia in Extra Care Housing.
Extra Care Housing is a model of housing that supports independent living in self-contained accommodation, with 24-hour onsite flexible care provision, and access to a range of communal facilities.
Each survey is available to complete online using the links below. Surveys can be completed using a computer, laptop, tablet (e.g. iPad) or smartphone. Surveys are anonymous and should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.
The deadline for completing the surveys is Friday, 12 November 2021.
What else caught our interest?
- BBC 2 programme, 'Dementia & Us': A groundbreaking two-part series following four people with dementia and their families over the course of two whole year.
Wales
Age friendly Wales: our strategy for an ageing population
The strategy aims to unlock the potential of today’s older people and tomorrow’s ageing society.
It adopts a rights-based approach that promotes equality and social justice across a range of policy areas and places the older people’s voice at the core of Welsh Government policy making.
Seniors Housing Annual Review - 2021
Knight Frank's market leading research examines the fundamentals of the private Senior Living market from the strong demographic landscape to sales and rental performance of the largest private operators.
The data in this year’s Review suggests that, while the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the sector, recovery has been swift.
For Welsh government guidance on COVID-19, visit: https://gov.wales/coronavirus
Scotland
For Scottish government guidance on COVID-19, go to https://www.gov.scot/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance/
What else caught our interest?
Events
Sign up to our Autumn HAPPI Hour sessions
Have we got an exciting programme of HAPPI Hour live-streams to quench you thirst starting this month. Please note the change of the day of our sessions from Thursday to Tuesday!
- HAPPI Hour - Intergenerational living is the future – where are the opportunities? - 19/10/2021 2:30pm till 4:45pm
- HAPPI Hour - Tap into the TAPPI Inquiry report launch - 26/10/2021 4:00pm till 5:30pm
- HAPPI Hour - From Moving On to Moving In - 02/11/2021 4:00pm till 5:15pm
AND YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THESE OTHER EVENTS SUPPORTED BY THE HOUSING LIN:
- NDTI webinar: Considering and meeting the sensory needs of autistic people in housing 21/10/2021, 2:00pm
- Retirement housing: Why is the support of housing with care so limited in Scotland and what will it take to boost it? - ShakespeareMartineau webinar 03/11/2021, 9:30am till 10:15am
- Knowledge exchange workshop - Creating inclusive communities: Social inclusion in housing with care and support for older people - 04/11/2021, 10:00am till 12:15pm
In next week’s HLINks
Next week we'll be hosting Tuesday's HAPPIHour - Intergenerational living in the future - where are the opportunities? - taking a strategic look at the issues facing people of all ages, drawing on latest policy developments, investment opportunities, design, development and management practice.
While we eagerly wait for Foundations' report on their 'Moving On' services, we'll also be sharing a new Housing LIN guest blog by Clive Gilbert, Policy Manager (Assistive Technology), Policy Connect, entitled: 'An Independent Living Technology Challenge is needed to fulfil the ambitions of the National Disability Strategy'.
And finally, ahead of this years annual summit, we will continue to announce and thank our sponsors for their support.
The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter