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Welcome to #Jeremytalks and our must-read weekly bulletin, HLINks, week-ending Friday, 12 November 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 two Housing LIN guest blogs. The first follows the HAPPI Hour ‘From Moving on to Moving In’, is by Gail Lincoln, former researcher and lecturer in Health Science at the University of Westminster who reflects on her own research on wellbeing differences in older 'Movers' and 'Non Movers’. The second, by Julia Godwin, Business Development at Sparko TV, follows the recent launch of the TAPPI Inquiry Report, and reviews why Sparko TV support the 10 TAPPI principles.
With 3 weeks to go before this year’s Housing LIN Virtual Summit, we have been sharing more information on the great line-up of ‘IdeaTalks’ showcasing the latest in thought-leadership, highlighting product and service innovations, as well as bringing you cutting-edge research and practice development for the UK’s housing with care sector.
With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in mind, we would like to remind you of our recent case study on Melfield Gardens, 100% affordable homes for Phoenix Community Housing that combine intergenerational living with HAPPI principles whilst targeting a highly sustainable Passivhaus standard.
We also highlight a range of items that we think will be of interest to you, including:
- COP26: Time to improve existing homes by Sue Adams, CEO of Care and Repair England
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Jeremy
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To Downsize or Not: A Decision or An Entrenched Position? Inclinations and Wellbeing Consequences
Following Housing Minister Chris Pincher's Times article on downsizing, Gail Lincoln, former researcher and lecturer in Health Science at the University of Westminster, reflects on her own research on wellbeing differences in older 'Movers' and 'Non Movers'.
Gail looks at the reasons behind a decision to move, the health benefits of planning ahead, and reveals why it is so important to both provide advice and practical support to 'Movers' while also seek innovation to enable the option of staying put.
Room for large and small digital providers to influence the market and promote best practice for customers in a digital Hybrid world
Following the recent launch of the TAPPI Inquiry Report, Julia Godwin, Business Development at Sparko TV, agrees that the 10 TAPPI principles aspires to ensure there are customer influenced digital solutions in the future built into all homes.
In this blog post, Julia recognises that we are now living in a 'Hybrid' world with a general preference to mix digital and face to face interaction, and further explains what this means for Sparko TV.
Housing LIN Summit 2021 – A Festival of Ideas!
With 3 weeks to go before this year’s Housing LIN Virtual Summit, we have been sharing more information on the great line-up of ‘IdeaTalks’ showcasing the latest in thought-leadership, highlighting product and service innovations, as well as bringing you cutting-edge research and practice development for the UK’s housing with care sector.
From creating the right conditions and inward investment opportunities to shape our communities to ‘age well, live well and stay well’ to exploring innovations in age-friendly design, construction and technology solutions that can fast-track government growth targets and meet local housing needs and aspirations, this year’s Summit really does have something for everyone.
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
- COP26: Time to improve existing homes by Sue Adams, CEO of Care and Repair England
- Join ARCO for the launch of their new report, ‘Putting the Care in Housing with Care’ on Wednesday, 17 November 2021 from 10:00-11:00am.
Design, Construction, Planning and Technology
What caught our interest
- BeHome Blog: The Impact of technology in the home
Health and Social Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability
The Cost of Poor Housing in England
This report, published by Building Research Establishment (BRE), finds poor housing in England could be costing the National Health Service (NHS) £1.4billion a year in treatment bills. This rises to £18.5 billion p.a. when wider societal costs are included (long term care, mental health etc.). The new report recommends that further research is undertaken to inform a full 30 year cost-benefit analysis of the impact of improving poor housing in England.
DHSC Winter Plan
Building on last year’s adult social care winter plan, here the Government sets out the key elements of national support available for the social care sector for winter 2021 to 2022, as well as the principal actions to take for local authorities, NHS organisations and social care providers across all settings, including those in the voluntary and community sector.
By working together, that Government states that we will ensure that high-quality, safe, and timely care is provided to everyone who needs it, while we continue to protect people who need care, their carers and the social care workforce from COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses.
What else 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? The recording and presentations are available.
Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls – BBC
In this two-part series, Ed Balls explores the crisis in the care sector, immersing himself in a care home before entering the world of paid and unpaid home care.
What else caught our interest?
- Final calls to complete this Survey! The Association for Dementia Studies at the University of Worcester are current undertaking a project to find out how best to support people living with dementia in Extra Care Housing.
Wales
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/
Digital Health and Care Strategy
This is the refreshed strategy which sets out how the Scottish Government will work together to improve the care and wellbeing of people in Scotland by making best use of digital technologies in the design and delivery of services, in a way, place and time that works best for them.
As COVID-19 has accelerated the pace of digital transformation, it has also highlighted the challenges faced by people who find themselves excluded from the digital world. This strategy therefore builds on the progress that has been made to date, whilst taking account of the opportunities and challenges brought about by the changed landscape that we now live in.
Events
Sign up to attend this year’s Housing LIN Summit 2021 – A Festival of Ideas
And you may be interested in these other events supported by the Housing LIN
- Healthy Ageing 2021 – Creating societal change through inspiration, innovation and impact – Centre for Ageing Better & UK Research and Innovation – 15/11/2021 – 16/11/2021
- ADASS - The last of the EUSS webinars, an opportunity to hear the latest guidance from the No Resource to Public Funds (NRPF) Network - 17/11/21, 24/11/21 and 08/12/21.
In next week’s HLINks
It’s Longevity Week and we’re excited to be supporting the UKRI Healthy Ageing conference. Jeremy Porteus, CEO at the Housing LIN, will be chairing the ‘Transforming Homes - Adaptable spaces for healthy place’ session on Monday, 15 November 15 from 9:45am.
We are also looking forward to 3 new publications, including one by the SCIE Commission with ambitious recommendations on the future of housing with care and support. Another by the Housing LIN Consultancy, commissioned by The Almshouse Association, that provides an assessment of the evidence of financial benefits provided by Almshouses. And finally, a new report by ARCO highlighting the quality of care provided by Integrated Retirement Communities across the country.
And lastly, ahead of our Annual Summit, we release our latest #InspirationalAchievement by emh group and their latest extra care scheme, ‘Creating a feeling: Springfields leaps forward in extra care’.