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Welcome to #Jeremytalks and my must-read weekly bulletin, HLINks, week-ending Friday, 21 January 2022.
This week, we were delighted to publish a new Housing LIN guest blog by Dr Sophie Yarker from University of Manchester's Urban Ageing Research Group in which she highlighted the key aspects of her recent book ‘Creating Spaces for an ageing Society, the Role of Critical Social Infrastructure'. Hear Sophie expand on these at one of our upcoming HAPPI Hours, Social Prescribing: it’s a better prescription on Tuesday, 8 February.
The first HAPPI Hour session of 2022 is in partnership with Thirteen Group and explores the development and implementation of their Living Well corporate strategy. Register to attend this virtual session here.
Also next week, watch out for the publication of the University of Bristol's DICE Project policy report, 'Inclusive Neighbourhoods - promoting social inclusion in housing with care and support', and the accompanying learning resource pack, to be hosted on a dedicated microsite on our website. You can still register to attend the online launch event.
Other news that caught my interest, included:
- New APPG on Dementia Inquiry into what people affected by dementia want and need from a social care workforce
- The Open University (OU) conduct a survey of people involved in commissioning, designing and delivering palliative and end-of-life care services.
- Research into Practice Ageing well podcast
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Jeremy
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New Housing LIN guest blog by Dr Sophie Yarker discusses the role of social infrastructure for older people
In this new Housing LIN blog, Dr Sophie Yarker, Research Fellow, the University of Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group, introduces her recently published book, ‘Creating Spaces for an ageing Society, the Role of Critical Social Infrastructure’, and discusses the role of social infrastructure for older people.
Sophie will also be speaking at next month’s HAPPI Hour event, Social Prescribing: it’s a better prescription.
HAPPI Hour - Living Well
With an ageing population, housing associations and other providers have a key role in helping people live healthy and happy lives as they age. On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 from 4pm, we’ll hear Thirteen’s approach to understanding the problems people face, to create innovative solutions.
CORONAVIRUS
Check out current and relevant sector guidance on the pandemic on our Coronavirus Info Hub.
You can also find out more about the 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?
- Ageing well: Housing options and alternative modes of living for later life - Multi-generational co-housing
- Theories of Community Collaboration to Advance Age-Friendly Community Change
- Retirement community living in the UK: everything you need to know!
- Older people’s housing choices ‘constrained’
- Supporting people with learning disabilities to rent their own place
- Capital ready to be unleashed in retirement communities, MPs told
Design, Construction, Planning and Technology
What caught our interest?
Health and Social Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability
Ambitions Framework: Collecting Case Studies
The Open University is conducting a survey of people involved in commissioning, designing and delivering palliative and end-of-life care services and related activities to understand how the ‘Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: a national framework for local action’ is used.
The closing date is 29, January.
What else caught our interest?
Housing and Dementia
Did you miss this APPG Inquiry report?
With a new national Dementia Strategy expected, as referenced in the recent Adult Social Care Reform White Paper, watch and listen again to the launch of last year's influential 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 now available.
The APPG on Dementia launches a new inquiry into what people affected by dementia want and need from a social care workforce
The APPG on Dementia, in partnership with Alzheimer's Society, is launching an inquiry into what people affected by dementia want and need from a social care workforce to enable them to live well and on their terms.
The APPG would also like to invite people affected by dementia, or who work in the field, to contribute to the inquiry through written evidence. Please note, the window for submitting written evidence to the inquiry will close on 14 February 2022.
Survey on pain management for people living with dementia in long-term care settings
The HDRC is conducting a survey to explore the assessment and management of pain for people living with dementia in extra care housing schemes, retirement villages and care homes.
The survey examines different aspects of pain management for residents living with dementia in these settings, such as pain medication, pain assessment, policies and procedures, staff training, pain control methods, pain and behaviour and support from external health services.
Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
New statistical analysis forecasts the numbers of people living with dementia, worldwide, in 2050, will rise significantly. A summary of the research - published in The Lancet - shows a large increase, from an estimated 57.4 million cases in 2019 to 152.8 million cases in 2050, nearly triple the starting figure.
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/
Events
Watch, Listen & Learn
You are invited to join us for 6 new HAPPI Hour webinars this Spring!
- HAPPI Hour - Living Well on Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 4:00pm - 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Social Prescribing: it’s a better prescription on Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 4:00pm - 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Housing LIN Scotland presents on Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 4:00 - 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Launch event: Approaching the end of life in extra care housing: innovating and learning together on Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- HAPPI Hour - Forging a new partnership to transform housing and care-tech choices on Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 4:00pm - 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Fire safety in extra care housing (tbc) on Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 4:oopm - 5:15pm
Events supported by the Housing LIN
- Launch event: Inclusive Neighbourhoods - promoting social inclusion in housing with care and support on Thursday, 27 January 2022, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Other events that caught our interest
- NCF Managers Conference 2022, 14/03/2022 – 15/03/2022
In next week’s HLINks
In next week's HLINks, we share the event recording and presentation slides from the first HAPPI Hour webinar of the new series.
We'll also share the University of Bristol's DICE Project policy report, 'Inclusive Neighbourhoods - promoting social inclusion in housing with care and support', and the accompanying learning resource pack, to be hosted by the Housing LIN.
Finally, we're looking forward to welcoming the successful applicants of the Future Leaders programme in the first session of the year!
The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.