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Welcome to #Jeremytalks and our must-read weekly bulletin, HLINks, week-ending Friday, 11 February 2022.

This week saw the publication of the government’s Integration White Paper, Joining up care for people, place and populations. We’re pleased to see the emphasis on place and references to housing and know it’s not just about ‘vertical’ integration within the NHS but also ‘horizontal’ integration across wider housing and care economies to get better outcomes for local populations.

At the start of 2021, Central & Cecil (C&C) published findings of research by over 200 C&C residents to seek their attitudes towards isolation and loneliness. A year on, we are pleased to promote a new report and accompanied blog by their Managing Director, Julia Ashley who returns to find out if residents have become ‘used’ to the presence of Coivd-19.

We also published a guest blog earlier this week by Orbit’s Francis Burrows who reflects on the impact of the pandemic on their residents living in their older people's housing properties. Francis will also be speaking at our next HAPPI Hour, Levelling up our communities: calling for a post-covid vision for housing, care and support on Tuesday, 22 February.

And, if you missed this week's HAPPI Hour, the recording and slides from the webinar with NASP and HACT on social prescribing are now available. Over 270 people registered for the session to hear about the work of NASP and listen to variety of personal and community perspectives on social prescription and housing. A big thank you to the speakers from Stonewater, Bromford, We Build the Future and Manchester University.

Other news that caught my interest this week, included:

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Stay connected and, above all, remain safe.

Jeremy

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New Housing LIN guest blog outlines what we can learn from the pandemic to drive improvement in older people's housing

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Francis Burrows, Director of Support and Development at Orbit, reflects on the impact of the pandemic on their residents living in their older people's housing properties, and highlights how the most important outcome from all that we have experienced is about how we personalise our services, understanding that one size does not fit all.

Francis will also be speaking at our next HAPPI Hour, Levelling up our communities: calling for a post-covid vision for housing, care and support on Tuesday, 22 February. 

Coronavirus

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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

Housing LIN microsite shares resources based on the findings from the Diversity in Care Environments (DICE) research study

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Hosted by the Housing LIN, the resources on these new Diversity in Care Environments (DICE) webpages are based on findings from the DICE research study, conducted by the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, in collaboration with the International Longevity Centre-UK and the Housing LIN.

This includes a policy report and an e-Learning Resource Tool.

LGA new web source on Learning Disability and Housing

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The Local Government Assoication (LGA) have collected a range of resources to help councils transform the local housing offer for people with a learning disability or autistic people. 

This includes case studies and references 'supporting people with learning disability to rent their own place'; a research project trying to understand the ways that people with learning disabilities who are on the ‘edges’ of social care can be better supported to access and enjoy living in their own tenancies in the community. 

Feelings of isolation and loneliness increase among over-55s during Covid-19

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At the start of 2021, Central & Cecil (C&C) published findings of research by over 200 C&C residents to seek their attitudes towards isolation and loneliness.

A year on, a new report and accompanied blog returns to find out if residents have become ‘used’ to the presence of Coivd-19.

What else caught our interest?

Design, Construction, Planning and Technology

Housing Design Awards 2022 Submissions are open!

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This is your reminder that you can now enter the 2022 Housing Design Awards! This is an opportunity to build on the excellent HAPPI designs awarded in 2021 and we are delighted to continue offering our support!

The deadline for submissions is Thursday, 3 March 2022.

What else caught our interest?

Health and Social Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability

Patients to receive better care as NHS and social care systems link up

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Government’s new Integration White Paper promises to deliver better, more joined-up care under new plans announced this week to improve the links between health and social care.

The Integration White Paper sets out some of the ways health and care systems will draw on the resources and skills across the NHS and local government to better meet the needs of communities, reduce waiting lists and help level up healthcare across the country.

Inspiring ways to improve personalisation in registered services

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think local act personal asked partner, Community Circles to tell them stories from their experience to inspire providers of familiar services.

Watch these short films and read the blog to see how personalising a service can improve people's lives.

These films were also shared in last year's HAPPI Hour - Reimagining Care: Caring Times with Community Circles' Connector, Sharon Wilton that showcased a selection of community-based approaches to care within a housing context.

What else caught our interest?

Housing and Dementia

Did you miss this APPG Inquiry report?

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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.

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

You are invited to the forthcoming HAPPI Hour webinars this Spring!

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Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to reschedule the HAPPI Hour - Housing LIN Scotland presents session that was due to take place on 22 February. This is now planned for Tuesday, 1 March. Further details to be provided. See what we've added in its place below.

Previous HAPPI Hours - Recording, presentation slides and chat report available:

Forthcoming HAPPI Hours:

Events supported by the Housing LIN

In next week’s HLINks

Next week, we also look forward to publishing a new guest blog by Better Living’s Margaret Gilbert titled, 'Housing for all: a “Hub” for Better Living’! You can also look out for the launch Legrand’s new White Paper, Resetting the Digital Premium, by the Good Governance Institute.

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The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.