HLINks - Catch up with the Housing LIN
Let's catch up!
Friday, 20 January 2023
Welcome to HLINks, our weekly e-bulletin which provides a round-up of the latest news, views, resources and events on housing with care matters, as well as #JeremyTalks - my overview of what caught my interest this week.
Exciting news! Yesterday registrations opened for this year's Housing LIN Summit. This week-long event takes place Monday, 27 February - Friday, 3 March 2023. We have an exciting programme for you, with ten 90mins sessions on a range of themes over the 5 days. Our thanks go out to our headline and affiliate sponsors and 40+ speakers for making this virtual Festival of Ideas possible.
In other news, on Monday the launch of the latest Inquiry report from the APPG on Housing and Care for Older People took place in the House of Lords, addressing shared ownership for an ageing population (SO-HAPPI). I was privileged to be on the Expert Panel for Making retirement living affordable: the role of shared ownership housing for older people and to be invited to say a few words at the Parliamentary launch.
To coincide with the Summit announcement, we published a new guest blog by Shakespeare Martineau's Louise Drew in which she highlights the misconceptions about retirement housing schemes.
And, with the official launch later today, HLIN Consultancy is pleased to publish a new Housing and Care: Good Practice guide. Commissioned by SW Councils and SW ADASS, it supports councils to plan for and deliver the range of housing and care options needed by older people and working age adults with care/support needs. We will feature this in greater detail in next week's HLINks.
Other things that caught my interest included:
- a new report by Look Ahead on young people who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
- Wednesday's Radio 4 You and Yours features Integrated Retirement Communities
- a new planning report on specialist housing for older people by the Retirement Housing Group
- a YouTube video by Richard Humphries for the forthcoming Archbishops' Reimagining Care Commission release
- a blog by the Centre for Ageing Better's CEO Carole Easton on planning for local 'downsizing'
- a reminder from Design for Homes that entries for the 2023 housing design awards close on 1 March
- British Geriatric Society publishes evidence on the benefits of hospital at home services
Lastly, next week sees the publication of the Archbishops' Commission on Reimagining Care. I will be in attendance and look forward to sharing its findings and recommendations with you. I also look forward to the HLIN Cymru Steering Group and the TAPPI Phase 2 Advisory Board meetings taking place next week.
Stay connected, stay curious!
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Jeremy Porteus Chief Executive |
Housing LIN Products / Announcements
The Housing LIN Summit 2023 programme is now live and registrations open!
In its 11th year, the Housing LIN Summit - A Festival of Ideas returns for a week-long virtual event of inspiring conversations.
With a FREE session every morning and afternoon, watch, listen and learn from leading figures from the housing, health, care and technology industries. First come, first served!
We are extremely grateful to all our sponsors for their support and making the Housing LIN’s Summit our premier networking event of the year.
Older tenants in social housing make up 40% of under-occupied homes
In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Louise Drew, head of building communities and the research conducted by law firm Shakespeare Martineau, highlights the consequences of misconceptions about retirement housing schemes that are putting people off from leaving their larger properties and finding better suited places to live.
TAPPI Cast
While we look forward to next week's Co-production Champions Group and Steering Board meetings, here is a list of relevant forthcoming events TAPPI partners will be speaking at in the coming weeks:
- 24th January in Edinburgh (free) - TSA partners and Scottish testbed Bield will present on TAPPI progress at this TSA event 'My home, my care, my way'
- 8th February in Oxford (free) - TAPPI Chair, Prof Roy Sandbach is due to speak at this free Oxford Brookes University event on Roy Oxford Brookes about the 'Need for a National Independent Living Strategy for our Ageing Population'
- 21st & 22nd February in Edinburgh (free) - TSA's Alyson Scurfield and Bield Housing & Care's Lynne Douglas will talk about TAPPI at Holyrood event Digital Health and Care Scotland 2023
- 27th February to 3rd March (free) - The Housing LIN Virtual Summit 2023 - A Festival of Ideas programme is now live and includes a TEC / TAPPI session on day 3 - Wednesday, 1 March 2023.
- 13th March (invite only) - TSA's Alyson Scurfield will talk about TAPPI at the Northern Housing Consortium
- 27th & 28th March in Birmingham - TSA is finalising its ITEC23 conference programme which will include various TAPPI related sessions.
- 30th March in London (free) - DMT Annual Lectures 2023. This year's Annual Lectures event is focused on the topic of 'suitable living environments and communities for older people' and will be showcasing the awards made under this theme, including the second phase of TAPPI.
The Housing LIN supports the British Geriatrics Society Statement on the rights of older people to health and social care
People aged 65 and over account for over 40% of hospital admissions, occupy around two-thirds of hospital inpatient beds and are the most frequent users of health and social care services. That is why Housing LIN is proud to support the British Geriatrics Society's 'Protecting the rights of older people to health and social care' statement .
Sector News and Announcements
Making retirement living affordable: the role of shared ownership housing for older people
This APPG Inquiry report highlights and evaluates the key issues concerning the development of the market for shared ownership for older people. Launched on 16 January at the House of Lords, it draws on evidence sessions and written submissions to the year-long Inquiry from shared owners, housing providers, housing organisations, academics, lenders, regulators, advisers and housing experts.
Planning for retirement?
A new report from Retirement Housing Group UK (RHGuk), the UK's leading organisation representing the whole retirement housing sector, is calling for a series of updates to the planning system in a bid to bridge the gap between demand and supply of specialist housing for older people in the UK.
Radio 4's 'You and Yours' is an Integrated Retirement Community special
You and Yours' special on BBC Radio 4 highlighted Integrated Retirement Communities as a key part of the social care solution, and reported live from the ExtraCare Charitable Trust's Shenley Wood village in Milton Keynes.
Away from hospital and into the community: A research report into alternative options for young people’s mental health crisis care News
This Look Ahead report finds increasing demand for children and young people’s crisis mental health services amidst challenges with existing services. Launched at House of Lords, the report – funded by Wates Family Enterprise Trust – argues Accident and Emergency departments have become an ‘accidental hub’ for children and young people experiencing crisis but are ill-equipped to offer the treatment required.
Staff member segment
Darius Ghadiali, data analyst & knowledge exchange officer, shares...
"My Home Matters is a self-reflective booklet that encourages thinking about what ‘home’ means to the person filling out the booklet – and the other kinds of feelings and ideas that are associated with people’s homes and the contents of their home. The booklet addresses the challenges of moving and encourages the reader to explore the important aspects of what comes to mind when moving.
I liked looking through this booklet as it’s interactive with the reader by default and encourages self-reflection, which allows the reader to determine their own meaning towards moving house and the associated themes. The booklet also contains further resources in each chapter which gives the reader some additional information related to assisting with their moving process."
Read the booklet here.
Events
As we look forward to the return of our HAPPI Hour webinars in April, we are busy finalising plans for our upcoming virtual Housing LIN Summit 2023 – A Festival of Ideas. Taking place from Monday, 27 February to Friday, 3 March 2023, this week-long event comprises two 1.5-hour webinars a day and brings together leading figures from across the housing, health, social care and technology industries. Register your place now!
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Next week
Next week sees the publication of the Archbishops' Commission on Reimagining Care.
We also looking forward to publishing a new Housing LIN guest blog by Mark Slater, Design Director at WWA, titled 'NPPF Consultation: Increase Supply of Older Persons Housing'.