HLINks - Catch up with the Housing LIN
Let's catch up!
Welcome to this week's HLINks, your housing with care e-bulletin | Friday, 2 June 2023
This week, we released two new Housing LIN Viewpoints. The first, with the Older People’s Housing Task Force in mind, is written by Tony Watts OBE, writer and co-founder of the Age Action Alliance, on the consumer's perspective on housing an ageing population.
And, to coincide with Dementia Awareness Week in Scotland, our next Viewpoint by Cardiff University's Rebecca Oatley and the University of Worcester’s Teresa Atkinson presents valuable insights from The DemECH project.
On Tuesday, we held a captivating HAPPI Hour session with Brunelcare on Supporting People in Social Housing and the Cost of Living Crisis. If you missed it, the recording is now available here.
And on Thursday, we held our Housing LIN Cymru Steering Board meeting in Pontypool, Wales. We were joined by guest speakers Mary Morgan and Neil Penny from NHS Gloucestershire/Gloucestershire County Council and Gareth Morgan from Hywel Dda Health Board.
Other items that caught my interest:
- Scottish Government Dementia Strategy launched: Everyone’s Story
- Age Scotland report: Making Adaptations Work for Older People in Scotland
- Inside Housing: Lord Best on the Older People’s Housing Task Force
- Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research: Digital Exclusion and the Cost of Living Crisis
- NHS Confederation: Integrated care strategy, health and wellbeing board and joint forward plan guidance: what you need to know
- University of Birmingham: Citizen Leadership: Co-creating integrated care
- TAPPI cast: this week's project update
Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk.
Stay connected, stay curious!
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Jeremy Porteus Chief Executive |
Housing LIN Products / Announcements
Housing an ageing population: the consumer’s perspective
In this new Housing LIN Viewpoint 106, Tony Watts OBE, writer and co-founder of the Age Action Alliance, highlights the lack of planning conditions to ensure new homes are suitable for aging individuals. He proposes four necessary actions to address this issue.
The DemECH project: Supporting people living with dementia in extra care housing
Written by Dr. Rebecca Oatley from Cardiff University and Teresa Atkinson from the Association for Dementia Studies at the University of Worcester, this Housing LIN Viewpoint (No. 107) presents valuable insights from The DemECH project.
HAPPI Hour - Supporting People in social housing and the cost of living crisis
This week, we hosted a HAPPI Hour where sector leaders with expertise in affordable housing, care, and support services for older and disabled people discussed the impact of the cost of living crisis on these groups. They shared insights into operational implications, outcomes for customers and residents, and highlighted examples of ongoing efforts to address these challenges.
TAPPI Cast – 2 June 2023
Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people. Includes updates from our testbeds, new publications and forthcoming events of interest.
Sector News and Announcements
Dementia strategy for Scotland: Everyone's Story
The Scottish Government's Dementia Strategy for Scotland, published during Dementia Awareness Week, is a 10-year vision for change, with housing as a key component. Developed in collaboration with people with lived experience, this strategy reflects eight months of engagement across Scotland to enhance service delivery.
Making Adaptations Work for Older People in Scotland
Age Scotland launches a new report to coincide with Dementia Awareness Week in which they worked with the University of Stirling to co-produce this report focusing on the role of adaptations in future-proofing homes and environments for our ageing population.
Events
Watch, Listen & Learn
We're delighted to share our forthcoming HAPPI Hour webinar series:
- 13/06/2023 4:00pm - 5:15pm HAPPI Hour - Decarbonomics; Retrofit and Social Housing Decarbonisation Funding
- 20/06/2023 4:00pm - 5:15pm HAPPI Hour - Trauma Informed Design within Learning Disabilities Environments
- 04/07/2023 4:00pm - 5:15pm HAPPI Hour - Independence Day: A look at independent living
- 11/07/2023 4:00pm - 5:15pm HAPPI Hour - Creating age-friendly social housing
- 18/07/2023 4:00pm - 5:15pm HAPPI Hour - Building private/public partnerships: An all-inclusive approach for mixed tenure later living
- 25/07/2023 4:00pm - 5:15pm HAPPI Hour - Housing and integrated care: Moving from vertical to horizontal integration
Events supported by the Housing LIN
On the wider conferences front, we are pleased to promote the following:
- Property Week Later Living conference – Unlocking the potential of the later living market on 22 June
- CIH Housing 2023 Manchester: Focusing on the UK’s specialist housing, 27-29 June
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Specialist housing stream supported by TSA and Housing LIN
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Next week...
Next week, we look forward to publishing a new Inspirational Achievement Feature with Tunstall Healthcare, titled 'Launching new digital solutions'.
We will also be making an exciting announcement about a new sponsor who has joined our ‘family’ of Housing LIN sponsors.
Jeremy Porteus, CEO of Housing LIN, will attend a conference in Barcelona with University of Bristol Collaborative Housing and Innovative Practices in Care (CHIC) project partners presenting at ‘CHIC: an international exchange’.
Lastly, taking place on the afternoon of Tuesday, 13 June, we put the spotlight on Decabonomics with Faithful+Gould in our next HAPPI Hour webinar.