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What Are You Having Done?

In the latest installment of her ongoing series, Margaret Edwards describes how she and her husband are converting their house into an accessible property.

• What are you having done?

New Resource

Depression Among Older People Living in Care Homes

This report looks at the incidence and treatment of people with depression living in care homes.

This joint project between geriatricians and old age psychiatrists was carried out to collate and showcase examples of the best practice that flows from effective interdisciplinary collaboration and practice in treating depression in older people living in care homes.

• Depression among older people living in care homes

Housing and Older People

• Our vision of 250,000 people living in retirement communities by 2030 (Inside Housing - subscription required)
• Speech By Chuka Umunna MP on social cohesion and the generational divide
• Five things people get wrong about later life
• Insecurity in old age (Housing and ageing - letter to the Economist)

Dementia

• £4.7m research grant set to improve care for people with dementia

Health and Social Care

• The NHS long-term plan explained (Analysis by the King's Fund)
• Housing and health: new evidence using biomarker data (research paper)
• New ways of working in adult social care services

Regional News

• Planning permission granted for new £15m Beeston care village (Nottingham)

• Plan to build 65 apartments for the elderly on site of Lichfield's Guardian House (Birmingham)

Welsh News

• Welsh housing associations agree merger ‘in principle’ (Inside Housing - subscription required)
• Council to support adult social care innovations after securing £1.25 million government grant (Torfaen)

EAC Awards

EAC National Housing for Older People Awards 2019

Each year Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) celebrates successful examples of later life housing. The main event is greatly enjoyed by over 300 guests, including the residents of the winning schemes.

Last year 10,229 individuals took part in the nomination process. There were 30 national awards and 78 commendations. In 2019 there are 320 regional awards and 36 national awards to be won.

Residents, staff and visitors are able to vote for the 2018-2019 Awards between 15 November 2018 and 28 February 2019.

• Vote Now in the EAC Awards

Events

Managed by Housing LIN

• Eastern Region Housing LIN Meeting - Walton-on-the-Naze - 11th June

Promoted by Housing LIN

Meeting Expectations with Digital Telecare

Wednesday 3rd April 2019 at Quince Court, Engayne Ave, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 1BW

The world of telecare is changing fast as digital systems have become established. This event, supported by BT, will provide those involved in telecare, warden call and technology enabled care services (TECS) with important insight into the latest changes by telecoms providers and how they affect our sector.

The event will provide an opportunity to hear about the latest digital telecare and monitoring services available, including market leading digital telecare suite, Smart Living Solutions. Additionally, the event provides an opportunity to learn from peers on how other housing provides are introducing digital telecare.

• Register Now

Next Week

Next week sees the publication of our new Scottish blog by Housing LIN's Jeremy Porteus.