LINks - the Housing LIN's essential weekly bulletin (w/c 21 March)
NEW HOUSING LIN RESOURCES
Inspirational Achievements: Sharing our partners' success (opens new window)
This month's 'Inspirational Achievements' describes the latest Quattro designed extra care housing scheme in Coleford, Gloucestershire. Shortlisted for 'the most innovative affordable housing scheme' in the 2016 Housing Innovations Awards, Dora Matthews House is extra care housing with a focus on living well with dementia, developed and run by Rooftop Housing with care provided by Heritage Care.
Quick guide: Supporting patients' choices to avoid long hospital stays (opens new window)
We are pleased to be associated with this new NHS England guide. It is one of a series that aim to provide better support to patients and families in making their choices and to support health and care systems to reduce delayed transfers of care. To view the other guides, visit the NHS Choices (opens new window) website.
Housing LIN annual conference slides now available (opens new window)
Missed our annual conference, 'People Powered Change: A Festival of Ideas'? All the keynote speakers and workshop leaders' presentations are now ready for download.
USEFUL TOOLS AND REPORTS
Get Well Soon: Realigning place-based health (opens new window)
Making a house a home: Local Authorities and disabled adaptations: Learning lessons from complaints (opens new window)
OTHER VIEWS, NEWS AND RESOURCES
Revolutionising housing with care life enhancing technologies
Working together in the Midlands to tackle mental health issues and Dementia
New DWP Minister Stephen Crabb urged to make LHA cap a priority (opens new window)
TELECARE
Welcome to the March 2016 Newsletter and weekly News Headlines from the Telecare Learning and Improvement Network.
Telecare LIN Monthly Newsletter
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Telecare News Headlines 24 March 2016
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- Telecare News Headlines 24 March 2016 (doc - 1.84Mb)
- Telecare News Headlines 24 March 2016 (pdf - 456Kb)
FORTHCOMING HOUSING LIN REGIONAL MEETING
Eastern Housing LIN Meeting
'Health-Care-Housing - A Partnership that Delivers', 4 May 2016 in Wymondham, Norfolk
OTHER EVENTS SUPPORTED BY THE HOUSING LIN
LGA Housing Commission
The final LGA information gathering seminar, focus on health and ageing, is taking place on: 27 April in Aylesbury.
Register your interest at: LGAhousingcommission@local.gov.uk (opens new window)
And to find out more about the Commission, click here (opens new window)
Stay connected with the Housing LIN for latest news, views and resources on housing with care matters.