Improved health and social care outcomes

On this page, we provide a range of useful Housing LIN viewpoints, case studies and reports about the evidence that housing interventions can have a demonstrable impact on the health and wellbeing of older people and help deliver health and social care outcomes.

They include:

It's the quality of care that determines the benefit of Extra Care Housing

The purpose of this Housing LIN viewpoint No 38 from is to discuss the importance and value of care services as part of a holistic model of housing, community facilities, and assistive technology systems...

Building mutual support and social capital in retirement communities

This Housing LIN Viewpoint no 23 explores how volunteers contribute to the running of sheltered and extra care housing and the quality of life of those living in them

Blazing a trail: Extra Care Housing in Blandford Forum, Dorset

Improving the quality of life for older people in extra care: Measuring outcomes This Housing LIN case study no 82 case study showcases the improvements in the quality of life of residents that have...

Delivering Personalised Care and Support Services in Extra Care Housing at Vernon Gardens, Brighton

This Housing LIN Case study no 58 the summary of how a group of prospective tenants with a wide range of physical disabilities and some associated learning disabilities were helped to develop their own...

Health, Housing and Care working together to achieve a Prevention Model of wellbeing in Extra Care at Marina Court, Tewkesbury

This Housing LIN Case Study no 52 highlights the preventative services that maximise the independence of older people, including the development of a health and wellbeing suite and ethos within the DH...

Health for Life: heath promotion in extra care housing

Housing LIN Report - This is a review of a pilot in East Cheshire to use an extra care housing scheme as a hub for health promotion activities. The aim was to provide access to activities both to residents...

What role for extra care housing in a socially isolated landscape?

This Housing LIN report highlights five core elements of extra care housing that give older people fulfilling, socially-connected lives. They are: The ethos of extra care housing promotes the concept...

A strength-based approach to ageing well: the housing dimension

This Housing LIN Viewpoint no 30 explores how older people can be better linked with communities and suggests that the key is to be found in working with the strengths of individuals and communities,...

Social wellbeing in Extra Care housing

This Housing LIN Factsheet No24 explores social well-being and how it can be promoted in extra care housing, whether for rent, shared ownership or for sale. It is aimed at those involved in commissioning,...

Social wellbeing in extra care housing

This report by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, uses interviews with residents and managers from extra care housing schemes in England to explore the experiences of residents in terms of social well-being....