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Welcome to our Resource Library, these pages list the latest uploads on our site and also gives you the opportunity to filter your search by resource type, by range of Housing LIN products, by region and by client group. For specific information on housing with care, including extra care housing, return to our homepage to access the wealth of information now available on our website.
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- What do we know now that we didn't know a year ago? - New intelligence on end of life care in EnglandThis report published by the National End of Life Care Intelligence Network marks a significant moment in the progress of the Department of Health's 2008 End of Life Care Strategy, which made clear the need to know more about the care people receive in their last year or months of life. It pulls together facts and figures from a wide range of recent studies and surveys that provide an important insight into the pattern of death and dying in England.
- Housing LIN Newsletter April 2012This issue of Housing with Care Matters covers: Health and Welfare reform (p1) Policy & Funding News (p2) - The Budget / Parliamentary news; DCLG consultation papers; NPPF / English housing conditions New DH Funded ECH Scheme (p3) - Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes New Housing with care locator (p3) Getting to grips with personalisation (p4) Strategic Housing for Older People (p4) New Housing LIN Publication (p4) - Housing for Older People briefing Other Useful Publications / Resources (p5) - On housing and ageing; On health and social care; On housing and dementia Telecare Update (p7) - World Congress; Telecare LIN enews Research / Call for Information (p7) Regional Highlights (p8) Housing LIN Meetings (p10) Other Events (p11) .
- A manifesto for older people's housing - April 2012The Housing and Ageing Alliance is asking all political parties campaigning in the May 2012 elections to sign up to five key pledges to improve the lives of older people. Homes, communities and housing services should be planned and designed to enable choice, inclusion and independence in later life.
- The Coalition Government's Housing StrategyThis new briefing no 35 from the Housing LIN draws out the key implications of the government's housing strategy for older people and outlines the major links with wider public policy initiatives which impact on older people; highlights a set of opportunities for the development of a more integrated, inclusive approach across housing, health, care, and the planning system, which would benefit local communities, and older people in particular; and sets out a manifesto from the Housing Learning and Improvement Network to achieve real change in response to the housing needs and aspirations of older people.
- Making your home a better place to live with dementiaIn this brochure, Care & Repair England briefly outline the main dementia symptoms and then consider the right support and some simple design and layout changes to allow people with dementia to stay at home for much of the rest of their lives. A range of alternative housing options are described and suggestions offered about where to find more detailed information, advice and help.
- Delivering DignitySecuring dignity in care for older people in hospitals and care homes. A report for consultation.
- Enabling older people with long term health conditions to plan ahead - self help guidesCare & Repair England has been running workshops with older people across the country focussed on thinking and planning ahead for your housing and care in later life for a number of years. As a result of this experience, it has produced a series of self help brochures for older people who have one of the main long term health conditions - arthritis, heart disease, respiratory diseases, stroke, age related macular degeneration and dementia.
- Care in Crisis 2012 ReportWith recent figures from DH showing that overall expenditure on adult social care fell by 1% in real terms last year to £17b, this briefing by Age UK suggests that the funding gap will only widen unless urgent action is taken. As part of their campaign to put pressure on Government to set out a clear agenda in the forthcoming Social Care White Paper, Age UK claim that the current crisis has led to a reduction in service provision, increased charges levied by councils and fewer older people receiving the support they need.
- The critical role of housing in hospital dischargeGreater integration of health, social care and housing is high on the policy agenda, but the transition from good idea to practical reality is a challenge. Through its 'If only I had known.
- A better fit? Creating housing choices for an ageing populationThis new report from Shelter takes a detailed look at the current state of the housing for older people's market and considers whether there is a wide choice of housing for an ageing population and any scope to stimulate a greater supply.
