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How to Develop a Community-Led Approach to Age Friendly Housing in Central Bedfordshire

The Housing LIN has produced a new guide for Central Bedforshire Council showing how community-led development can be used to address the need for specialist housing for older people.

Key Sections

HP - Housing for older people

Housing for Older People

Extra Care Housing

Capital Funding

Design Hub / HAPPI

Planning

Strategic Housing for Older People Tools

Health Intel

Care and Support at Home

Going Digital / Telecare

Older People

Focus on Dementia

Learning Disabilities
HP Mental Health

Mental Health
HP-Sightloss

Sight Loss

Housing LIN Cymru

Housing LIN Scotland

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Key Resources

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Spotlight on Extra Care Housing

Here you can view all 9 short films made  by the Housing LIN as part of our  'Spotlight on Extra Care Housing’ YouTube video series.

Housing our Ageing Population: Learning from councils meeting the housing needs of our ageing population

Housing our Ageing Population: Learning from councils meeting the housing needs of our ageing population

Capturing the learning from a selection of exemplar councils which demonstrate how they are playing a significant place-making role in shaping the current and future supply of housing for an ageing population

Home from hospital iMap

Home from Hospital - Interactive Map

An interactive map showing a wide range of projects preventing delayed discharges from hospital due to a housing issue

Home From Hospital

Home from hospital: How housing services are relieving pressure on the NHS

This report articulates the housing offer and the diverse housing and health services provided by housing associations and local authorities

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Improving Health and Care through the home: A National Memorandum of Understanding

Find out more about the MoU and its accompanying Action Plan.

Dementia Friendly Housing Charter: A guidance toolkit for a dementia-friendly approach to housing

Aims to help professionals in their support of people living with dementia in their homes and facilitate consistency and good practice.

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Age-friendly housing: Future design for older people

Sets out the key challenges and practical considerations in designing housing suitable for an ageing population.

DHCS Extra Care Scheme Directory

Information and overview on each of the Department of Health & Care Services (DHCS) funded CASSH and ECH schemes.

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Housing Networks

A list of Housing networks hosted on the HLIN website. Including HAA, HSAA, HCOPR and DHWG.


New approaches for an ageing population

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