HAPPI Hour - Launch event: Approaching the end of life in extra care housing: innovating and learning together

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• Very informative, great selection of speakers, with practical experience and knowledge.
• Extremely valuable, inclusive and informative.
• Challenged me to consider if my team really do have this type of conversation with our clients and how they can be improved.
• Very helpful information which gave insights into a difficult subject.

The session marks the culmination of a 2 year project and the official launch of their new Suite of Resources. It will:

• Share practice, learning and findings from the Better Lives, Better Endings project, run by St Christopher’s Hospice and Octavia:
  • Why we created the project – what was the need
  • How we delivered the project, including impacts of COVID and how we adapted
  • What we have achieved
  • What we have learnt along the way
  • Insights for future work in this area
• Launch the Suite of Resources produced by St Christopher’s and Octavia as part of the Better Lives, Better Endings project.
• Share innovative practice and learning from other extra care providers who are working in new ways in relation to end of life care and support, and
• Explore and discuss key themes, challenges and opportunities arising from such work.

• 15:00 – A brief explanation of the HAPPI Hour format – Sally Taylor-Ridgway, Host, Housing LIN ~  @HLINComms (opens new window)
• 15:05 – Welcome and Chair’s introduction – Jeremy Porteus, CEO, Housing LIN ~ @HousingLIN (opens new window)

PART ONE – ‘Better Lives, Better Endings in Extra Care Housing’

• 15:10 – Launch of Suite of Resources for services:
  • Neil McCarthy, Assistant Director (Care, Support and Communities), Octavia ~ @weareoctavia (opens new window)
  • Lianne Joy, Head of Care Quality, Octavia ~ @weareoctavia (opens new window)
  • Antonia Bunnin, report co-author and Director, Abalone Consulting ~ @AntoniaBunnin (opens new window)
  • Liz Bryan,co-author, St Christopher’s Senior Associate ~ @LizBryanQELCA (opens new window), @StChrisHospice (opens new window)
• 15:35 – Summary thoughts
• 15:40 – Q&A Discussion, joined by:
  • Louise Whitley, Head of Area (London and South East), Skills for Care - member of Better Lives, Better Endings project Advisory Group @skillsforcare (opens new window)
  • Maaike Vandeweghe, Senior Educationalist, St Christopher's
  • Karina Catley , London Ambulance Service - member of Better Lives, Better Endings project Advisory Group @Ldn_Ambulance (opens new window)

PART TWO – Sharing wider practice

• 15:55 – Gina King, Independent Consultant and trainer ~ @GinaKing_ (opens new window)
• 16:10 – Michael Spellman, Dementia and Mental Wellbeing Lead, ExtraCare Charitable Trust – The Cruse Project (Improved Bereavement Support in ExtraCare housing) ~ @ExtraCareOrgUk (opens new window)
• 16:20 – Jamie Lindon-Lewis, Head of Quality Assurance & Commissioning, Housing 21 – Bereavement Statements ~ @Housing21 (opens new window)
• 16:30 – Q&A and roundtable discussion
• 16:55 – Final thoughts and thanks - Liz Bryan,co-author, St Christopher’s Senior Associate ~ @LizBryanQELCA (opens new window), @StChrisHospice (opens new window)
• 17:00 – Chair summing up and close  – Jeremy Porteus, CEO, Housing LIN ~ @HousingLIN (opens new window)

Please book your place using the 'book now' button. Attendees will be sent the ZOOM details before the event.

You will be asked to join the webinar 10 mins before the start time to allow for a prompt start.

Registered with the Housing LIN’s HAPPI Hours? As a result of the pandemic, we created this exciting brand so that we can offer our sector showcase events in England, Scotland and Wales to enhance your learning and connect with other Housing LIN members virtually. Bookings for our free, online ‘learning lab’ events are made on a first come, first serve basis. Create your account or log in to avoid any disappointment.

At our popular events, you will:

• Watch and discover new extra care housing developments to find out about the design, development and operational management arrangements so that you can explore solutions that can transform your ‘offer’;
• Listen to latest practice, research, new funding initiatives, innovative products or projects so that you have the insight and intelligence required to improve your service delivery; and
• Learn about the current sector issues so that you are up-to-date and better positioned to respond to latest policy and innovative operational developments.

Join our HAPPI Hours to network with us and to test out your ideas or share your experiences with industry experts and amongst fellow Housing LIN members in a relaxed atmosphere. And follow #HAPPIHour (opens new window) on twitter.