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Responding to research on the views of older people which showed that they were ‘fed up’ with outdated terminology, the Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) have launched a new term for our sector – Integrated Retirement Community (IRC) – to describe their service-led operational model.

For more than a decade the English NHS has pursued integrated care through three national pilot programmes. The independent evaluators of these programmes here identify several common themes that inform the development of integrated care.

A new study has concluded that the national home adaptation service run by Care & Repair Cymru (C&R Cymru) successfully identified older people at the highest risk of falling at home, and that the home adaptations subsequently installed reduced the risk of falls and resulting A&E attendance/ hospital admissions

Research reveals the reasons preventing people from moving into home that are the “right size” despite their current homes being too big or too small utilising insights from professionals, tenants and the existing literature to propose areas of future focus for the group to work collaboratively on progressing.

With the growing number of people in England living with dementia, who instead of receiving integrated care across the health and social care system, are required to navigate complex and uncoordinated care pathways, this report sets out the challenges facing people affected by dementia.

In this guest blog, Sarah Burgess, an independent consultant to the later living sector, provides key considerations to help support robust sales and marketing planning this autumn as we start forecasting and prepping for the next financial year.

Happy Friday! This week’s HLINks provides a comprehensive round-up of the latest Housing LIN news, views, resources and events and takes a look at other stories that caught our interest.

This case study, published by AARP, showcases Clarion’s age-friendly strategy to over comes the needs and challenges associated with population ageing and changing preferences. 

The Housing LIN Summit - A Festival of Ideas - marking our 10th Anniversary - returns week commencing Monday, 6 December for five days of inspiring conversations in a virtual format with over 40 influential figures from the housing and care industries. Lots for you to choose from. Book now!

The Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care has launched its public engagement phase providing individuals and organisations with the opportunity to say where you think care and support is working well, but also where things need to change.