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New research published by Tunstall Healthcare reveals technology keeping older people independent for longer, delaying a move to a care home by nearly nine months and enabling hard-pressed local authorities to redeploy millions in social care funding. Drawing on three separate studies, the research includes analysis by health economists and academic researchers in York and Barcelona. The White Paper summary and accompanying evidence paper consider the benefits of proactive, reactive, and personalised use of technology to support people in their own homes, in the UK and Spain.

In this new Housing LIN blog, Emma Lindley, Housing Strategy Lead at Ashfield District Council, sets out her thoughts on what business life might be like post-lockdown and the importance of ‘relationship capital’ built up before the lockdown.

Updated guidance for shielding and protecting people was issued by the Government late last night (31 May), coming into force today (1 June 2020).

This week’s HLINks is now out. With COVID-19 in mind, an essential read to keep up-to-date on housing and care matters.

This article in the British Journal of Occupational Therapy reviews how home assessments are integral to the occupational therapy role, providing opportunities to personalise and integrate care.

The LGA and Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) have jointly produced this practical advice for Directors of Public Health and others leading the response to the loneliness and social isolation issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The advice explains how early interventions to tackle loneliness and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond will help to prevent more costly health and care needs from developing, as well as aiding community resilience and recovery.

In this Housing LIN guest blog Richard Quarry, Partner at Rider Levett Bucknall (UK) reflects on what he has learnt from his past year as a Trustee for City of Wells Almshouses in Somerset.

This Journal of the American Medical Association case study reports on a survey of 142 residents and staff exposed to persons with COVID-19 among residents and staff of an independent/assisted living community in Seattle, Washington, USA. It found in independent/assisted living facilities, testing was a better strategy for identifying staff and older adults with COVID-19 than symptom screening preventing a facility-wide outbreak.

In this new Housing LIN blog, Assael Architect’s Tom Murphy sets out his thinking on live/work home space and calls for dramatic changes to make our homes fit for purpose.

This week’s HLINks is now out. With COVID-19 in mind, an essential read to keep up-to-date on housing and care matters.