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A new report from Tunstall explores how telecare drives preventative and proactive solutions to support healthcare systems, investigating how models of integrated health and care around the world are delivering for growing populations of older and vulnerable people.

We’ve compiled a collection of speaker presentations, slides, photos and summaries from last month's Housing LIN Conferences! You can access all of this valuable content at your convenience here.

This week's newsletter unveils our eagerly awaited Spring/Summer HAPPI Hour series, introduces an exciting new Inspirational Achievement feature in collaboration with PRP, presents a thought-provoking Housing and Care paper from CareTalk, and showcases a guest blog from a Future Leader participant on Housing LIN.

On June 9th and 10th at Care & Repair Cymru’s headquarters in Cardiff, TACT (Trusted Assessing and Care Training) are running two showcase training days for staff involved in providing information and advice to the public on home adaptations.

Hot on the heels of presenting at last week’s Housing LIN annual conference in London, this blog by Anna Byakika, Communities Officer at Clarion Futures, explores her transformative experience in the Leadership programme, highlighting its role in connecting her with like-minded professionals across the housing sector.

This inspirational achievement features PRP's innovative work in creating the New Lodge Community in New Earswick, York. Designed for the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, New Lodge is a groundbreaking ‘Lifetime Neighbourhood’ that combines high-quality housing and care for older people with a focus on fostering strong community connections.

Chaired by Lord Best, the opening session of the new, year-long All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry on Creating Intergenerational Communities took place on Tuesday, 25 March in Westminster.

This week's newsletter celebrates this month's successful Housing LIN Conference, calls out for your best practices for agefriendly homes and connected communities, includes a new Housing LIN guest blog by Susan Kay (Chief Executive of the Dunhill Medical Trust) on the challenges of creating homes and communities that cater to an ageing population, and lots more!

Building on the success of this year's Housing LIN Annual Conferences, we invite you to share your best practice examples on Age-Friendly Homes and Connected Communities with us. Whether it's an insightful blog, a new groundbreaking report, or an interesting case study, we're eager to hear about the innovative work you're doing! 

This blog by Susan Kay, Chief Executive at the Dunhill Medical Trust, was published to coincide with Housing LIN’s Annual Conference 2025. It explores the challenges of creating homes and communities that support an ageing population.