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Improving care at home, more sheltered, extra care and dementia focussed housing, investment in crisis resolution intermediate care and better information and advice for older and disabled people would prevent many from needing hospital or residential care says this report from ADASS.

This article, published in Social Policy and Society, presents research that explored loneliness in an underprivileged community, whose perspective supports a growing body of evidence that loneliness amongst older people is driven by wider structural and socio-cultural exclusion.

Disabled people in Scotland have a right to accessible and adequate housing, yet many struggle to find homes which meet their needs and aspirations.

This report looks at the ageing population and the impact it's likely to have on the relationship between the elderly and their families.

This joint publication by Choice Support, PMLD Link, Care Management Group and The Sensory Projects - outlines key objectives and principles that, it states, should be evident across all education, health, and social care services

A new report from the LGA to provide local authorities with advice and guidance on how to best understand the various complexities within their local housing markets in order to inform their decision making

This briefing by the Welsh NHS Confederation and Cymorth Housing Cymru provides an overview of the benefits of housing working with health and care and showcases examples where housing and health work collaboratively.

This report from Pathway and Crisis reveals how failures in housing and health systems continue to push people into vicious cycles of homelessness, poor health and destitution.

On 27 th November 2008, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation hosted a joint expert seminar looking at key policy, practice and research issues facing housing with care for older people. The aim of this seminar...