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Part of the JRF's A Better Life programme , this paper: explores the views of older people and the factors that help or hinder them; and proposes a model which demonstrates how their needs could...

Influential architects, Levitt Bernstein - who contributed to the recent HAPPI report - have published a thoughtful paper on the future of housing design standards. Whilst not specific to housing for...

This HBF and LGA interim report from the Local Housing Delivery Group chaired by Sir John Harman concludes that there is significant scope for simplification of the existing building standards regime...

The Housing LIN is pleased to be one the founding members of Housing Made for Everyone (HoME).

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) released its Coronavirus Adult Social Care Winter Plan for 2020/2021. The Plan sets out the government's ambitions for the sector in England and the challenges facing adult social care this winter.

This report evaluates JRF and JRHT's Neighbourhood approaches to loneliness programme. It: highlights that good practice requires skilled staff who are able to communicate effectively and provide pastoral...

This set of reports describes how Community Led Support results in benefits for people, building on those strong connections for local communities, as well as impacts on the public purse.

This report examines the progress of digital innovation in healthcare over the past five months with specific regard to telehealth, telecare, telemedicine and assistive technologies. It shows how the use of Technology-Enabled Care Services (TECS) has accelerated throughout the pandemic and calls for this momentum should be built on with a set of 8 recommendations.

This guide has been developed by the LGA in partnership with RETHINK Partners to support adult social care teams who are seeking to use and deploy care technology in response to COVID-19.

This NHS Improvement tool has been developed to enable trusts, clinical commissioning groups and local authorities to understand where delayed transfers of care (DTOC) are in their area or system.