Resource Library

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 KCL research paper published in Ageing Society explores telecare manager and other ‘stakeholder’ perspectives on the nature, extent and impact of family and other unpaid/informal carers’ involvement in the provision of telecare equipment and services for older people.

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 “Compendium of Practice” by the Joint Improvement Team in Scotland focuses on current activities within the housing sector that contribute to the health and well-being of citizens as well as the emerging health and social care integration agenda.

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 article by Roderick J Lawrence in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health highlights the low impact of scientific research on the relations between housing and health during the last 30 years.