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The findings of the research undertaken by Appello, the UK’s leading digital, technology-enabled care service (TECS) provider, supported by the Housing LIN, paints a promising picture for the future of digital care technologies with 74% of housing providers claiming that their requirements for wellbeing technology have changed as a result of the pandemic.

Tonic, Stonewall Housing and Opening Doors London teamed up to conduct much-needed research to better understand the housing, care and support requirements of older LGBT+ people in London.

New guidance published by NHS England / NHS Improvement sets out a framework to help address the needs of people with dementia in the Covid-19 pandemic.

This Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has updated its practice advice, endorsed by Alzheimer's UK and Public Health England and published to mark World Alzheimer's Day 2020. It sets out different approaches and tools town planners can use to ensure homes and local environments are dementia-friendly and highlights the vital role that town planning plays in dementia care in the UK, helping to reduce pressure on the NHS and controlling the costs for health and social care.

This ADASS/Tunstall paper pulls together the discussions of a high-level roundtable meeting on smart homes and sets out a series of quick wins where adult social care can support technology enabled solutions.

This report highlights the increased risk poor-quality housing has on those identified as being most at risk of COVID-19, especially in the event of another lockdown.

This report from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sets out its Taskforce progress and learning from the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in informing advice and recommendations to government and the social care sector.

These comprehensive reports look at design progress to date, best practice, pioneers and innovators, design principles, application, regional and cultural contexts, the importance of including people with dementia in every stage of the design process, and poignantly the role of design during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.

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.