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This briefing by the charity, Independent Age, follows a Freedom of Information request to local authorities and Clinical Commissioning Groups in Autumn 2020, asking them about their approaches to commissioning services and their knowledge of the current demand and availability of services in their area.

The Learning Disability and Autism Housing Network, a coalition of twelve housing associations, have launched a 4 point Charter calling for action to address the barriers for new, sustainable quality housing for people with a learning disability and/or autism.

Analysis from Age UK shows that the pandemic has not in fact produced a sea-change in older people’s use of digital technology, warning that a drift towards services and activities being online. It shows that while just under a quarter (24 per cent) of over-75s in England have increased their internet usage since the pandemic hit, this is mainly driven by existing users going online more often.

Ahead of the upcoming National Strategy for Disabled People, the Centre for Social Justice Disability Commission has published a report with ambitious and transformational recommendations across a range of goods and services sectors, including a chapter on housing.

The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a report and guidance to help inform landlords of the role they can play in supporting the UK’s ageing population and disabled renters .

Following the recent publication of the Scottish Government’s strategy and plan, Housing to 2040. Age Scotland’s latest research on the housing needs of older people in Scotland has highlighted a need to increase the availability of accessible and adaptable homes so that people can live well and independently for as long as possible.

This report - commissioned by NHS England and delivered by Coalition for Personalised Care and partners - sets out how be employing link workers helps build community capacity and help health colleagues to deliver greater personalised health, including links to social prescription.

This report by think tank Demos, commissioned by Legal & General, has found that areas with more remote working are likely to see higher levels of local spending, suggesting that hybrid working is key to the Government’s plans for regeneration after the pandemic.

Not enough local authorities or care providers are using available technology within social care to keep people safe, happy and healthy at home, according to the final report of an ADASS/TSA Commission exploring the issue launched today at the 2021 ITEC conference.

A cross-party group of MPs and Peers have joined forces with leaders from academia, finance, local politics and housing to call for urgent Government action to improve housing and care options for older people, in a new ‘Housing with Care Grey Paper’ published ARCO. The paper says the UK is at a “critical juncture” and one of its recommendations calls for a cross-government Housing with Care Task Force.