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This report by PRP Architects outlines a series of practical design recommendations to control the transmission of coronavirus, and other every day infections, in later-living housing whilst maintaining social interaction for residents. It identifies thirteen specific areas that would require improvements in order to safeguard the mental and physical health of residents, and to enable staff to manage additional tasks that might be required of them during a pandemic.

This report for the Centre for Ageing Better evaluates the response in Leeds to COVID-19. The Leeds Neighbourhood Networks support older people to live independently and to participate in their communities. Following the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, they adapted their service offer rapidly to meet the needs of people living in their communities. The report summaries the key outcomes of the service transformation.

This report by the Campaign to End Loneliness is the first of its kind to look at how psychological approaches can help tackle loneliness.

This TSA insight report contains the findings and recommendations from a 3 month stakeholder engagement programme during the early months of the response phase of the Covid-19 crisis.

This report by the Royal Town Planning Institute calls for greater levels of cooperation and collaboration between health, social care, and planning professionals to ensure people’s health needs are integrated into the conceptualisation, design and planning stages of new developments in the future.

This report by the Design Council on behalf of Homes of 2030 provides the results of a wide-reaching public engagement exercise designed to understand and provide new insight into what people need from their homes. In setting out a vision and principles for successful homes of the future, it focusses on 20 key principles based on the findings from local workshops and polling among a nationally representative sample of adults in England, and also reports on older adults expectations of their future home.

This leaflet from ASH, the charity on action of smoking and health, provides a range of useful information on the harmful effects on smoking, the link to health inequalities and the impact on housing

This pack by a group of arts, voluntary and health organisations in Greater Manchester provides a selection of useful ways of supporting older people and those who find it hard to access activities online, making the link between art and wellbeing.

The MHCLG national statistics report reports on the annual survey of people's housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England.