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The Local Government Association (LGA) have published a useful new high impact change model on the actions to take to reduce preventable admissions to hospital and long-term care.

This report draws upon a developmental evaluation of the BCF, the first ever cross government fund dedicated to reducing loneliness in England, delivered in partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund and the Co-op Foundation.

This briefing paper by Public Health Scotland draws on current evidence on how housing can influence health and wellbeing. It is intended to support ‘Housing to 2040’ which sets out the Scottish Government’s vision for the housing system over the next 20 years.

This scoping review of the evidence by the University of Stirling forms part of the resources being published by Stonewater Housing Association’s INVITE project - Promoting INclusive liVing vIa Technology-Enabled support Project - into how technology has enormous potential to support quality of life for older people, including those with age-related conditions such as dementia.

New research by Anchor Hanover reveals a lack of awareness of the prevalence of dementia, and a deep-rooted reluctance to think and talk about it. Furthermore, it suggests that rates of dementia diagnosis have fallen during the pandemic.

The Hubble Project – developed by the National Care Forum (NCF) with funding from NHS Digital’s Digital Pathfinders Programme - enables care providers to learn from others who have introduced technology.

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.

The government has published a White Paper, ‘Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all’ white paper’, that sets out proposals to join up health and care services and embed lessons learned from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for a Health and Care Bill. Could part of a new integrated care system in England look like the arrangements in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?

This TSA paper provides a set of actions that will aid in the protection of services and service users as part of the digital switchover.