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Age Friendly Wales: Our Strategy for an Ageing Society, sets out the action Wales will take to reap the benefits of the growing number of older people in Wales as they rebuild their communities after the COVID-19 pandemic. This, in turn, will enable them to better support people living in challenging circumstances.

This document sets out The Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and the Local Government Association’s expectations for the role of Integrated Care Partnerships (ICPs) within Integrated Care Systems.

This report reveals the findings from the Good Home Inquiry, supported by the Centre for Ageing Better, that was set up in 2020 to investigate the causes of the crisis of poor-quality housing in England and determine potential policy solutions.

The Framework for Creating Age-Friendly Homes in Greater Manchester was developed by the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub’s Housing, Planning and Ageing Group and sets out the thematic priorities for partners to deliver on the ambition of the Age-Friendly Strategy to, ‘increase the supply of age-friendly homes’.

This new publication captures emerging best practice from eight local partnerships where local government working with colleagues in health, housing and the voluntary sectors are having a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of their local communities.

Following today’s announcement by the Prime Minister, this document shows the immediate, short-run change in income as a result of increases in employee National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and dividends, alongside an estimate of where benefits from new health and social care spending may fall.

This report from Future Health and Alzheimer’s Society sets out ways for Government to deliver a better future for social care through a new social care long-term plan.

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) have published a document outlining the offers and services currently delivered across the country in pursuit of a broadly similar aim to provide appropriate, timely, high-quality care when an older person experiences a crisis or urgent need.

This briefing paper covers research into the prevalence, causes and impact of loneliness and possible interventions to address the issue.