Resource Library

This article in the International Journal of Environmental Health and Public Health by Northumbria University in partnership with Newcastle University and the Newcastle older persons’ forum draws on a Centre for Ageing Better commission.

This NICE guideline covers organising and delivering end of life care services, which provide care and support in the final weeks and months of life (or for some conditions, years), and the planning and preparation for this.

This Quick Guide by NICE and SCIE provides quick and easy access to information on helping to prevent winter deaths and illnesses associated with cold homes.

This academic book published by Routledge includes a chapter feature the work of St Monica’s Trust and their involvement at their Cote Lane Retirement Village in Bristol on Channel Four’s series shown in 2017, ‘Old People’s Homes for 4 Year Olds’.

This factsheet from Age UK is a collection of statistics on ageing and later life

This guide by Care & Repair England includes a list of possible questions that anyone with an interest in improving delivery of home adaptations will find useful in discussions with local providers.

This guide from the LGA outlines the current loneliness policy context, uses a range of case studies to demonstrate effective local delivery models working in practice, including the use of technology, and provides useful check lists and top tips on how to measure and evaluate outputs.

This report by think tank IPPR, identifies the three main drivers of quality in social care, and highlights some examples of innovative and high-quality care across England.

This research project for Commonweal Housing aimed to systematise our thinking about the nature of the social injustices involved in the exempt sub-sector and the potential for solutions.