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The findings of the research undertaken by Appello, the UK’s leading digital, technology-enabled care service (TECS) provider, supported by the Housing LIN, paints a promising picture for the future of digital care technologies with 74% of housing providers claiming that their requirements for wellbeing technology have changed as a result of the pandemic.

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 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 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.

Building for a Healthy Life (BHL) is the latest edition of - and new name for - Building for Life 12. The new name reflects recent changes in legislation and BHL also recognises the findings of the three-year Healthy New Towns Programme led by NHS England and NHS Improvement.

Appello, in partnership with the Housing LIN, are calling on your support to help identify changes in perceptions on technology and identify best practices for the sector moving forward.

This report by the Scottish Human Rights Commission (the Commission) provides an account of a 4 year project of working with a group of people who were living in poor housing conditions in Leith, north Edinburgh. People were experiencing problems with damp, mould, ineffective or broken heating, pigeon, rodent and insect infestations, and maintenance issues.

This leaflet from the Sussex Health and Care Partnership provides a checklist for householders about hazards found in their home.