Resource Library

The Housing LIN is pleased to be one the founding members of Housing Made for Everyone (HoME).

A new guide by Erosh on LGBT+ older people in sheltered & retirement housing.

This NHS Improvement tool has been developed to enable trusts, clinical commissioning groups and local authorities to understand where delayed transfers of care (DTOC) are in their area or system.

This KCL research paper published in Ageing Society explores telecare manager and other ‘stakeholder’ perspectives on the nature, extent and impact of family and other unpaid/informal carers’ involvement in the provision of telecare equipment and services for older people.

The Welsh Government are consulting on draft practice guidance for the Housing Support Grant (HSG) for local authorities.

The government’s National Design Guide sets out the characteristics of well-designed places and demonstrates what good design means in practice.

The SAFE study by The Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender and The University of Surrey aims to fill a gap in knowledge about older LGBT* people and their housing needs –building an evidence base that can be used to inform future policy, service practices and research.

Online learning materials and films for making care homes more inclusive for older LGBT+ people in England and Wales

England’s largest councils have backed government plans to introduce a cap on care – but warn that it must be fully-funded otherwise it will inadvertently push services, care providers and councils closer to breaking point.

The LGA have published their Green Paper on adult social care and wellbeing and an accompanying suite of resources along with an 8 week consultation document. The deadline for submitting a response is 26 September 2018.