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This paper follows a roundtable discussion back in May 2020 in which the Housing LIN’s Ian Copeman took part. Hosted by Paddock Johnson Partnership, they invited a number of specialists in the field to openly share their thoughts on what is and isn’t working with the current models for older people’s accommodation and how things might change in light of the current pandemic.

This blog Wendy Mitchell is an account of her presentation at the first session of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Housing and Care for Older People’s latest Inquiry on housing and the lives of people with dementia which took place on Wednesday, 3 June 2020.

As Coronavirus was taking hold, the University of Bristol/ILC-UK published a blog highlighting some of the messages from the DICE research project for those providing support to older residents in housing with care schemes.

A summary of the findings of the ECHO project looking at Extra Care Housing.

This blog by FirstStop Advice’s Adam Hillier provides a whistle-stop tour of homeshare schemes across the world.

Serious Case Reviews, concerning the preventable deaths of two people with learning disabilities, have highlighted lessons for support and supported housing providers. These lessons and an extract have...

This policy: briefing is one of a series published by Shelter. It identifies three key ways in which housing stock is either unused or not used to the fullest potential: empty homes second homes...

This Viewpoint by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation argues that shared ownership and shared equity schemes could reduce the risks associated with home-ownership. It argues that shared ownership and shared...

This presentation at a conference on extra care housing and dementia in 2006 outlines a range of legal matters in this context including the Mental Capacity Act and tenancies, avoiding registration under...

These 2007 presentations by Helen Joy from Brunelcare show photographs of key design features at a number of extra care and shared housing developments intended to meet the needs of people with dementia....