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 research report from the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, funded by the Nationwide Foundation, reveals a range of benefits for older people choosing to live with others, as well as identifying barriers to be overcome if co-living is to grow at scale throughout the UK.

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 report by Community Led Homes, a partnership between Confederation of Co-operative Housing, Locality, the National CLT Network and UK Cohousing, explores the impact of a person’s living situation on their quality of life.

This report by Future Spaces Foundation (FSF) explores the impact of urban loneliness and ideas for reshaping our built environment to improve social cohesion.

This short guide by Age Better in Sheffield, in partnership with South Yorkshire Housing Association, aims to set out practical evidence about what’s worked in reducing social isolation and loneliness amongst older people.

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