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The aim of this study was to explore the views and experiences of older adults and their carers who had received a bathing adaptation in order to examine how the adaptation had affected them and identify mechanisms of impact and outcomes from their perspectives.

Match Me was an 18-month action research project into the allocation of adapted and accessibly designed social housing and what enhanced independent living for disabled people.

This report from Ambition for Ageing argues that to reduce social isolation, we need a diversity of social infrastructure to ensure chance social encounters with a diversity of people.

This paper from Newton and The Better Care Fund details a collaborative approach in tackling the challenges relating to delayed patient transfers from a hospital environment.

With 9 million people reportedly suffering from loneliness in the UK – an increase of 200,000 people since the 1950s – This paper from WSP aims to set out the main built environment causes of loneliness and isolation.

This green paper from the government focuses on the challenges facing public health in the next decade.

Guidance from MHCLG for councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.

The original notion of the “Concept Blackwood House” was developed to provide a flexible, modern home to suit varying levels of needs and support for residents without the requirement for major alterations or relocation.