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This is a working draft of a proposed Health in Housing Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for organisations in West Sussex to co-develop and make a collective commitment towards the use of housing to improve the long-term health and wellbeing of our communities.

This report from the Association of Dementia Studies at the University of Worcester, collates data from several individual housing operators and multi-provider studies from the Housing and Dementia Research Consortium (HDRC) to provide figures for the prevalence of dementia among residents of extra care housing settings in the UK.

This Government statement of expectations sets out guidelines for local authorities and supported housing providers, detailing good practice for the housing management aspects of supported housing provision.

New guidance published by NHS England / NHS Improvement sets out a framework to help address the needs of people with dementia in the Covid-19 pandemic.

This Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has updated its practice advice, endorsed by Alzheimer's UK and Public Health England and published to mark World Alzheimer's Day 2020. It sets out different approaches and tools town planners can use to ensure homes and local environments are dementia-friendly and highlights the vital role that town planning plays in dementia care in the UK, helping to reduce pressure on the NHS and controlling the costs for health and social care.

This report from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sets out its Taskforce progress and learning from the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in informing advice and recommendations to government and the social care sector.

These comprehensive reports look at design progress to date, best practice, pioneers and innovators, design principles, application, regional and cultural contexts, the importance of including people with dementia in every stage of the design process, and poignantly the role of design during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) released its Coronavirus Adult Social Care Winter Plan for 2020/2021. The Plan sets out the government's ambitions for the sector in England and the challenges facing adult social care this winter.