00:20:24 Tom Griffiths: Sorry I cannot see live transcripts at the bottom of the screen 00:25:06 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: Find out more about Motionspot and Fine & Able, here: www.motionspot.co.uk https://fineandable.co.uk 00:30:43 Arti Vyas: Do you mean Occupational therapy not Health? 00:33:44 Tom Griffiths: I am still unable to see any captions 00:33:53 gquinton: Commitment may be there but we literally do not have the workforce capacity to deliver the ambitions by April 2023, nor do we have sufficient time to train the staff we will need to deliver. How does the Govt expect the reforms to be in place by April 2023 given the current state of the employment market? 00:36:04 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: Hi Tom, apologies - it should be at the bottom right of your screen. I will take a look as to why this may not be accessible. 00:36:58 Jacquel Runnalls: We also keenly await the outcome of the Government's consultation on accessible and adaptable housing being the baseline for new housing in England, in addition to a % being wheelchair accessible. This will provide significant benefits and savings to health, social care and housing. 00:38:28 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: Further to reference by Alex on the funding under the CASSH programme, the Housing LIN hosts a dedicated website on capital funding routes for specialist and supported housing at: https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/browse/HousingExtraCare/FundingExtraCareHousing/. Once the new CASSH arrangements are available, details will be uploaded here too. 00:39:14 Lisabel Miles: How will the new service to make minor repairs fit with existing Care & Repair services and DFG funding? 00:40:27 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: Thank you for your questions, please do leave them in the Q&A box for discussion later on! 00:41:46 Arti Vyas: I can not see the Q&A box 00:43:18 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: Credit to @amazingtelly and @annabelmoellerphotography for the fantastic photos shared in this presentation! 00:43:54 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: If anyone is interested on the specialist and supported housing developments funded from previous rounds of Department of Health CASSH and extra care capital grants, the Housing LIN hosts an online directory at: https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/ECHScheme/ 00:44:13 June Heayes: The current means test is unfair to working and younger people because it tests income but not outgoings so often people cannot afford their assessed contribution. There is no point giving more money for DFGs if more people cannot benefit from it. 00:50:34 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: Please do check out Ed’s Housing LIN guest blog, ‘Build better and build beautiful’ - https://www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Build-better-and-build-beautiful/ 00:53:11 ingrid.tozer: Those adaptations are beautiful, but often service users are told practical over aesthetic under DFG - usually cheapest plain tiles and flooring. 00:53:24 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: If you want to stay in touch and hear more about what Motionspot do, you can follow them on LinkedIn and Twitter (@themotionspotand), and if you want to do the same for Fine & Able, you can find and follow them on Instagram (@fine_and_able). 00:54:15 June Heayes: if you have enough money it is possible to have attractive bathrooms - its the tiles, flooring and accessories which make it look good, which DFG funding doesnt provide...yet! 00:57:23 Rachel Russell: The RCOT and Housing LIN published Adaptations Without Delay to look at ways of delivering adaptations differently - particularly for those simple situation where an OT may not required. https://www.rcot.co.uk/adaptations-without-delay 01:02:09 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: Fine & Able accessible bathroom featured on George Clarke’s Old House New Home: https://fineandable.co.uk/blogs/fine-and-able/fine-able-bathroom-featured-on-george-clarke-s-old-house-new-home 01:06:12 Jacquel Runnalls: You can source products, flooring and wall coverings that are comparable prices - just needs a bit of time and knowledge which isn't always easily available 01:06:31 265744: Beautiful bathroom Marie .....and i love the way you've incorporated your mother's wishes into the design 01:08:31 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: The full episode is available to view on channel 4 on demand here: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/george-clarkes-old-house-new-home/on-demand/71682-007 01:10:27 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: Adult Social Care Reform White Paper: People at the Heart of Care: https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/Adult-Social-Care-Reform-White-Paper-People-at-the-Heart-of-Care/ 01:16:09 deborah.brotherton: I work for Onward Homes and my budget for adaptations is 1 mil and we contribute up to 10k towards major adaptations that are supported with DFG and £1500 for minors 01:16:59 chris: HA's are reluctant to allow adaptations to new build because of 2 year waranty issues 01:19:11 ingrid.tozer: HA offer adapted homes to applicants who have no needs if they are in emergency accommodation 01:26:52 deborah.brotherton: I love the idea of choice but we have to be mindful when repairs are required we have the materials i.e tiles etc 01:33:18 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: The Housing LIN also hosts a dedicated Design Hub from accessible and adaptable design to inclusive design and from HAPPI to role of OTs at: https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/browse/Design-building/ 01:41:26 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: For more on housing information and local home improvement hubs, do look at the recommendations from the Centre for Ageing Better's Good Homes Inquiry recent report https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/Good-homes-for-all-A-proposal-to-fix-Englands-housing/ 01:52:28 Jacquel Runnalls: Well said Sheila - it's not welfare, it is about a person's home 01:55:15 Anna Frances-Eley: t is vital that the way the DFG funding is allocated to local authorities is updated as there is currently a considerable difference across 11 Borough and District councils locally and some have no means test up to £3000, some have discretionary funding and some have neither of these currently. Also the upper limit needs to change as some assessed needs for Children and young Adults are requiring £45,000 of work due to material and contractor price increase. A change in culture is needed. 01:56:00 Jacquel Runnalls: In the Decent Homes Standard when upgrading and retro-fitting homes we must be mindful to not create additional barriers in the products used too 01:56:43 Jacquel Runnalls: New doors, windows and thresholds often create additional barriers 01:56:45 Anna Frances-Eley: We need healthy homes from initial build to retrofitted ones. Health, Social care and Housing is so interlinked. 01:57:17 Jacquel Runnalls: And why not provide adaptable bathrooms? :-) 01:59:12 Jacquel Runnalls: Thanks to all the speakers - fantastic session. 01:59:27 Robin Darton: Volume house builders seem conspicuous by their absence. 01:59:40 Jacquel Runnalls: Good point Robin 01:59:49 Heather Sinclair-Constance: Thank you all, really inspiring. 02:00:31 Sally Taylor-Ridgway: Do join this afternoon's session, 'Housing in later life: improving choice by building a better offer', exploring examples of innovative practice to create aspirational places to attract people to ‘rightsize’ thereby improving their housing choices in later life - https://www.housinglin.org.uk/HLINSummit2021/agenda/housing-in-later-life/ 02:00:54 Anna Frances-Eley: Thank you for a great session, keeps me inspired 02:00:56 Bolesław Meluch: Your House Follows Your Age - as we say at the Polish National Institute for Silver Economy