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This new guest blog for the Housing LIN by Eugene Marchese, co-founder and director at Guild Living, a timely addition to our newly created loneliness and social isolation portal, highlights the pressures of loneliness and isolation brought into focus during the Coronavirus crisis as families and friends are kept apart.

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This Housing LIN briefing (No 4) draws attention to the need to equip themselves in the way they access bereavement care and support upon the loss of a family member, friend, relative or fellow resident in one of their schemes during the Coronavirus pandemic. 

As part of our commitment to the national Health and Housing Memorandum of Understanding, we have added several new (pre-coronavirus) projects on our Home from Hospital interactive map for England.

With increasing concern about the effect of COVID-19 on the retirement housing and supported housing sectors, the Housing LIN has been contacted by the MHCLG to collate it's members input.

This new guest blog for the Housing LIN by Archadia Architects’ Kathryn Thomas explores the question all housing professionals have had on their mind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis: What will change after confinement?

This policy report by charity Independent Age explores the reality of life for older people whose voices can be less often heard in debates about ageing and what is important for people in this diverse age group.

This Housing LIN briefing sets out a number of top tips on supporting people affected by dementia during the Coronavirus pandemic. It is specifically written for the housing sector, operators of specialist housing - such as extra care or retirement housing - or general needs housing.

This paper is by the University of Manchester, which has conducted a brief literature review on the use of information and communication technologies to support social connections for older people.

This new guest blog for the Housing LIN by Future Street’s Jenny West explores how good quality HAPPI housing can enable people to lead healthier lives and help combat loneliness.