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A couple in their early 70s share in their Housing LIN guest blog their reasons for moving and how they want to live life in later life in an attractive town centre setting and not follow in the footsteps of either of their parents. 

This second guide on the findings of the research undertaken by Appello, a leading digital, technology-enabled care service (TECS) provider, supported by the Housing LIN, outlines four key critical factors to be considered when planning for, and delivering, your vision for technology in supported housing.

Welcome to this week’s HLINks: the Housing LIN’s weekly bulletin, week ending 28 August 2020

A new report from the Housing LIN for the NHF sets out what is required to ensure there is sustainable development of supported housing for adults with long term care and support needs.

New Department of Health and Social Care webpage which summarises where adult social care providers can go to access key COVID-19 related guidance and support. 

This guest blog by Habinteg Housing support worker, Laura Gregg, gives a personal account of supporting vulnerable adults who are shielding in the North East of England during Covid-19. She highlights how many of her clients are digitally excluded and how this has acerbated their health and wellbeing under lockdown, especially experiencing increased loneliness and isolation.

In last week's HLINks, we reported on Professor Rose Gilroy's guest interview on the LLA&RN about her work on age-friendly cities and the Future Homes Alliance at Newcastle University.

In the latest episode of Housing Matters, the Housing LIN's Jeremy Porteus talks about housing and dementia, highlighting the remit of the current APPG Inquiry on the housing experiences of people living with dementia, aspects of dementia-friendly design and innovative solutions to support people with dementia to live well at home.

Yesterday the government announced the 6 finalists of the Home of 2030 design competition. The Housing LIN's Jeremy Porteus was privileged to be one of the judges which will see further advances in sustainable, low-carbon and age-friendly homes for our future living, from small scale innovations to large scale developments utilising modern methods of construction.

Welcome to this week’s HLINks: the Housing LIN’s essential weekly bulletin, week ending 21 August 2020

In this new Housing LIN guest blog out today, Honorary Professor at Geneva School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva, gives a preview to his recent book and calls on the need to accommodate a growing diversity of activities, lifestyles and needs in our housing. He highlights that overcoming the current applicability gap between research and practice, knowledge and action, is an important challenge for all those who wish to improve housing for current and future generations.