HLINks: New HLIN blog, RIBA Stirling Prize, new resources, and news from the specialist housing sector.
This week we published a new blog by Chris Dodd, looking at the challenges and opportunities facing Technology Enabled Care providers. We also have a look at the winners of the RIBA Stirling Prize, and we have our usual roundup of resources and news from the specialist housing sector.
Housing LIN Blog
Analogue to Digital Switch Over
By 2025 the UK will be switching off its analogue Public Switch Telephone Network and moving to an all-digital network powered by mobile phone technology.
Chris Dodd, Managing Director at Legrand Assisted Living & Healthcare, has written a guest blog for the Housing LIN examining what this change will mean for service providers, what advantages it will bring, and how providers should be planning for this transition.
Housing LIN Survey
Have your say - Growing housing with care: an in-depth sector survey
The Housing LIN has joined forces with EAC (Elderly Accommodation Counsel) to measure the sector’s appetite for, and interest in, housing with care. We know that there is a significant shortfall of provision, recently estimated at 30,000 units per annum, against latent demand. How is the sector responding?
Take part in our survey and let us know your organisation’s intentions for growth in scheme development and/or in the delivery of care and support services over the next 5 years.
World Homeless Day
Housing LIN Homelessness Resources
Yesterday (10th October) was World Homeless Day. People who are homeless experience a poor quality of life and multiple problems affecting their health and wellbeing. Older homeless people experience the combined difficulties of increasing frailty and lack of access to a settled home, health and social care.
The Housing LIN website features resources relating to homelessness on our Older Homeless People topic page.
In August, following a presentation at a Housing LIN Midlands regional meeting, we published a case study looking at an almshouse scheme for homeless people in Worcester.
Housing and Ageing
RIBA Stirling Prize 2019
This week saw the announcement of the winner of the 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize. Goldsmith Street in Norwich, by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley, was described the judges as a “modest masterpiece”. This is the first time that the award has gone to a social housing project. Goldsmith Street was also the overall winner of the 2019 Housing Design Awards, and you can see a short video about the scheme on their website.
Over on Twitter there was an alternative Stirling Prize vote, which was awarded to Marmalade Lane cohousing scheme in Cambridge. Jan Chadwick, the chair of K1 cohousing, wrote a blog for the Housing LIN about the development.
Knight Frank’s Senior Living Annual Performance Review - 2019
This report offers market leading research that examines the fundamentals of the private Senior Living market.
News
Design, Planning and Technology
Wellbeing at Home: A study of the process and outcomes of home adaptations and reflections for future practice
This report captures the process and final outcomes of several major home adaptations undertaken by Archadia Chartered Architects, working closely with a South West London Council over the last three years.
The report seeks to contribute to the ongoing dialogue about the positive impact that home adaptations can have on people, their families and carers while also acknowledging the complexity of managing the building process, public spending (eg DFGs) and working with vulnerable clients.
Carers’ involvement in telecare provision by local councils for older people in England: Perspectives of council telecare managers and stakeholders
This KCL research paper published in Ageing Society explores telecare manager and other ‘stakeholder’ perspectives on the nature, extent and impact of family and other unpaid/informal carers’ involvement in the provision of telecare equipment and services for older people.
News
Health and Social Care
Welsh News
Events
Housing LIN Events
Events Promoted by the Housing LIN
Next Week
Next week we have a new Housing LIN viewpoint from Katey Twyford on coaching and mentoring in housing with care, and, following #HospiceCareWeek this week, a guest Housing LIN blog by Claire Henry on Housing and End of Life Care.
With Thanks
The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.