HLINks: Keep up-to-date with sector news, including on COVID-19, new Housing LIN blog and much more
This week was both Loneliness Awareness Week and Learning Disability Week 2020 both causes championed and supported by the Housing LIN. For both, we highlighted the range of resources available on our respective topic pages and showcased on social media some of the learning and improvement taken from our work. In addition, you will find below a selection of relevant news items in this week’s HLINks.
If you would like to talk with us about any matters highlighted by these weeks or share learning about your work, email: info@housinglin.org.uk
New Housing LIN Products
Brio - Our road map for retirement living
This week, we published a new #InspirationalAchievements featuring Brio Retirement Living, part of Places for People. It highlights how they have mapped out the ‘downsizer’ journey for homeowners. Their approach is driven by a desire to bring something new and inspirational that meets the aspirations of today’s retirees.
Coronavirus Update
A selection of latest government advice guidelines and plans that are relevant for our sector include:
- Guidance on home care provision
- COVID-19: how to work safely in care homes
- Public Health England: COVID-19: understanding the impact on BAME communities
- LGA: COVID-19: adult social care commissioning practice resource
Other relevant COVID-19 news include:
- Centre for Ageing Better: Lockdown could leave next generation of retirees poorer and sicker than the last
- SCIE: COVID-19 resource and best practice hub for social care
- ONS: Coronavirus and loneliness, Great Britain: 3 April to 3 May 2020
And remember, check out on our Coronavirus Info Hub for a range of Housing LIN practice briefings for the sector and links to other useful information and websites.
Also, post or reply to questions on our discussion forum. It allows you to share information, raise issues and ask questions to solve a tricky issue. For example, can you share your organisation’s COVID-19 risk plan or information about how you are engaging with residents?
Specific advice guidelines in Scotland and Wales can be found in the relevant sections further down.
Housing, Community, Disability, and Ageing
- UK Parliament discuss housing with care Early Day Motion tabled
- ARCO report: Event fees and housing with care. What now?
- Public Health England: Health and wellbeing at home: Advice and resources for everyone spending time indoors
- In Common: Sustaining intergenerational connections at a time of crisis
- Independent Age: In focus - Experiences of older age in England
- RIBA South East regional award shortlist recognises Moor’s Nook retirement living
Opinion pieces and blogs:
- Equity Release Council: Housing for an ageing population and equity release
- Agile Ageing Alliance: Design for Life
- ILC blog: #AllAgesMatter in solving our housing and loneliness crises
- Housing Today article (registration required): Fears of £6bn hit to development of extra care housing
Do you have time to help EAC?
EAC are looking to recruit one or two more volunteers to staff their pilot volunteer-led advice service. For more information, visit:
Health and care
- ADASS Budget survey
- National Audit Office report: Readying the NHS and adult social care in England for COVID-19
- Locality report: We Were Built for This: How community organisations helped us through the coronavirus crisis
- New Economics Foundation report: Community Micro-Enterprises: As a driver of local economic development in social care
- TLAP report: Exploration and Discovery - Getting under the skin of it
- Adam Smith Institute report: Revolution required to solve social care crisis
Opinion pieces and blogs:
- SCIE blog: The future of adult social care and support
- SCIE podcast: COVID-19: Can there be a new social contract?
Design and Technology
- NIHR SSCR Utopia Project summary: Is there a clearer role for electronic assistive technology and telecare in adult social care?
- LGA: COVID-19: Local examples of care technology approaches
- Levitt Bernstein guide: Easi Guide to Passivhaus design
- Transport for New Homes report: Garden Villages and Garden Towns: VISIONS AND REALITY - The Garden Village Dream Vs. The Tarmac Estate
Opinion pieces and blogs:
- Tunstall Healthcare blog: Learning Disabilities
Dementia
Submit your evidence to this APPG Inquiry on Housing for those living with Dementiaby by 30th June
Planning
Opinion pieces and blogs:
Planning tracker
Older People’s Care Development – Local Development Plan Monitoring
In association with Tetlow King Planning, this document monitors current local authority planning consultations that may be of interest for those seeking to develop housing for older people. The tracker is updated fortnightly.
Wales
Welsh government guidance on COVID-19 can be found at: https://gov.wales/coronavirus
Other news include:
- Wales Cooperative Centre: Co-op and community-led housing case studies
Scotland
Scottish government guidance on COVID-19 can be found at https://www.gov.scot/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance/
Other news include:
- Scotland Care Futures survey (from 29 June): ‘Building our collective care future’
Forthcoming Events
Over 500 people have now registered for next week’s Foundations/ADASS/Housing LIN conference and there are still places available! Book yours below
Other upcoming Events
Housing LIN Events - In light of the coronavirus outbreak we have cancelled all our upcoming regional meetings and training courses until further notice. We are currently exploring how to hold these events online, so watch this space!
In the meantime, we are pleased to be involved/support the following virtual events:
Have your say
This autumn, Dunhill Medical Trust (sponsors of our Design Hub) will be launching their new 5 year plan. To this end, they are inviting views to help them shape their future strategy.
Next week
We look forward to launching the updated Housing LIN Extra Care Housing Design Factsheet (no6). Totally rewritten by PRP Architects, it is the 3rd edition of this popular HLIN Factsheet.
The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.