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Friday, 8 April 2022
In this week's HLINks, we report on a new guest blog for the Housing LIN by Nigel Hopkins of Standards Wise International in which he looks at how standards in senior living can benefit both the consumer and the service provider.
We also remind readers that the deadline for applying to become one of The Dunhill Medical Trust’s TAPPI2 “testbeds”, as announced at last week’s ITEC conference in Birmingham, is 16 May 2022. Today is also the final day you can apply to become the Evaluation and Shared Learning Partner. Get your submissions in!
This week we were delighted to set a new registrations record for one of our HAPPI Hour sessions! Thank you to all 323 people who registered to attend Tuesday’s webinar on fire safety in specialist housing. Speakers from PRP architects, Ongo Homes, Metropolitan Thames Valley and GreensquareAccord housing associations delivered excellent presentations, and we were also joined by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities during the Q&A discussion. Missed this? You can watch the recording or view the slides here.
And in other news that caught my interest, we signpost to:
- A new House of Lords Adult Social Care Select Committee Inquiry on the ‘invisibility’ of adult social care
- Bureau of Investigative Journalism survey exposes findings on adaptation featured on Channel Four programme
- A new The World Bank report: Silver Hues: Building Age-ready Cities
- Have your say in a Centre for Ageing Better survey on home improvement agencies in England
- Habinteg survey: Accessible Now Survey on letting wheelchair accessible properties
- Learning Disability England blog and impact report, Digital Lifeline Project
- A new TLAP report: Better Direct Payments: from insight to action
- And have your say with ARCO’s call for information on unmet need and Integrated Retirement Communities – Deadline extended to Thursday, 14 April
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Jeremy Porteus Chief Executive |
New Housing LIN products
New Housing LIN guest blog argues that senior living settings need a dedicated set of standards
In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Nigel Hopkins, the International Programme Director at Standards Wise International, reveals how and why standards in senior living settings are so important.
Nigel positions care and senior living settings in the wider, national policy context before arguing that while senior living settings are mostly governed by general housing provision standards, this needs to change, and that standards in senior living settings can make a difference for the provider.
Housing, Community, Disability, and Ageing
Silver Hues: Building Age-Ready Cities
This report from The World Bank puts forward the idea of age-readiness, building on the concept of the WHO’s work on age-friendliness. It highlights the varied trajectories of ageing within an urban context at a global level and draws on the experiences of older and more urban countries to show and set out how others can become age-ready.
Amar Bari, amar jibon Research Associate Post
Amar bari, amar jibon’ (My home, my life): developing living environments for Bangladeshi elders, is a pioneering 36-month long research project, funded by The Dunhill Medical Trust, that will explore diversity and inclusion in later life living environments and communities in Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham.
The Open University have extended the deadline for applications for the Postdoctoral Research Associate post to support this project until Thursday, 14 April 2022.
What else caught our interest?
- Centre for Ageing Better: Survey on home improvement agencies in England
Design, Construction, Planning and Technology
TAPPI2: From Principles to Implementation - Weekly update
Last week, the Housing LIN was pleased to promote the official launch of TAPPI2 From Principles to Implementation at the ITEC conference in Birmingham. Funded by The Dunhill Medical Trust and co-delivered with the TEC Services Association and the Housing LIN, the call for four locality ‘testbeds’ to support the project is now open! The closing date for applications is Monday, 16 May 2022.
And if you missed this, the deadline for TAPPI: Phase 2's Evaluation and Shared Learning Partner closes today, Friday, 8 April 2022. It’s your last chance to submit to work with key stakeholders to create a qualitative and quantitative benefits evaluation methodology and framework, capturing real-time data and evaluating during the programme as well as reporting the overall evaluation at the end of the programme.
Housing LIN delighted to join two influential Tech groups
The Housing LIN has been invited to join two influential groups to help connect the digital dots across housing, health and social care. They are the Digital Social Care Advisory Group and the newly formed TEC Action Alliance, co-hosted by TLAP and the TSA.
We look forward to reporting on their progress.
Disabled people trapped waiting years for vital home adaptations
As shown on Channel Four this week, research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found long and growing waiting times for disabled facilities grant funded home adaptations. Based on data collected from local authorities across the UK, the survey revealed delays of up to two years.
More stories of the impacts of the delays on individuals, as well as a tracker by local authority area, are included on the research webpages.
Inside Housing Development Awards
The Inside Housing Development Awards are now open and offer the opportunity to celebrate the very best residential developments across the UK over the past year. Categories include best older people’s development and best healthy homes development.
Entries are free of charge, and are open until midnight on Thursday 12 May 2022.
What else caught our interest?
- Habinteg survey: Accessible Now Survey on letting wheelchair accessible properties
- Inside Housing article: More disabled people live in social housing than any other tenure. So why are home adaptations given a low priority?
- UKRI blog: Digital: the age of disruption powered by research and innovation
- AT Today article: How Foundations’ Adaptations Triage Tool helps trusted assessors manage non-complex cases
- Appello case study: PA Housing’s digital journey to date and where they are headed for the future
- Lincolnshire Housing Partnership shares its digital journey
Health and Social Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability
New House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee Inquiry issues call for evidence
This Committee has launched an inquiry and published a call which seeks evidence of the ‘invisibility’ of adult social care, in particular “lifting the veil” on the impact for people with care needs and carers. It also seeks to explore how people are meaningfully involved in the design and delivery of care services.
Deadline for submissions is 27 May 2022.
What else caught our interest?
- Department of Health and Social Care: £500m to develop the adult social care workforce
- Think Local Act Personal report: Better Direct Payments: from insight to action
- IPC evaluation report on discharge to assess: Show me the way to go home
- Learning Disability England blog and impact report, Digital Lifeline Project
- Inside Housing article: Housing association becomes standalone landlord after de-merger with founder body
- NHS Confederation blog: The voluntary sector: a game-changer in integrated care systems
- NIHR news item: Now known as the National Institute for Health and Care Research
Dementia and Housing
What caught our interest?
- University of Manchester survey: Experiences of supporting your spouse, partner or family member living with dementia to live at home during the pandemic.
- UKRI: In-home biorhythm lighting will support people with dementia
Wales
What caught our interest?
- Welsh Government: Heléna Herklots role as Older People’s Commissioner extended
- United Welsh signs up to Welsh Government Placemaking charter
Scotland
Join us for the rescheduled HAPPI Hour webinar
Following November's TAPPI Inquiry report launch and focus Scottish example of housing and care technology, we are pleased to host this HAPPI Hour session in partnership with Scottish Federation of Housing Associations to take a look at the Scottish government's recent Digital health and care strategy.
Events
Watch, Listen & Learn!
In recognition of the success of our HAPPI Hour sessions, we are delighted that the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK, have come on board as a sponsor of our online events.
Forthcoming HAPPI hours:
- HAPPI Hour - Housing LIN Scotland presents, in partnership with SFHA on Tuesday 26 April, 4:00pm – 5:15pm
We are also pleased to announce our May programme of HAPPI Hour sessions. As featured below, we have got a great selection of events next month for you!
- HAPPI Hour – Diversity in Care Environments: A better understanding of social inclusion of older people on Tuesday 3 May, 4:00 – 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Community-led housing and how it can contribute to tackling loneliness on Tuesday 10 May 4:00 – 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Standing Together Project – Supporting older people’s mental health and wellbeing through communities on Tuesday 17 May 4:00 – 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Re-framing Retirement: Integrated Retirement Communities on Tuesday 24 May 3:30 – 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Dementia and Housing Padlet launch event on Tuesday 31 May 4:00 – 5:15pm
And you may be interested in these other events supported by the Housing LIN:
- National Academy for Social Prescribing webinar, housing organisations as anchor institutions on Thursday, 21 April 2022.
- Property Week - Later Living Conference 2022: Unlocking the potential of the later living market on Thursday 23rd June 2022.
- SALUS Healthy City Design conference 10/11 October - Call for papers now open
In next week’s HLINks
Next week we look forward to publishing a new guest blog by author, Jenny Kartupelis on mutual relationships and their benefits and challenge to planners.
The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.