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Thursday, 14 April 2022
Welcome to #Jeremytalks and our must-read weekly bulletin, HLINks.
Due to the Easter bank holiday weekend, we are publishing HLINks a day early!
In this week's edition, we draw attention to Jenny Katurpelis’ new guest Housing LIN blog in which she explores mutual relationships and their benefits and challenges to planners.
We also remind readers that the deadline to supply evidence to the current APPG on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry, ‘Making retirement living affordable: the role of shared ownership housing’ is 4 May 2022.
And remember, you can also apply to become one of the Dunhill Medical Trust TAPPI2 “testbeds”. The deadline for submissions is 16 May 2022.
And in other news that caught my interest, we signpost to:
- The Dunhill Medical Trust funding awards announcement: Building and developing suitable living environments and communities for an ageing population
- A Home Renaissance Foundation report: The-Impact-of-Technology-in-the-Home
- A RIBA book (for sale £35 plus p&p): The Happy Design Toolkit: Architecture for Better Mental Wellbeing
- The Department of Health and Social Care Guidance: Hospital discharge and community support
- A Scottish Government consultation: Guidance on Providing Community Equipment and Housing Adaptations
- Church of England Reimagining Care Commission blog: Building public support for social care reform: what can England learn from other countries?
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Jeremy Porteus Chief Executive |
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New Housing LIN guest blog explores mutual relationships and their benefits and challenges to planners
One of the critical factors in creating supportive relationships between older people, carers and families is enabling a strong element of ‘mutuality’ to flourish. That's why, in this new Housing LIN blog, Jenny Kartupelis MBE, author and Director of Faith in Society explores what that means in practice, and why it matters to planning for an ageing population.
Housing, Community, Disability, and Ageing
The Dunhill Medical Trust awards for building and developing suitable living environments and communities for an ageing population
The Dunhill Medical Trust have announced 8 projects that will receive funding to support collaborative projects between researchers and community partners. They range from almshouses of the future to generating age-friendly communities, and the co-design of technology for ageing well to understanding the needs of Bangladeshi elders.
Supported housing oversight pilots: independent evaluation
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities provided £5.4 million to 5 local authorities to test ways of improving quality and value for money in supported housing.
These pilots ran from October 2020 to September 2021 and tested interventions to raise standards of accommodation and support and improve local authority oversight of the local supported housing market.
This evaluation of the supported housing pilots sets out the findings from the local authorities’ activities and makes a set of recommendations to improve quality and value for money in supported housing.
Amar Bari, amar jibon research 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.
Applications for the Postdoctoral Research Associate post to support this project closes today, Thursday, 14 April 2022.
What else caught our interest?
- Home Renaissance Foundation report: The-Impact-of-Technology-in-the-Home
Design, Construction, Planning and Technology
TAPPI2: From Principles to Implementation - Weekly update
Further to the official launch of TAPPI2 From Principles to Implementation at the ITEC conference in Birmingham, the call for four locality ‘testbeds’ is now open! The closing date for applications is Monday, 16 May 2022.
Inside Housing Development Awards
These 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?
- Ben Channon’s new RIBA book (for sale £35 plus p&p): The Happy Design Toolkit: Architecture for Better Mental Wellbeing.
- Also see Ben present at last year’s HAPPI Hour session as part of Mental Health Awareness Week
- University of Buffalo YouTube video: Learning about the goals of Universal Design
- Tunstall: Tunstall announces new Group CEO as it looks to the future
Health and Social Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability
Government published updated Hospital discharge and community support guidance
The Department of Health and Social Care has published new statutory guidance on hospital discharge and community support. With reference to housing, the guidance sets out how NHS bodies and local authorities should plan and deliver services to support people to be discharged from hospital once they are ready to leave.
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?
- Church of England Reimagining Care Commission blog: Building public support for social care reform: what can England learn from other countries?
- NIHR research summary briefing: Factors associated with unmet need for support to maintain independence in later life: a mixed methods systematic review
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.
- University of East Anglia booklet: Assisting People with Dementia with their Personal Care: Ideas and Tips for Carers
Wales
What caught our interest?
- Centre for Digital Public Services, Welsh Government website: Bridging the digital divide in Wales
Scotland
Join us for the rescheduled HAPPI Hour webinar, 'Housing LIN Scotland presents, in partnership with SFHA' on Tuesday, 26th April 4:00pm – 5:15pm
Following November's TAPPI Inquiry report launch, including Scottish examples of housing and care technology, we are pleased to host this HAPPI Hour session in partnership with Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) to take a look at the Scottish government's recent Digital health and care strategy.
What else caught our interest?
- Scottish Government consultation: Guidance on Providing Community Equipment and Housing Adaptations
Events
Watch, Listen & Learn
You are invited to join our forthcoming HAPPI Hours!
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.
- 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, have we 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 Monday, 10 October – Tuesday, 11 October - Call for papers now open
In next week’s HLINks
We look forward to publishing a new guest blog by Paul Willis, Associate Professor at the University of Bristol School for Policy Studies. He will be sharing the findings of the recent DICE Project. You can also see him at our HAPPI Hour session on 3 May when he will be joined by the Amar Bari UK project in our webinar on Diversity in Care Environments.
Until then, wishing you all a very Happy Easter and bank holiday weekend.
The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.