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Friday, 29th April 2022

Welcome to #Jeremytalks and our must-read weekly bulletin HLINks.

In this edition, we draw attention to Policy Connect's new report,Smarter Homes for Independent Living: Putting people In Control of their Lives’ that looks at how smart home technology is a huge opportunity for disabled and older people to take control of their lives, to live independently with more choice and control over their lives.

This week, we also celebrated Global Intergenerational Awareness Week 2022, a campaign connecting everyone who is passionate about everything intergenerational. The Housing LIN has happily signed up to show our support by sharing a selection of resources that you may find useful on intergenerational and multi-generational living.

We also remind readers that the deadline to supply evidence to the current APPG on Housing and Care for Older People InquiryMaking retirement living affordable: the role of shared ownership housing is 4 May 2022.

And remember, there’s still time to apply to become one of The Dunhill Medical Trust’s TAPPI2 “testbeds”. The deadline for submissions is 16 May 2022.

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Jeremy Porteus Jeremy Porteus
Chief Executive

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Global Intergenerational Awareness Week 2022

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Global Intergenerational Week is a campaign connecting everyone who is passionate about everything intergenerational. It is now in its third year and this year it is bigger and better than ever #GoingGlobal.

The campaign celebrates good practice, ideas, moments and opportunities local to us where different age groups come together, and intergenerational friendships can be formed!

We showed our support by sharing a selection of resources that you may find useful on intergenerational and multi-generational living.

Housing, Community, Disability, and Ageing

How can technology help older and disabled people live more independently in their homes?

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This new Policy Connect report, Smarter Homes for Independent Living: Putting people In Control of their Lives, highlights how smart home technology is a huge opportunity for disabled and older people to take control of their lives, to live independently with more choice and control over their lives.

Commission chair Sir Paul Carter CBE and author Clive Gilbert discuss good practice case studies of the impact smart home technology can have.

This report outlines tangible actions that government and industry can take to support independent living and improve the quality of life of disabled and older people and their families, while also reducing financial pressures on the NHS and the social care system.

What else caught my interest?

Design, Construction, Planning and Technology

TAPPI2: From Principles to Implementation - Weekly update

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Whilst applications to become a ‘Co-Production and Engagement’ and ‘Evaluation and Shared Learning’ partners have now closed and applicants are notified of the outcome of shortlisting, remember that the call to become one of the four TAPPI2 locality ‘testbeds’ remains open until 16 May 2022, 5pm.

For more on this exciting programme that aims ensure that the evidence gathered by the Inquiry in TAPPI1 is built upon and used to create a widely accepted Framework which embeds the recommended TAPPI Principles within a transformational change programme, visit the TAPPI2 microsite, hosted by the Housing LIN.

Inside Housing Development Awards

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As we reported last week, the IHDA 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 12 May 2022.

What else caught our interest?

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?

Dementia and Housing

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Open call: Take part in a University of Manchester survey into experiences of supporting your spouse, partner or family member living with dementia to live at home during the pandemic.

Deadline for having your say is 30 June.

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And, in association with the Dementia & Housing Working Group, we are delighted to be hosting a HAPPI Hour session on 31 May.

This HAPPI Hour session will also provide an opportunity to demonstrate the Dementia and Housing padlet, a ‘go to’ dementia information hub, for use by policy makers, housing providers and developers, health and care professionals, those living with dementia and their carers, the home improvement sector, and building environment supply chains.

What caught our interest?

Wales

Llywodraeth Cymru Welsh Government Strategy for an ageing society: delivery plan

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This delivery plan, published by Llywodraeth Cymru Welsh Government aims to raise awareness of older people’s rights, tackle age related poverty, improve public services and spaces and reduce loneliness by promoting volunteering.

The Delivery Plan refers to housing under ‘Aim 2: Improving local services and environments’ with specific reference to funding for extra care housing from April 2022 to March 2027 by means of the Integrated Care Fund.

What caught our interest?

Scotland

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A big thank you to Tuesday’s HAPPI Hour speakers who joined us for a session on the use of technology to support older and disabled people, in partnership with Scottish Federation of Housing Associations.

Missed this? The recording, presentation slides and chat report are available to download now.

What caught our interest?

Events

Watch, Listen & Learn

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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.

We also excitedly anticipate May’s programme of HAPPI Hour sessions. As featured below, we have a great selection of events approaching!

And you may be interested in these other events supported by the Housing LIN

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In next week’s HLINks

We look forward to next week’s HAPPI Hour – Diversity in Care Environments: A better understanding of social inclusion of older people on Tuesday, 3 May 2022.

And, next week is Dying Matters Awareness Week and we will be putting the spotlight on some of our Bereavement & End of Life Care resources, including the Octavia and St Christopher’s CARE suite of resources which was recently launched at one of our HAPPI Hours.

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The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.