This is the part of the Department of Health’s Integrated Care Network website that focuses on the work of the Extra Care Housing LIN (Learning and Improvement Network). It offers a broad collection of factsheets, case studies and good practice examples

An Extra Care facility at Westbury Fields Care Village of St Monica Trust, Bristol.

Example of an extra care housing facility for older people with dementia, that based on a philosophy of promoting and maximising independence.

Case study of an Extra Care housing scheme for Bangladeshi and Asian Elders in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Example of how one Social Services Department managed the process of putting in place a pragramme of Extra Care

This summarises the current policy & legislative context for “green” and “intelligent” housing. It presents examples of extra care and general needs housing developments incorporating such technology, and looks at possible future directions. It also inclu

An overview of developing and managing Extra Care Housing for people with dementia. It accompanies a video on Extra Care Housing & Dementia, available from the Housing LIN. Factsheet 14

A framwork in decision making for the development of extra care housing from ordinary sheltered housing. Factsheet 10