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Housing options and advice for people in later life: Learning from communities in Leeds This report demonstrates the need for understanding the local context and speak to local communities when developing information and advice services. More than 9
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Basic information about Housing Options Scotland
This leaflet provides information on the service provided by Housing Options Scotland.
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Developing integrated, impartial information and advice about housing and related care and finance: A guide for commissioners
This guide is based on the experience of EAC FirstStop working with local FirstStop partners. It offers commissioners model clauses which can be used in specifications describing services providing housing and related care and finance advice for people in
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EAC FirstStop Local Partnerships: A framework for working jointly to deliver housing and care options advice to the FirstStop model
FirstStop aims to expand the provision of good quality, integrated, independent and impartial information and advice for older people covering housing, care and related financial matters. This document expands on the aims of FirstStop Advice, the bene
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Living Longer, Living Well in Warwickshire: Adding value to people’s lives
Written by Elizabeth Phillips, MBE, Chief Executive of Age UK Warwickshire, and Danaë Sheridan, Chair of the Warwickshire Older People’s Forum, this blog for the Housing LIN sets out how the Third Sector in Warwickshire are working in partnership with sta
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Housing Options: Different types of housing to suit your needs
Many of us find that as we get older we start to think more about where we live. Do you want to stay where you are, but could do with some support to make life easier? Would repairs or adaptations make it more comfortable? Perhaps you’re thinking about mo
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All our futures…Housing for ageing
In the Spring of 2015 leading figures from the housing and ageing sectors came together at a summit to map out the actions required to address the critical issue of housing for an ageing population. This report summarises the key messages that emerged fro
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