Putting ideas into action: Developing a local Good Home Hub
Home Improvement Agencies, HIA, Good Home Hubs
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Home Improvement Agencies, HIA, Good Home Hubs
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Home is important. It is the place we spend most time and can make all the difference to being able to live independently and well. As we get older our home may not suit us as well as it used to. Using stairs or the bath can become a challenge. Illness
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‘Small but Significant’ examines the impacts and cost benefits of ‘handyperson services’ – low cost schemes which carry out small repairs and minor adaptations for older people, primarily delivered by not for profit Care and Repair and other home improvem
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This report’s key findings highlight the important role older people’s housing can play for all areas of society, helping older people to fulfil their expectations of later life, live healthier, more independent lives for longer and contribute to local co
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This white paper, People at the Heart of Care, sets out an ambitious 10-year vision for how we will transform support and care in England. Our vision puts people at its heart and revolves around three objectives: 1. People have choice, control, and suppo
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Retirement communities – housing designed specifically with emerging care needs in mind – are one solution for addressing important issues around housing and care in later life. Yet only 0.7% of people aged 65+ in the UK live in specific housing-with-care
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‘Every decision about care, is a decision about housing’, and yet we know that for many people there is a lack of choice and availability of supportive settings to meet people’s individual needs. If we are to successfully improve people’s experiences a
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Rebranding residential care as a part of a spectrum of housing options with care is a prerequisite of delivering the 21st-century care system we want to see. Housing with care separates the decisions about the “what” of care from the “where” we live. It s
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