A New Model of Care Centred around Home Improvement Agencies
In this blog for the Housing LIN, David Herring, formerly Head of Housing and Development at Papworth Trust, calls for HIAs to be better equipped to make the case for housing being recognised as an important part of the local health and social care econom
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Home safety checker – Staying safe around the house
It’s important that we feel safe in our homes, yet more accidents happen at home than anywhere else. This guide looks at ways to help you identify and resolve any possible safety risks, and help prevent accidents. Although some of these points may seem ob
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A better fit? Creating housing choices for an ageing population
England’s population is ageing, and fast. By 2030 one in three people are projected to be aged 55 and over. Older people will be a diverse group, ranging from economically powerful ‘baby boomers’ to over-85s with high care and support needs. How will the
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Prescription for Success – How housing can make the
economic case to health
Prescription for Success is a new guide which aims to transform housing associations’ offer to health, enabling them to build a robust business case to commissioners and become a crucial part of the future of the NHS. Through developing innovative comm
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More than bricks and mortar – Annual Review 2012
Care & Repair England is an independent charitable organisation established in 1986 which aims to improve older people’s housing. Its vision is that all older people have decent living conditions in a home of their own choosing. We aim to innovate, dev
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Home is . . . Annual Review 2013
This year we asked hundreds of older people to tell us what ‘home’ means to them. The resulting answer was clearly that home is so much more than a roof over your head. Home is . . being in control Home is . . the small things Gome is . . the foundatio
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Use of Housing Equity for Beginners: A self training module
This self training module is for people who want to understand the basic ideas behind use of housing equity in later life and the main types of equity release schemes. It is aimed at: – older people & their families – volunteers who work with older
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Life & Living magazine
Named as one of the PPA’s top 100 magazine moments from the last 100 years, Life & Living is packed with fascinating features and inspiring stories of people celebrating later life, whatever their age.
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