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The Housing LIN
The Housing Learning & Improvement Network (LIN) is the national network for promoting new ideas and supporting change in the delivery of housing, care and support services for older and vulnerable adults, including people with disabilities and long term conditions.
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- At a Glance (pdf - 104Kb)
A downloadable list of all the Housing LIN resources and learning material. All the resources listed can be found on our website under 'Topics & Resources' in the menu on the left hand-side - Extra Care Housing Toolkit
This toolkit developed by the Housing LIN contains sections that cover in detail the essential elements in developing extra care housing from overall strategy, needs analysis, assessing current and potential supply, implementation and evaluation. - More Choice, Greater Voice
A toolkit prepared specifically to accompany the government's new National Housing Strategy for an Ageing Society to offer guidance to commissioners and providers to enable them to produce accommodation and care strategies for older people. - Putting Older People First in the South West - A regional housing market assessment
The South West Housing LIN has led a comprehensive analysis of the issues that will shape housing with support in the region over the coming decades. - Commissioning housing support for health and wellbeing (July 2008)
This report commissioned by the Integrated Care Network explains what housing related support services are and the funding streams and national programmes they sit within. The role of housing related support in reducing the need for more costly services and meeting shared performance goals between health and local government is illustrated.
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More Choice Greater Voice
A toolkit for producing a strategy for accommodation with care for older people
Latest Housing News
- HIAs should seize the day to expand their health role, report urges
Home improvement agencies (HIAs) should use local area agreements to forge more formal links with health commissioners, the latest paper from the Future HIA project urges.Connecting with health and care suggests that HIAs already have a good record in working with social care organisations to help people improve and adapt their homes to maximise their wellbeing and independence. - Poor marketing hampers elderly care housing provision
A lack of basic public relations and marketing skills amongst extra care housing providers is contributing to poor awareness of the sector, a report published this month by the Housing Learning and Improvement Network has concluded. - Dementia and housing under spotlight
The Housing Learning and Improvement Network has teamed up with the respected Journal of Care Services Management to produce a joint issue on housing issues arising from dementia.Extra care specialist Sue Garwood has edited the special issue, which has been published in response to the Department of Health's National Dementia Strategy.
