University of Stirling/Thomas Pocklington Trust Report authors; Corinne Greasley-Adams, Alison Bowes, Alison Dawson and Louise McCabe Good practice in the design of homes and living spaces for people with dementia and sight loss Publication date: 2020 Ranking: essential In their…
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Dementia Capable Communities: The views of people with dementia and their supporters
Innovations in Dementia Publication date: 2011 Ranking: useful In their words: “This report is about what people with dementia and their supporters told us about their communities, and what it was like to live where they do. It is about…
Later living – policy and design for providers
ULI Urban Land Institute Later Living: Housing with Care Publication date: 2019 Ranking: useful In their words: “The ULI guide sets out best practice and innovation within this emerging sector for funders, developers, architects, and operators… The report also outlines…
Tagged with: age, design, facilities management, Independent living, planning
Posted in Housing, Planning, Service Provision
Posted in Housing, Planning, Service Provision
Rightsizing and houses for older people
RIBA and Centre for Towns Daniel Stern, Ian Warren and Andrew Forth. A Home for the Ages – Planning for the Future of with Age-friendly Design. Publication date: 2019 Ranking: useful The report demonstrates that housing fro older people is…
Home design for people living with dementia
BBC Dementia and how to change your house to make life easier Publication date: 2019 Ranking: useful A video that shows, in their words: “A house in the UK designed especially to help people with dementia (that’s) …inspiring families, care-home…
Rental housing for an ageing population
Richard Best and Jeremy Porteus Housing LIN. Dept of Communities and Local Government/Dept of Health/Homes and Communities Agency All party parliamentary group on housing and care for older people. HAPPI 5: Rental housing for an ageing population Publication date: 2019 Ranking: useful Download link: website…
Tagged with: empowerment, inclusive access, Independent living, older people, planning
Posted in Housing, Private Sector
Posted in Housing, Private Sector
Houses for HAPPI residents
Constanze Leibrock, Director, Proctor and Matthews Architects. Housing LIN. Designing inclusive Later Living communities for HAPPI residents Publication date: 2019 Ranking: useful Download link: case study report In their words: “This case study report for the Housing LIN (Learning and…
Tagged with: Case Study, empowerment, housing, inclusive access, Independent living
Posted in Housing, Planning
Posted in Housing, Planning
Adaptations without delay
Royal College of Occupational Therapists and Housing LIN, prepared by Rachel Russell, Marney Walker, Ian Copeman, Jeremy Porteus Adaptations without delay – a guide to planning and delivering home adaptations effectively Publication date: 2019 Ranking: useful Good read for who?…
Wheelchair Housing Design Guide
Habinteg Wheelchair Housing Design Guide – 3rd Edition Publication date: 2018 Ranking: essential This guide provides a wide range of information, cross referenced to Approved Document M, Vol.1 M(4)3, with input from the Centre for Accessible Environments and the Royal…
Tagged with: housing, Independent living, wheelchair users
Posted in Building Regulations, Housing, Planning
Posted in Building Regulations, Housing, Planning
Housing our ageing population – case studies
Housing LIN. Local Government Association Housing our Ageing Population – Learning from councils meeting the housing need of our ageing population Publication date: 2017 Ranking: useful In their words: “The case studies in this report demonstrate how Birmingham City Council,…
What have the Planners ever done for us?
Danial Scharff, Housing LIN Senior momentum: What have the Planners ever done for us? Publication date: 2014 Ranking: useful In their words: “…some of the ways in which themes being discussed and implemented through the planning system could hinder or…
Are Planners ignoring older people?
Andrew Ross, Housing LIN How can local planning authorities engage better with the housing needs of an ageing society? Publication date: 2014 Ranking: useful In their words: “This paper for the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN) sets out how…
Age friendly housing – a list of further reading
Housing LIN and Levitt Bernstein Authors: Julia Park and Jeremy Porteus Age friendly housing – a list of further reading (2nd Edition). Publication date: 2019 Ranking: useful In their words: “To accompany RIBA’s publication, the Housing LIN and Levitt Bernstein…
USA intergenerational housing project lessons for UK
Dr Emma Garland Publication date: 2018 Ranking: useful Learning from Intergenerational Housing Projects in the USA In her words: “The key findings are that: • Intergenerational housing works particularly well as a model for supported housing; • It fosters the…
Disabled Facilities Grant review 2018
University of the West of England (UWE) Authors: Sheila Mackintosh, Paul Smith, Helen Garrett, Maggie Davidson, Gareth Morgan, and Rachel Russell Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) and other adaptations External REview: Main Report Publication date: 2018 Ranking: useful In their words:…
Tagged with: DFG, disability, Disabled Facilities Grant, housing, Independent living
Posted in Housing
Posted in Housing
Impact assessment of costs of Housing Standards
E C Harris Built Asset Consultancy Part of Arcadis company Housing Standards Review: costs impact Publication date: 2014 Ranking: useful Report describes government’s view of cost implications of implementing the 2015 revised national housing standards. To obtain a copy in…
Dementia and housing resources
Housing LIN In Focus – Innovations in Housing and Dementia Publication date: various Ranking: essential In their words: “The number of people living with dementia is set to grow. These dedicated pages have been specially created to put the spotlight on…
Select Committee inquiry into Housing for Older People
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Government response to the Second Report of Session 2017-19 of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee inquiry into Housing for Older People Publication date: 2018 Ranking: useful The Government response acknowledges the Select Committee’s recognition that…
Tagged with: age, design, housing, Independent living, older people
Posted in Accommodation, Housing
Posted in Accommodation, Housing
Age friendly housing design
Jeremy Porteus and Julia Park Housing LIN Age-friendly Housing: Future design for older people Publication date: 2018 Ranking: useful Download link: visit the RIBA bookshop In their words: “This book embeds the principles of how we should approach the design of future housing for…
Why older people really move
PHASE@Manchester School of Architecture RIGHTSIZING: Reframing the housing offer for older people Publication date: 2018 Ranking: useful “Despite common assumptions that most people want to downsize or enter specialist accommodation as they age, this report reveals that when it comes to choosing…
How good is older people’s housing?
University of Sheffield, with PSSRU, University of Kent. EVOLVE Tool – Evaluation of Older People’s Living Environments Publication date: 2011 Ranking: useful In their words: “Evolve is a tool for evaluating the design of housing for older people. It is…
It’s a co-housing life!
Melissa Fernandez (Lancaster University), Kath Scanlon (London School of Economics) and Karen West (Aston University) for Housing LIN Viewpoint 89 Well-being and age in co-housing life: Thinking with and beyond design Publication date: January 2018 Ranking: useful In their words:…
Housing disabled people
Equality and Human Rights Commission Housing disabled people – Britain’s hidden crisis Publication date: 2018 Ranking: essential In their words: “In December 2016, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (‘the Commission’) launched a formal inquiry on housing for disabled people.…
Tagged with: design, disability, housing, housing adaptations, Independent living, planning
Posted in Disability, Housing, Planning
Posted in Disability, Housing, Planning
Accessible housing in North Somerset
North Somerset Council Accessible and adaptable housing in North Somerset. Publication date: April 2018 Ranking: essential North Somerset Council adopted a planning policy in 2016 requiring accessible and adaptable housing to be provided as a part of all new housing…
Tagged with: design, disability, Independent living, Part M, planning
Posted in Disability, Housing, Planning
Posted in Disability, Housing, Planning
Rural Housing for an Ageing Population: Preserving Independence 1
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People Publication date: 2018 Ranking: useful Rural Housing for an Ageing Population: Preserving Independence (HAPPI 4) Report In their words the report: “The Inquiry report makes a number of…
Rural Housing for an Ageing Population: Preserving Independence 2
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People Publication date: 2018 Ranking: useful Rural Housing for an Ageing Population: Preserving Independence (HAPPI 4) InfoGraphic This infographic illustrates the key findings from the report. In their words the report: “The…
Designing for well-being in later life
DWELL research project, University of Sheffield DWELL (Designing for Well-being in Environments for Later Life) project Publication date: Ranking: useful DWELL was a multi-disciplinary design research project at the University of Sheffield. EPSRC-funded , the three year project investigated how the design…
Tagged with: age, Co-design, consultation, inclusive access, Independent living, public realm
Posted in Design Standards (Buildings), Design Standards (Environment), Housing, Planning, Urban Design
Posted in Design Standards (Buildings), Design Standards (Environment), Housing, Planning, Urban Design
Do housing adaptations improve later life?
Centre for Ageing Better, University of the West of England, Bristol and Building Research Establishment Publication date: November 2017 Ranking: useful The role of home adaptations in improving later life In their words: “The review aims to provide evidence to make…
Housing our ageing population
Local Government Association (LGA) Housing our ageing population – learning from councils meeting the housing need of our aging population Publication date: 2017 Ranking: useful The report contains a number of case studies which highlight four key themes: Having a…
Tagged with: age, Case Study, Independent living
Posted in Housing, Planning, Project Management, Service Provision
Posted in Housing, Planning, Project Management, Service Provision
Housing for older people
House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Committee Housing for older people Second Report of session 2017-19 Publication date: February 2018 Ranking: useful The report highlights the complexity in dealing with housing for a diverse group who are often described…
Accessibility and adaptability of housing
Housing LIN Accessibility and adaptability Publication date: 2017 Ranking: useful Here are resources on housing accessibility and adaptability of housing which are available from the Housing Learning Improvement Network (Housing LIN). Information is available on accessible and adaptable, new and…
Tagged with: design, disability, housing, inclusive access, Independent living, planning
Posted in Housing, Planning, Service Provision
Posted in Housing, Planning, Service Provision
Active ageing
Written by Liz Cairncross, Head of Research at the Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University, Housing LIN Active Ageing and the Built Environment Publication date: 2016 Ranking: useful The Briefing it looks at active ageing and the different aspects of the built…
Tagged with: age, housing, inclusive access, Independent living, learning disability
Posted in Design Standards (Buildings), Housing
Posted in Design Standards (Buildings), Housing
Dementia-friendly housing charter
Alzheimers Society Dementia-friendly housing charter Publication date: March 2017 Ranking: useful In their words: “This.. charter seeks to make the housing sector including housing organisations, corporate bodies and sector professionals aware of the challenges of living with dementia so that…
Housing and health: building the evidence base
Liz Cairncross and Jeremy Porteous, HousingLIN. Housing and health: building the evidence base Publication date: 2017 Ranking: useful In their words: “This paper provides a review of the evidence base in relation to projects and pilot initiatives across the UK…
Tagged with: housing, inclusive access, Independent living, older people, planning, Urban Design
Posted in Health, Housing
Posted in Health, Housing
Number crunching retirement housing
Frank Knight Residential Research Retirement Housing: housing for an aging population Publication date: 2016 with separate October 2016 update Ranking: useful This policy paper describes key facts and figures behind the need for housing an aging population from basic information…
Comprehensive guide to retirement living
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University. Sponsored by Churchill Retirement Living, supported by Housing LIN. Comprehensive guide to retirement living Publication date: 2017 Ranking: useful This guide reviews the changing needs and expectations of this development market,…
Building the right home
Amy Swan, Housing Lead for the Transforming Care Programme. Local Government Association, NHS England and Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS). Building the right home Publication date: December 2016 Ranking: Useful Guidance for commissioners of health and care services for children,…
Briefing – Accessible housing standards 2015
Habinteg Accessible housing standards 2015 – briefing Publication date: November 2015 Ranking: essential Using a simple chart and symbol format this guide runs through the changes between the Lifetime Homes standards and the latest 2015 Building Regulations Approved Document M4 (2),…
Comparison of European accessible housing standards
European Federation for Living (EFL) Accessible housing in different European countries: comparison leaflet Publication date: unknown Ranking: useful This leaflet sets out the differences between standards in the UK and Finland, France, Germany and The Netherlands. It lists examples of…
Accessible housing design ideas
European Federation for Living (EFL) The Housing and Design Centre of Finland EFL Design Competition 2015-2016: Jury Report and The Book of Designs Publication date: 2016 Ranking: useful Alongside describing the winners and commendations in the competition, this report outlines…
Loneliness, health and housing design
DEMOS and McCarthy and Stone By Claudia Wood and Jo Salter of DEMOS Building Companionship: how better design can combat loneliness in later life Publication date: April 2016 Ranking: useful This report “… explores why it might be that older people…
HAPPI – a series of reports on design of housing for older people
Richard Best and Jeremy Porteus Housing LIN. Dept of Communities and Local Government/Dept of Health/Homes and Communities Agency All party parliamentary group on housing and care for older people. HAPPI Housing our Aging Population: Panel for Innovation Publication dates: 2009 to present Ranking: useful Download…
Tagged with: age, design, housing, Independent living, planning
Posted in Design Standards (Buildings), Design Standards (Environment), Housing, Planning
Posted in Design Standards (Buildings), Design Standards (Environment), Housing, Planning
Dementia and housing assessment tool
Written by Sue Garwood, for the Housing Learning & Improvement Network Dementia and housing: An assessment tool for local commissioning Publication date: May 2016 Ranking: useful This self-assessment tool is designed to help local commissioners understand the progress made to enable…
Accessible communities
Housing LIN Design Hub – Building homes and communities Publication date: various dates Ranking: useful This is part of the website of Housing LIN where they offer guidance and examples of effective design principles and practice in mainstream and specialist…
Tagged with: age, design, inclusive access, Independent living, neighbourhoods, planning
Posted in Housing
Posted in Housing
Adapting your home
Age UK Adapting your home: Services and equipment to help you stay living at home Publication date: 2015 Ranking: useful This useful guide is aimed at disabled people wanting to make adaptations or improvements to their homes to make them…
Tagged with: disability, housing, inclusive access, Independent living
Posted in Disability, Housing
Posted in Disability, Housing
Making a house a home
Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) Making a house a home: Local Authorities and disabled adaptations Publication date: March 2016 Ranking: useful This report highlights some of the issues raised with the LGO when the process goes wrong, and the impact this…
Tagged with: access, disability, housing, inclusive access, Independent living
Posted in Disability, Housing
Posted in Disability, Housing
Breaking point
Muscular Dystrophy UK Breaking Point: the crisis in accessible housing and adaptations Publication date: 2016 Ranking: useful Accessible housing and adaptations are vital in enabling disabled people and their families to have the same quality of life and independence as…
Housing standards 2015
Habinteg HA Briefing: 7 points about the new Housing Standards 2015 Publication date: October 2015 Ranking: essential This valuable briefing from Habinteg explains the policy context and implementation plan for the new Housing Standards. It will be of particular use to anyone…
Towards Accessible Housing Toolkit
Habinteg and Town and Country Planning Association Towards Accessible Housing Toolkit Publication date: 2015 Ranking: essential The introduction states: “This toolkit has been assembled to help planners to plan and secure delivery of accessible homes.” The document describes: The process…
Tagged with: design, disability, housing, inclusive access, Independent living, planning
Posted in Disability, Housing
Posted in Disability, Housing
Best kept secrets
Your home’s best kept secrets Style and décor design advice is available everywhere. But here’s something you may not see a lot about. The Big Opportunity is all about the top 10 features in your house that we think you…
Tagged with: children, DIY, housing, inclusive access, Independent living
Posted in Disability, Housing
Posted in Disability, Housing
The Access Officer 