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NW Champion influencing Housing and Planning for Ageing in Greater Manchester Thanks to efforts of older activists, and the NW Older People’s Housing Champion in particular, the new Greater Manchester Framework for Creating Age Friendly Homes now includes mention of improving existing … Continue reading →

The guides below offer practical ideas for local older people’s forums and groups who want to influence local housing policy, plans and actions. Older People’s Housing in Bristol – The importance of “Location” and in “Having a Say” This report … Continue reading →

Care and Repair England have updated the Living Safely and Well at Home brochure. This resource provides a  practical guide to support people in making their homes safer and healthier. The brochure explains how common housing issues may affect a … Continue reading →

A new graphic briefing sets out the case for action to make existing homes better places to live and age well. This new publication from Care & Repair England calls for immediate action to improve the two million non-decent homes lived in … Continue reading →

A new report by the Centre for Ageing Better and Care & Repair England, Home and Dry: The need for decent homes in later life  plus the companion Data Annex found that over 4.3 million homes in England are non-decent, and almost half (2 … Continue reading →

The Older People’s Housing Champions have launched their latest guide for the ‘non-expert’, Help with home adaptations: Improving local services .  This guide includes a ‘Home Adaptation Challenge Checklist’, a list of possible questions that anyone with an interest in improving delivery of home … Continue reading →

The Wirral Older People’s Parliament are calling on all of those involved in housing in the area to commit to improving housing for ageing. Their new Manifesto, Better Homes for Older People who live in Wirral: A Housing Manifesto 2019, … Continue reading →

The Non Decent Homes Guide is part of a series which offers practical information and advice for local older people’s forums and groups who want to influence local policy, plans and actions in relation to housing and older people. The … Continue reading →

The Slough 50plus Forum and Care & Repair England, with initial input from the South East Forum on Ageing (SEEFA), started an internal discussion with Forum members to reflect on what is important about housing in later life. The forum … Continue reading →

Disappointment in the NHS long term plan on the lack of detail on the impact of housing – and at a time when the World Health Organisations produces a report identifying evidence-based, global recommendations on housing conditions and interventions that … Continue reading →