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Ambitious strategy aims to deliver global standard for ageing at home

|Date: 4 May, 2023

Ambitious strategy aims to deliver global standard for ageing at home

The launch of Bield Housing and Care’s new five-year corporate strategy signals the beginning of a period ...

The launch of Bield Housing and Care’s new five-year corporate strategy signals the beginning of a period of significant change and innovation for one of Scotland’s leading housing providers. Tech-dri ...

4 May, 2023
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Pioneering tool to support design of dementia friendly spaces

|Date: 20 September, 2022

Pioneering tool to support design of dementia friendly spaces

Experts from the University of Stirling have created a new tool to support families, businesses and profe ...

Experts from the University of Stirling have created a new tool to support families, businesses and professionals to make homes, premises and public places more accessible to an ageing population and ...

20 September, 2022
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New smart TEC brings extra care home

|Date: 26 October, 2021

New smart TEC brings extra care home

Social landlords face the difficult task of finding appropriate accommodation for the UK's ageing populat ...

Social landlords face the difficult task of finding appropriate accommodation for the UK's ageing population, in the face of significant shortages of properties developed for this demographic. Paul Bo ...

26 October, 2021
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Stirling researchers to transform housing design for dementia

|Date: 11 March, 2021

Stirling researchers to transform housing design for dementia

Experts at the University of Stirling are leading a major new research project — with the support of inte ...

Experts at the University of Stirling are leading a major new research project — with the support of international partners including the dementia care foundation established by the Queen of Sweden — ...

11 March, 2021
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Irwin Mitchell: LAs not planning ahead for elderly persons’ housing

|Date: 28 October, 2019

Irwin Mitchell: LAs not planning ahead for elderly persons’ housing

National law firm says 45% of the UK’s local authorities are still not planning ahead for elderly persons ...

National law firm says 45% of the UK’s local authorities are still not planning ahead for elderly persons’ housing. The survey by Irwin Mitchell has revealed a shocking lack of preparation for homes f ...

28 October, 2019
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Housing plans risk ‘accessible homes crisis’ says new research

|Date: 5 June, 2019

Housing plans risk ‘accessible homes crisis’ says new research

Housing experts have warned of an ‘accessible homes crisis’ in England as new research reveals that less ...

Housing experts have warned of an ‘accessible homes crisis’ in England as new research reveals that less than a quarter of homes built outside London by 2030 will be suitable for older and disabled pe ...

5 June, 2019
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Retirement housing debate: time for councils to plan ahead

|Date: 20 September, 2017

Retirement housing debate: time for councils to plan ahead

It’s time to start planning properly for retirement housing, says Carl Dyer, Partner at Irwin Mitchell LL ...

It’s time to start planning properly for retirement housing, says Carl Dyer, Partner at Irwin Mitchell LLP. Our population is ageing. We have 11,600,000 people over 65. By 2030 we’ll have 20,000,000 o ...

20 September, 2017
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Designing our future housing legacy

|Date: 18 November, 2016

Designing our future housing legacy

While there may be no silver bullet for all of housing woes, Stuart Cameron at Morgan Tucker considers wh ...

While there may be no silver bullet for all of housing woes, Stuart Cameron at Morgan Tucker considers what constitutes good quality housing and how two factors — the Lifetime Homes Standard and techn ...

18 November, 2016
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Ergonomics – the key to elderly care

|Date: 27 September, 2016

Ergonomics – the key to elderly care

Dr David Usher of ergonomics and human factors consultancy InterAction of Bath, discusses the challenge o ...

Dr David Usher of ergonomics and human factors consultancy InterAction of Bath, discusses the challenge of an ageing population and the role of ergonomics in bringing down the cost of elderly care. Th ...

27 September, 2016
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