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Housing associations complete on 731-home stock transfer

|Date: 4 May, 2020

Housing associations complete on 731-home stock transfer

Social housing provider Stonewater has completed on a tenanted stock transfer of 731 homes in Wiltshire, ...

Social housing provider Stonewater has completed on a tenanted stock transfer of 731 homes in Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire from Southern Housing Group. Despite the current pandemic, the two ho ...

4 May, 2020
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Guest comment | The human touch

|Date: 1 April, 2020

Guest comment | The human touch

Paula Broadbent, Retirement Solutions Director at ENGIE UK discusses the new balance challenge — the huma ...

Paula Broadbent, Retirement Solutions Director at ENGIE UK discusses the new balance challenge — the human touch and invisible technology. As we become older our needs become wider and more diverse. H ...

1 April, 2020
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Tipping point for elderly care crisis less than 10 years away

|Date: 24 February, 2020

Tipping point for elderly care crisis less than 10 years away

The UK’s ability to support tens of millions of elderly people in terms of their care or accommodation ne ...

The UK’s ability to support tens of millions of elderly people in terms of their care or accommodation needs will be close to collapse by 2029 unless the government takes decisive action, a new report ...

24 February, 2020
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Special Report | Homes for Later Living

|Date: 9 October, 2019

Special Report | Homes for Later Living

Poor housing is set to contribute to almost one million more older people suffering falls-related injurie ...

Poor housing is set to contribute to almost one million more older people suffering falls-related injuries. A new report authored by former Treasury economist is calling for 30,000 additional homes fo ...

9 October, 2019
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Poor housing set to contribute to almost one million more older people suffering falls-related injuries

|Date: 13 September, 2019

Poor housing set to contribute to almost one million more older people suffering falls-related injuries

New report authored by former Treasury economist calls for 30,000 additional homes for later living every ...

New report authored by former Treasury economist calls for 30,000 additional homes for later living every year to boost mental and physical health of older people. The NHS could be overwhelmed by near ...

13 September, 2019
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Local dementia scheme residents escape to a virtual world

|Date: 10 September, 2019

Local dementia scheme residents escape to a virtual world

Local housing provider, Grand Union Housing Group, is using virtual reality (VR) to transport residents l ...

Local housing provider, Grand Union Housing Group, is using virtual reality (VR) to transport residents living in a specialist dementia care scheme in Bletchley to another world, all from the safety o ...

10 September, 2019
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Shakespeare Martineau | Forget help to buy, the UK needs help to retire

|Date: 28 August, 2019

Shakespeare Martineau | Forget help to buy, the UK needs help to retire

The key to alleviating the pressure on the housing market is better development of later living accommoda ...

The key to alleviating the pressure on the housing market is better development of later living accommodation, a new survey by law firm Shakespeare Martineau and Housing Learning has shown, but this w ...

28 August, 2019
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Is the UK institutionally ageist?

|Date: 15 August, 2019

Is the UK institutionally ageist?

Housing 21’s annual conference, taking place in Birmingham this October, will be exploring whether the UK ...

Housing 21’s annual conference, taking place in Birmingham this October, will be exploring whether the UK is institutionally ageist. We are all ageing, yet ageism is the most common form of prejudice. ...

15 August, 2019
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Independence and care coexist at new Oxfordshire development

|Date: 6 August, 2019

Independence and care coexist at new Oxfordshire development

Older residents will have greater choice when planning for their future needs as new extra care housing i ...

Older residents will have greater choice when planning for their future needs as new extra care housing is developed across north Oxfordshire. The homes are being delivered to meet Cherwell District C ...

6 August, 2019
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Older people face private rent catastrophe

|Date: 17 July, 2019

Older people face private rent catastrophe

More than 630,000 households could be forced out of their privately rented homes because they can’t affor ...

More than 630,000 households could be forced out of their privately rented homes because they can’t afford the rent. The All Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People calls on th ...

17 July, 2019
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