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Dignity Access | The perfect storm

|Date: 17 July, 2019

Dignity Access | The perfect storm

How do we keep the elderly and disabled in their own home? Lewis Gopsill, General Manager at Dignity Acce ...

How do we keep the elderly and disabled in their own home? Lewis Gopsill, General Manager at Dignity Access, proposes a solution. Are we heading for the ‘perfect storm’ in our care system as a number ...

17 July, 2019
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Housing Forum Older People’s Housing Working Group launched

|Date: 30 May, 2019

Housing Forum Older People’s Housing Working Group launched

The Housing Forum has established a specialist Older People’s Housing Working Group in a bid to tackle wh ...

The Housing Forum has established a specialist Older People’s Housing Working Group in a bid to tackle what has been coined a ‘Silver Tsunami’ as a growing proportion of the population live into their ...

30 May, 2019
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Kitchens, Bathrooms & Disability Needs | Age of independence

|Date: 9 April, 2019

Kitchens, Bathrooms & Disability Needs | Age of independence

Esther Bond, housing consultant at Altro, looks at the increasing pressures on social care, housing and h ...

Esther Bond, housing consultant at Altro, looks at the increasing pressures on social care, housing and healthcare services and discusses how housing associations and councils can help residents live ...

9 April, 2019
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UK first — Stonewater and SovaCare pilot digital ‘experience tables’ in retirement living projects

|Date: 3 October, 2018

UK first — Stonewater and SovaCare pilot digital ‘experience tables’ in retirement living projects

Stonewater, in partnership with health game software company SovaCare UK, has piloted an innovative inter ...

Stonewater, in partnership with health game software company SovaCare UK, has piloted an innovative interactive digital ‘experience table’ aimed at helping older residents, including individuals with ...

3 October, 2018
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Sheltered housing upgraded with Aico radio frequency alarm system

|Date: 13 July, 2018

Sheltered housing upgraded with Aico radio frequency alarm system

The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) has completed the first phase of an upgrade of the Fire Alarm sy ...

The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) has completed the first phase of an upgrade of the Fire Alarm systems in one of its retirement communities using Aico’s range of advanced alarms and accessorie ...

13 July, 2018
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Duns development gets kitchen makeover

|Date: 12 June, 2018

Duns development gets kitchen makeover

Tenants at a retirement housing development in the Scottish Borders have had their kitchens given a new l ...

Tenants at a retirement housing development in the Scottish Borders have had their kitchens given a new lease of life. Bield’s Turnbull Court in Duns has seen its tenants’ kitchens undergo a major rev ...

12 June, 2018
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New homes cater for retirees wishing to stay in London

|Date: 7 March, 2018

New homes cater for retirees wishing to stay in London

There are an estimated two million people over 50 in London, a number that is continually rising. To acco ...

There are an estimated two million people over 50 in London, a number that is continually rising. To accommodate the needs of this growing group a new breed of retirement housing has been created. Nua ...

7 March, 2018
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New study shows that smarter homes for older people could save the NHS £2.5bn per year

|Date: 8 February, 2018

New study shows that smarter homes for older people could save the NHS £2.5bn per year

Creating more modified homes which encourage older people to keep mentally and physically fit for longer ...

Creating more modified homes which encourage older people to keep mentally and physically fit for longer could help save the NHS and social care system billions of pounds each year, according to a new ...

8 February, 2018
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LACE Housing shortlisted for property award

|Date: 10 January, 2018

LACE Housing shortlisted for property award

A Skegness housing development for older people has been shortlisted for an award at the Greater Lincolns ...

A Skegness housing development for older people has been shortlisted for an award at the Greater Lincolnshire Construction & Property Awards. LACE Housing’s Chapman Court — officially unveiled in ...

10 January, 2018
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Lovell-built Lapwing Apartments in Peterborough ‘Highly Commended’ in national industry awards

|Date: 15 November, 2017

Lovell-built Lapwing Apartments in Peterborough ‘Highly Commended’ in national industry awards

A retirement living complex built by partnership homes developer Lovell in Peterborough for independent l ...

A retirement living complex built by partnership homes developer Lovell in Peterborough for independent living provider Cross Keys Homes has been ‘Highly Commended’ at one of the construction industry ...

15 November, 2017
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