Resources

The Rightplace research provides a summary of how we can better understand the limited housing options available to older people and the difficulties faced when actively seeking to move home to improve their quality of life.

This briefing outlines some of the challenges and proposes potential solutions to help achieve timely hospital discharge through health and care teams working closely with home improvement services.

Here are the three briefings Ageing Better has produced with the cross-party think tank Demos, supported by Dunhill Medical Trust, exploring the multiple benefits from improving the safety, heating and accessibility of homes.

This resource is for employment support workers who have an employer-facing role.  It highlights some of the barriers that have prevented older jobseekers from securing good opportunities in the past, and which persist today.

How can we set up information and support hubs that help us improve our homes?

This briefing outlines key resource challenges in recruitment and retention, staffing structures and accessing funding that local authorities face in delivering home improvement services.

This guide is aimed at frontline employability workers, managers and their teams. It is designed to help you better understand and support jobseekers in their 50s and 60s - whether you work at Jobcentre Plus, for a contracted provider, or in a voluntary community organisation.

Neighbourhood Networks (NNs) are community-based schemes offering a range of activities and services with the aim of improving health and promoting independence.