Demonstrating the health and social cost-benefits of lifestyle housing for older people
This report commissioned by Keepmoat Regeneration / ENGIE and prepared by the Housing LIN sets out the case for developing specialist retirement housing for people aged over 55.
It collates the research evidence and good practice of the reported benefits of this type of accommodation together with the savings to the public purse where they apply.
Published to coincide with the Royal College of Occupational Therapists’ (RCOT) Special Section on Housing conference in Belfast this week, this checklist has been developed as a quick reference tool, to support decisions when making recommendations for the design of accessible and inclusive housing, when there may be a case to be made for exceeding the minimum requirements laid out in the Building Regulations.