This Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JFR) report highlights the gap between young and old. Average pensioner incomes have been rising and faster than all other age groups in the last 30 …
Throughout August and September, new members joining erosh will receive 20% off the first year of their annual membership fee. As the national consortium for older people’s housing and support …
Following the news that Esther Rantzen CBE has agreed to become erosh’s patron, we are delighted to start forging our working relationship. We are working with Esther to agree the …
Members are encouraged to come forward with examples of good practice in using volunteers to deliver older people’s housing and support. Here, our chief executive outlines what she is looking …
Members came together earlier this year to celebrate our annual Innovation & Good Practice Awards, and we are developing some of the entries into case studies to showcase the excellent …
If you want to be regularly updated on erosh activity then follow us on Twitter. You don’t have to wait for our monthly ezine for news of new good practice …
Erosh’s local networks are a fantastic way to come together with other members and like-minded professionals to share good practice and discuss sector issues. This month we have meetings in …
The erosh office will close for annual leave from Monday, August 12, and will re-open on Friday, August 30.
Twenty six housing schemes and care homes for older people learnt today they have won a medal in national awards judged by residents and tenants. However they will have to …
CIH has rebranded its Older People’s Housing and Support conference to delivering housing with care and support for older people – making a difference. The new name reflects the changes …
CIH has been part of a working group led by Asset Skills, to develop a qualification structure for housing, health and care at level 3. The qualification will have units …
The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland has launched its Corporate Plan for 2013-15. The Plan sets out the way that the Commissioner proposes to use legal powers and …
Dr Ed Bridges, Policy Advisor (wellbeing), Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, claims that “loneliness amongst older people is reaching epidemic proportions”. He has written an interesting blog on the challenges …
Community Housing Cymru with Care & Repair Cymru and the Welsh NHS Confederation has produced a good practice guide, Healthy Homes, Healthy Lives – Good Practice Guide with examples of …
CEO of Trafford Housing Group, Matthew Gardiner, has written an insightful blog on how we can future-proof sheltered housing. Looking at the changing shape of older people’s housing and the …
The housing crisis affects not just young people – a specialist retirement home-building programme is urgently needed. This is the message in a Guardian column on the shortage of suitable …
In June 2013, the Office for National Statistics (ONS), as part of its Measuring National Well-Being Programme released an article which analyses by age and other variables two of the …
The King’s Fund has launched a new Commission to consider whether the post-war settlement, which established separate systems for health and social care, remains fit for purpose. Read more here: …
The National Housing Federation (NHF) claims that more than eight out of ten GPs are unsure how to commission essential support services that can keep older and vulnerable people out …
Since our last ezine, the findings of some interesting research projects have been published by the Office for National Statistics on measuring national wellbeing, statistics from JRF on age becoming …