Events

Care & Repair England organises occasional seminars and conferences on the subject of housing, health, care and ageing. Details of any current and past events and the presentations given at these are all available below

Care & Repair England also collaborates with other organisations to stage events on related subjects, in particular with the British Society of Gerontology (BSG) and the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing at the University of Manchester (MICRA).

Links to events that are being organised by these organisations are available below.

British Society for Gerontology events and courses

Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing events

Past Care & Repair England and Linked Events

All our futures: Creating a healthy built environment for older people

This was a collaborative event with MICRA and the Older People’s Housing Champion for the North West Region held in April 2018.

Speakers included:

  • Joan Rutherford MRTPI (Rtd.) –  Age friendly Manchester Design Group and NW Region Older People’s Housing Champion
  • Sue Adams – Care & Repair England
  • Nick Moule – The University of Manchester
  • Robert Turpin – British Standards Institution (BSI)

Presentations and details available here.

Small but Significant – Innovation, Impact and Evidence: Practical housing interventions to improve older people’s health and wellbeing

In July 2017 Care & Repair England with the support of the British Society of Gerontology (BSG) and the University of Manchester’s Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA), held a national conference in Manchester that examined the evidence, cutting edge practice and related policy in the field of increasing safe independence at home for older people through practical housing interventions, such as handyperson services.

The day highlighted innovation and opportunities in the gathering of evidence and the provision of practical housing services for older people.

The links between prevention of health and care need and housing interventions was explored, particularly reducing hospital admissions and extending safe independent living at home, alongside the key role of evidence and the emerging policy landscape.

There was a fantastic line up of contributors, including Department of Health, Centre for Ageing Better, The British Society of Gerontology, Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing and University of the West of England, alongside innovative commissioners, local authorities and service providers.

Speaker’s presentations:

[July 2017]

Health at Home -The Right Prescription. Reducing delayed transfers of care and increasing independence at home for older people through integrated housing interventions – 21st June 2016

In June 2016 Care & Repair England, with the support of Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) and the British Society of Gerontology (BSG), held a national conference in Manchester, Health at Home – The Right Prescription.

Presentations were given by the following speakers which can be downloaded by clicking on the name of the presentation:

The integration innovators – health & housing services in action:

National conference about Home Adaptations and Falls Prevention ‘Falling through the Gaps‘ 

In July 2015 Care & Repair England, with the support of the British Society of Gerontology (BSG), staged a national conference in London, Falling through the Gaps: connecting research, policy and practice in the field of ageing, falls prevention and housing interventions.

Presentations were given by Lord Filkin, chair of the Centre for Ageing Better, BSG, Public Health England, the Building Research Establishment & AGILE plus commissioners and providers.

Some of these presentations can be downloaded here:

Please find a summary report of Falling through the gaps – our national falls prevention and housing conference in partnership with the British Society of Gerontologists which took place earlier this year.

If you would like to offer further comments or want to let us know of any action you are taking in this area please contact Martin Hodges, Health and Housing Research Associate at Care & Repair England – details on the last page of the summary. [October 15]

Home adaptations to reduce falls could save £millions

At its national falls prevention and housing conference ‘Falling through the Gaps’, Care & Repair England today launched a short evidence paper indicating the potential savings from adapting homes to reduce falls injuries amongst older people.

The paper combines the strong evidence from a New Zealand RCT study that found that even minor home adaptations resulted in a 26% reduction from injuries from falls, with a Kings Fund study of the cost of falls in Torbay to estimate possible annual savings in excess of £250million.

Download : Cost benefits of adapting homes to reduce falls by older people: Applying the findings of international studies to the UK click here [July 2015]

It also published an associated paper providing an overview of the national Disabled Facilities Grant system of help with home adaptations for those new to the field.

Download: Disabled Facilities Grants: A system of help with home adaptations for disabled people in England- an overview click here  [July 2015]