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Housing and ageing population Health and prevention perspectives

Dr Ann Marie Connolly

Homes for older people

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Life expectancy,

healthy life

expectancy and

years spent in

poor health from

birth, females

2000 to 2002 up to

2012 to 2014

Life expectancy,

healthy life

expectancy and

years spent in

poor health from

birth, males 2000

to 2002 up to 2012

to 2014

A suitable home for older people

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A stable home

Increasing numbers of

older people are

homeless or in

unstable

accommodation

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Costs of poor housing

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Homes for older people

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Planning for the future

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Emerging Key Messages

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Housing

• Energy Efficiency/Fuel Poverty

• Removal of home hazard

• Retrofitting (housing refurbs)

• Daylight and ventilation

Improve quality of housing

• Diverse housing types

• Provision of affordable housing for vulnerable groups

• Homeless

Increase provision of affordable housing

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Healthy New Towns - Demonstrator Sites

Site Region Approx.

number of

new homes

Type

Fylde North 1,400 Greenfiel

d

Darlington North 2,500 Mixed

Halton North 800 Brownfiel

d

Bicester South 6,000 Greenfiel

d

Whitehill &

Bordon

South 3,350 Brownfiel

d

Cranbrook South 8,000 Greenfiel

d

Barking London 10,800 Brownfiel

d

Northstowe East 10,000 Greenfiel

d

Ebbsfleet South 15,000 Brownfiel

d

Barton South 890 Greenfiel

d

Cranbrook,

Devon

Bicester, Oxfordshire

Barking Riverside

Barton, Oxford

Darlington,

County Durham

Ebbsfleet, Kent

Fylde, Lancashir

e

HaltonLea,

Runcorn

Northstowe, Cambridgeshi

re

Whitehill & Bordon, Hampshir

e

114 applications, 10 sites chosen

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New models of using homes

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Homes for the future

Ready for weather and

climate change e.g

• .Heat

• Cold

• Flooding

• Extreme weather

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In conclusion • Housing not fit for older population

• Costs and resources

• Innovation in housing provision

• Advice about planning principles for the future

• Think about climate change

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https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-for-health

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Thank you

annmarie.connolly@phe.gov.uk

@connolamc

healthypeople.healthyplaces

@phe.gov.uk