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Age Friendly York Evolving Action Plan

Evolving Action Plan - Your Home

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As part of the Age Friendly York project we're looking at older people's home environments, ensuring the provision of age friendly housing.

This Evolving Action Plan shows our progress in addressing this.

Status key
A Signed off/allocated: Age Friendly Citizen Group and Ageing Well Partnership have agreed no current outstanding Age Friendly York action
B Submitted for sign off: Proposed completed actions to be approved by the Age Friendly Citizen Group and signed off by the Ageing Well Partnership
C In progress: Progress report submitted but further action required by Age Friendly York
D Progressing: Action is progressing but no progress report submitted
E Pending: Action not yet started
F Interim: Interim actions pending final Your Home Report
Action number Action details Status
1 Explore where the Age Friendly agenda can increase telecare provision and options D
2 Look at where the Age Friendly agenda can enhance monitoring devices E
3 Look at intergenerational options being incorporated into the Ordinance Lane development D
4 Support the proposal for affordable rents at less than 80% of the market to improve the affordability F
5 Support the proposal for all dwellings to meet the M4(2) standards (similar to the Lifetime Homes Standards) and around 10% of homes meeting M4(3) – wheelchair user dwellings (a higher proportion in the affordable sector) F
6 Support intelligence led housing development decision, including requesting working with older people to understand demand F
7 Seek to embed ageing and housing considerations in all relevant strategies F
8 Recognise HoME as a national voice that can represent the older people and where appropriate support and/or provide evidence to strengthen their call for change F
9 Create a supplementary Age Friendly - Staying Warm report F
10 Raise awareness of the Age Friendly Homes Rating Tool and look to see where this can ensure there are age friendly considerations in housing development decisions in York F
11 Encourage and contribute to co-produced approaches in housing development and regeneration F
12 Ensure older people have a range of different methods to access information on housing options, aligning with the York All Age Community Information Strategy F
13 Ensure opportunities are promoted to enable older people to explore housing options before crises point to enable informed and positive decisions F
14 Push for housing development to be Accessible and Adaptable, demonstrating the cost benefit F

Also see

Age Friendly York

Adult Commissioning Team, West Offices, Station Rise, York, YO1 6GA