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People over 60 spend an average of 9.4 hours sitting down. But keeping physically active can reduce impact on mobility and risk of falls: ow.ly/U2FY30hNKHs

Investing in home adaptations can improve wellbeing, keep people out of hospital and prevent or delay moves into residential care: ow.ly/IV7g30hJtVj

The New British Stardard BS 8300:2018 parts 1 (external environments) and part 2 (buildings): Design of an accessible and inclusive built environment are out buff.ly/2D0cLGm buff.ly/2D3t5WT

The December edition of our newsletter cover the report on the role of home adaptations in relieving pressure on the NHS, worklessness in Greater Manchester and more: ow.ly/mkZp30hobIh

It's great to see the evidence base for home modifications growing. This paper is from Prof Susy Stark and colleagues in the USA buff.ly/2BFrCmH

Although conducted on healthy adults, it's great to see research investigating the influence of bathing equipment on bath transfers buff.ly/2oWvRqZ .

@theRCOT @RCOT_OP interesting survey findings (from @cr_england) into the insights of older people's views of their home and staying put buff.ly/2ARhfxW

This is an interesting piece of research by Susy Stark and colleagues in the USA, which focuses on stroke and home mods. buff.ly/2Bpg9a2

@haffot Such a great speaker.

Interesting blog from @HousingLIN on #housingdesign for people with #ADHD as they age buff.ly/2zICxxp

Optimal #Design of #Homes for #OlderPeople with #ADHD housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Optimal-… via @HousingLIN

@RuthP_OT this looks like a useful resource to compare accessibility standards from @HousingLIN tinyurl.com/yb382du4

Remember that #BJOT is FREE to access next week during #OTWeek2017 !! twitter.com/BJOTeditor/sta…

Research investigating strategies to support living with visual impairments including environmental stategies buff.ly/2y4ytr1

Exciting @bath_out have published a systematic review around reducing dependency with bathing interventions tinyurl.com/ycorcnqj

@theRCOT looking forward to reading this research on bath aids and transfers when it becomes available tinyurl.com/yd4tc6tz

@cr_england along with Silverlinks, have published a number of resources for planning ahead in later years tinyurl.com/palay3j

@rcotss_housing there are a couple of articles in this months AJOT that look interesting. tinyurl.com/y9szwxau tinyurl.com/ycuk7tn6

@PHE_uk This is a fantastic resource @rcotss_housing