Older People's Strategy - Newcastle City Council

91Research is also being undertaken to assess the impact of thepredicted increase in the ageing population on housing servicesto produce a plan to address these jointly with housing, healthand social care agencies.To ensure that housing is planned to meet the changing needs ofhouseholds, Newcastle City Council, working with its partnersin the private sector and with Registered Social Landlords, will: adopt a policy to apply Lifetime Homes Standardsappropriately in housing development briefs; develop an improved approach to the provision of adaptations; address the estimated shortfall of adapted homes andpurpose-built homes through a combination of new buildand a better match between households and existingadapted homes.A review of the council’s sheltered housing stock has beencarried out. The review’s findings will inform decision-makingon the future of the stock, both in the context of the provisionof sheltered housing of all tenures across the city, and also therange of possible uses for the existing council stock.The development of Extra Care Housing provides an alternativeto institutional care for older people. Newcastle opened its firstextra care sheltered housing scheme in June 2006 and anotherwill be developed in 2008/9.The Supporting People Strategy (2005/6-2009/10) (seewww.newcastle.gov.uk/supportingpeople) aims to enable everyonewho can to live independently in the community, supported byappropriate, reliable services which promote security and stability.