EAC projects
A selection of EAC's current projects.
EAC Housing for Older People Awards
Staging the Housing Awards is a new venture for EAC. They aim to:
- Publicly celebrate the best specialist housing for older people
- Engage thousands of residents in identifying what contributes to quality of life in traditional and emerging models of specialist housing provision
- Ensure that older people, families and carers have access to the best possible information
- Help shape the future of housing in later life
Read more on the housingcare website
EAC Quality of Information Mark (QI Mark)
The EAC QI Mark is a kitemark to help promote and celebrate all forms of retirement housing, and ensure that elderly people have access to accurate and detailed information when deciding whether to move home. It is awarded to individual schemes following submission of a fully completed EAC QI Mark questionnaire, and all schemes/developments that receive it are fully profiled on our website www.housingcare.org.
Read more on the housingcare website
EAC Over 60s Art awards
Now in its 15th year, this national art competition continues to encourage and celebrate the talents of older people. Open to all amateurs over 60, the competition attracts over 2,000 entries each year, and culminates in a London exhibition at which winners are selected and prizes awarded.
Read more on our Art Awards website
Housingcare.org
Our housingcare website is an ongoing project. Now 8 years old, it has progressed to become the leading UK source of information about housing, support and care services for older people, with over 5,000 visitors a day. During 2009 it has undergone a major facelift as well as complete restructuring to provide easier access to its huge information resources, and lay the foundations for local variations to meet the needs of our partners in FirstStop Advice.
Visit the housingcare website
HOOP
HOOP (Housing Options for Older People) is a simple tool, available as an interactive experience online or in printed form, that uses a question & answer technique to help older people think about different aspects of their home, how they live in it and how well it is working for them. It then suggests information and resources that might help resolve any problems identified. HOOP has proved very helpful to professionals who work with older people, as it offers a structured approach to helping their clients reach their own decisions, often in the face of complex and competing priorities.
Try HOOP for yourself