Erosh is a national consortium for older people’s housing and support with its own quality standards framework.

• Through our own Independent Living Standards and dissemination of good practice, uphold standards in the sector and celebrate good quality older people’s housing and support

• Highlight the preventative benefits of independent living services and sheltered and retirement housing and the valuable cost-saving contribution it makes to health and social care

• Ensure older people are proactively involved in the design, delivery and development of their services

• Ensure older people’s housing and support services are affordable, accessible and inclusive, meet current and future need and promote empowerment, independence and choice

• Make sure staff are appropriately and regularly trained, and comply with the professional standards encompassed in our own Independent Living Standards.

• Promote independent living schemes as hubs for all older people in communities to combat social isolation and loneliness