In this episode Jess Dunne talks about how to work with occupational therapists to develop a property specification, she shares her experience of designing property to meet peoples needs and explains how occupational therapists are pivotal in accessing grants in funding adaptations.

Being an Occupational Therapist is at its core about empowering and enabling individuals to maximize their independence and to live the lives they want.  Jess has over 20 years of experience volunteering and working in Adult Care and Housing across Local Authorities and Private Sectors taking a creative approach to identifying and meeting outcomes for individuals.

Jess is passionate about using creative support solutions to enable transitions from institutional settings to their own front doors. Through good home design, staff training and effective use of technologies, lives can be changed for the better. She has also successfully utilized passive monitoring to safeguard individuals while enabling them to live independently within communities.

She has a BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy and a PGC in Intellectual Disability Studies.

She is an associate OT with Self Directed Futures and can be contacted by email: [email protected]

Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need.

Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. 

Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference.

To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network⁠

Lisa has written a free guide for you:

If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors⁠

If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers⁠ 

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