This practical guide outlines four key building blocks for assessing the quality of life for people in specialist housing and residential care. It documents how housing providers can provide information and adequate resources to enable older people to exercise choice and control, and presents guidelines for building a preventative approach to promoting health and well-being. The handbook also includes housing-based models of care, which will increase choice for residents, and proposes a strategy for resourcing and commissioning change on both a local and national level.