Local authorities have been invited to bid for a share of £80m of Department of Health funding to build special housing for older people and people with long-term conditions.
The 'extra care housing' will offer greater independence and privacy for those who previously had no choice but to enter nursing homes, said health and care minister Ivan Lewis.
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