welcome Implementing Telecare In HFT
Assistive Technology Issues What is it? Assessment? Funding & Responsibilities? Installation & Maintenance? Disaster Recovery? Staff/Carer Issues? Ethics?
The TATE Project [Through Assistive Technology to Employment] Steve Barnard & Ann Aspinall Project Director Project Manager Sept 2004-Dec 2007 Total £4 million What?
for people with learning disabilities Choices and Opportunities Employment Learning Leisure Choices – moving on! Inclusion Empowerment
TATE Project " W e believe that Assistive Technology has a crucial role to play in empowering individuals and enhancing the employability for people with learning disabilities and their carers "
Purpose - Employability 1.Underpinning knowledge (software based): Training in Independence Training in employment issues 2.Training Accredited Training for Beneficiaries Pilot AT training for Support Staff 3.AT AT devices within home AT devices within workplace 4.Employability Increase employability for people with learning disabilities (PWLD) Increase employability for family carers Sustain employment for PWLD
AT + Telecare - Base Door Entry 2 Movement sensors Flood detector Temperature extreme sensor Smoke detector
AT + Environmental Control+ Telecare
Partnership with Tunstall
AT - Meeting Individual Needs New AT Devices –Mobile phone –Disco Shower –Prompter –Scheduler –Intelligent Microwave Simple Personalized Bill’s story
Supporting Resources Assessment (Screening) Tool (Out & About AT – Assessing needs) Lifeskills software programs: Technology in and around the home (Out & About 3 – Gadgets at Home) Finances and personal budgeting (Out & About 4 – Money and Finance) Health & Safety at work Accredited training award for beneficiaries Accredited training for staff
Assessment Purpose – Social philosophy Who? –Self –Carer –Health/LA –Purchaser –Provider –Other What does it look like? Changing needs
Funding/Responsibility for Equipment/After Care Self Family Purchaser Provider Landlord Other
Current Situation Assessment AT Community OT Hospital OT PTG DFG (LA vs. Housing) Invest to Save Community Care Grant? LA (IB?) Charity Individual (DP?)
Ethics Safety Independence Physical Disability (<65) Ageing Population People With Learning Disabilities
Staff Issues Purpose Change in skills, competencies Risk Management Potential Saving Duty of Care Individual Rights
Potential Saving? Less Staff? More people supported? Different activity for individuals (PCP)? Invest to save? Pump priming?
Guidelines/Handbook Ethics & Social Philosophy Roles & Responsibility Monitoring & Evaluation Contract –Purchaser –Provider –Manufacturer –Support & Maintenance Funding
Impact Could/Will significantly change the way people with learning disabilities are supported
Technology for all!!!
Jill’s Story It started with a Switch!
I tried Independent Living!
Thank You for Listening