Table of contents
- What is ‘assistive technology’?
- How is it being deployed in local authority settings to support adult social care provision?
- What has been your experience of using this technology? What works well and what doesn’t?
- How can collaboration with partners in health, housing and the third sector help better integrate these technologies and reduce the need for intervention?
- Can this engagement and co-design of this technology prove useful in providing cost-effective solutions to adult social care provision? Are there any barriers to this?
- Are there any other innovative solutions currently being trialled in the area of adult social care?
Article summary
Local Government analysis: How is the use of assistive technology being embraced? Jim Ellam, commissioning manager and assistive technology project lead at Staffordshire County Council, explains the benefits and challenges and says a particular challenge will be the the willingness of developers to make the technology more person-centred.
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