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Council’s TEC show will present clarification of assistive tech options to members of the general public – AT At the moment


Council’s TEC show will present clarification of assistive tech options to members of the general public – AT At the moment

The most recent expertise to assist individuals dwell safely in their very own properties for longer is on show at Inverclyde Council’s technology-enabled care (TEC) Good Pad.

The TEC Good Pad was set as much as function a showcase for the newest improvements in TEC, telecare, and assistive applied sciences. Guests from throughout Inverclyde Well being and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and third-party organisations can ebook a slot to view and work together with the TEC units in a home-like setting, offering a clearer understanding of how the expertise works and its sensible advantages for people.

Gadgets like fall detectors, remedy reminders, wearable well being trackers, thermostatic faucets, sensible locks, mattress occupancy sensors, and app or movement sensor lightbulbs can all make a sensible and secure distinction to individuals needing a bit of additional care at house.

Councillor Robert Moran, the chair of the Inverclyde Built-in Joint Board, which manages Well being and Social Care Partnership, stated: “The TEC Good Pad is a superb useful resource which exhibits what’s on the market to assist individuals. Lots of people can discover expertise intimidating so by having the TEC Good Pad they will see it and use it and have it defined to them to totally perceive what it may well do and the way it will help. These applied sciences can cut back hospital admissions and ease the demand on care providers as they assist individuals residing at house and managing their very own care.”

The TEC Good Pad shows expertise from across the house, from the lounge, kitchen, bed room, lavatory, and entrance to the house.

The applied sciences purpose to make healthcare extra accessible, environment friendly, and personalised. For instance, they might be a reminiscence immediate, assist individuals be in contact with family members, or supply enjoyable.

Trying forward council, workers are beginning to use a short lived ‘plug and go’ sensor-based monitoring system, which displays exercise, motion, and door sensors related to a central hub. The information collected can be used to create exercise charts that mirror individuals’s capabilities and can permit workers to make knowledgeable selections concerning the stage of assist individuals want.

It’s hoped the TEC Good Pad will open to members of the general public within the new yr to go to and see first-hand the applied sciences out there to assist them or their members of the family in remaining impartial at house, supporting their well-being, and self-management, with a member of the TEC workforce to supply steering and assist.

Kirklees Council and Medequip UK just lately hosted an occasion to point out residents how assistive applied sciences, gear, and diversifications will help them dwell extra independently at house.


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