Hi-Tech Housing Solutions Help Ease Pressures on Health and Social Care

Budget for adaptions to homes of elderly doubles to £20.9m

Shutterstock THE Scottish Government budget to provide adaptions in the housing of older people to help them remain independent for longer is to more than double this year. The budget of the registered social landlord adaptions programme will go from £8.2 million to £20.9 million, with the Scottish Government explaining that it reduces hospital admissions and long-term care costs. On a visit to Bield Housing Association’s Tech Hub in Linlithgow,…

Assistive housing technologies for the elderly praised by social justice minister

Assistive housing technologies for elderly residents have been praised by Scotland’s social justice minister in a visit to a demonstration hub. Shirley-Anne Somerville visited the experimental facility in Linlithgow where she saw how sensors are being deployed to detect signs of decline and warn against the risk of falls. Pioneering tools including a predictive analytics system that monitors routines and flags early signs of decline were on show…

Foundations launches new game-changing standard for the installation of home adaptations - THIIS Magazine

Foundations has set up an initiative that it hopes will make a real difference in the way home adaptations are delivered across the country.

Local residents can stay safely in their own home for longer thanks to remote monitoring technology - Digital Health Technology News

Dozens of local individuals and their families have benefited from a pilot project to test and evaluate how the MiiCare remote monitoring kit can support residents to remain at home for longer, reduce avoidable care home admissions and promote independent living. The Digitising Social Care programme at Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care System has provided 73 MiiCare kits to homes across the area since January 2023. Most were …

Hi-tech housing solutions help ease pressures on health and social care

The budget for a programme that uses technology in housing to help older people remain independent for longer will more than double this year from £8.2 million to £20.9 million. This means more housing association tenants will benefit from the Registered Social Landlord Adaptations Programme, a preventative model that also reduces hospital admissions and long-term care costs.

Hi-tech housing solutions help ease pressures on health and social care - Graeme Dey

Increased investment for adaptations in homes. The budget for a programme that uses technology in housing to help older people remain independent for longer will more than double this year from £8.2 million to £20.9 million. This means more housing association tenants will benefit from the Registered Social Landlord Adaptations Programme, a preventative model that also reduces hospital admissions and long-term care costs. On her visit to Bield H…