Promoting the use of technology enabled care

Emma Lewis and Sam Armour

Smart Supports Team

• Smart Supports are a team based in East Ayrshire, which was set up in October 2013.

• The team is comprised of 5 team members, with two people having an AHP background.

• Smart Supports can allow a person to stay in their own home and feel safe.

A basic package

• Community Alarm• Pendant

• Smoke detector

• 24 hour call / response service

However there is so much more……..

• Environmental sensors

• Medication dispensers

• Chair/bed occupancy sensors

• Fall detectors

However there is so much more……..• Door/property exit sensors

• X10 lamp controllers

• Epilepsy seizure mats

• Epilepsy bracelets

And even more……..

BuddiBuddi harnesses the latest in satellite

navigation technology to pinpoint a wearer’s location, and a mobile phone network to communicate between the

Buddi and a 24/7 emergency monitoring centre. Registered

contacts, such as family members, friends or neighbours, are then

alerted automatically via landline or mobile phone.

Just Checking

Movement sensors in the home generate a chart of daily living

activity, which can be viewed online by family members, professionals etc.

Just Checking gives an up- to-the-minute picture as a person gets on

with their daily life, all without being intrusive or depriving them of their

privacy.

Case Study – Mrs H

What we did...

•Installed Just Checking to monitor routines/activity within the home. To see if there was evidence of the perceived risks.

• Issued Mrs H with a Buddi to trace where she was going during the day. With a view to establishing safe zone once her normal routine was understood.

2.30pm

3.30pm – 6.00pm

7.00pm

What we did...

Case Study – Mrs H

Care Costs Smart Supports£0

£5,000

£10,000

£15,000

£20,000

£25,000

Cost for 1 year

£24,

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Thinking differently about falls

• Incident reports from Risk Management carers• Calling to offer increased telecare packages.• Reducing increased complications for people lying for

long periods of time. • Non hip fractures £397 per day

• Hip fractures £498 per day

Living it Up

Living It Up is an online resource aimed at helping adults and older people to live a healthier lifestyle.

Helps you discover what you are

good at, and has information about volunteering

opportunities.

Has information about what’s available for you locally.

Helps you to access new technology and use different

apps and websites.

Helps you to get the know-how to stay well and live a healthy

life.

If you would like to register for Living It Up, please visit https://portal.livingitup.org.uk/

For any further information or assistance with registering, please contact the

East Ayrshire Smart Supports Team on 01563 503371 or email smartsupports@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

Community digital hub

So what is the next step?

• Ambulance service.• Having access to acute meetings to look at quicker

access to telecare. • Qualitative evaluation feedback.• Continuing to spread the word of thinking differently.

Social Work Offices9 Balmoral Road

KILMARNOCKKA3 1HL

01563 503371smartsupports@east-

ayrshire.gov.uk