TAPPI Cast - 12 January 2024
Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people. Includes updates from our 6 Testbeds, Resources and Events of interest.
As we enter into the new year, we look forward to sharing the key findings and resources from the TAPPI project, along with some powerful videos and resident opinions. In the meantime, we'd like to remind you about last month’s edition of TSA's Industry Magazine, TEC Voice (opens new window), which reflects on the awareness TAPPI partners – including testbeds’ staff and residents/tenants – have generated over the past 18 months, and provides a selection of press pieces published throughout the programme.
Publications of interest:
2024 is likely to be a significant year for both the telecare industry and housing providers as the digital phone switchover continues to roll out across the country. With the 2025 end-date in touching distance, what does this mean in practice?
Members of Appello’s senior leadership team discuss the challenges and opportunities the next twelve months may bring and look at how digital telecare fits into the wider picture of our health and social care services.
In conversation with:
- Gill Atkey, Industry & Customer Liaison Director (left in image above)
- Iain Hockings, Head of Marketing and Bids (right in image above)
- Mark Stratford, Group Product Director (middle in image above)
Data Security and Privacy in TEC: What You Need to Know (opens new window)
Data security and privacy in TEC is not only crucial, it carries legal implications.In an era where data holds so much value, its protection and safeguarding requires the utmost attention.
As we integrate digital solutions further into the care sector, the amount of personal and health-related data being generated is monumental. This surge not only necessitates stringent data security measures but also reiterates the essence of privacy.
This article, published by Everon, shares why data security is crucial in TEC, how privacy is a fundamental right, navigating the regulatory landscape and Everon's perspective setting the standard.
There is a lack of appropriate housing for people with a learning disability or autism who may have behaviours that challenge.
Alexander Court is an existing purpose-built property with independent living and sheltered housing elements, plus a care home which had become unoccupied. Torus, St Helens Council and NHS England worked together to plan a major remodelling to transform the care home into Heathside, specialist accommodation with eight assisted living apartments for adults with learning disabilities and autism.
Tunstall was appointed as technology partner, working with Torus, its contractor HMS and M&E companies to use technologies in innovative combinations, co-designing a system completely bespoke to Heathside.