TitleTitleSubtitleSubtitleIndependent Living

through Digital

Technology

Charmaine Donaghey

TEC Project Manager

Independent Living

through Digital

Technology

Charmaine Donaghey

TEC Project Manager

Digital Inclusion

Digital Inclusion

22% of disabled adults had never used the internet in 2017,

down 25% in 2016 (ONS).

Our Journey - Why Digital TEC?

• Success of Quarriers Go4it Clubs

• Support Users interested in using Technology in

their own homes

• Enable our Support Users to incorporate

technology into some aspects of their care

• Increased independence

• Success of Quarriers Go4it Clubs

• Support Users interested in using Technology in

their own homes

• Enable our Support Users to incorporate

technology into some aspects of their care

• Increased independence

What do our users want the technology to do for them?

• Effectively manage aspects of their care with greater independence

• Day and Overnight support with responder

• Increase flexibility and choice of care

• Allows users to self manage aspects of their care

• Allows service user to maximise their budget

Benefits to us as a service provider

• Redesign overnight support

• Deliver more for the same

• Maximise client budgets and resource

• Reduce overall cost of service and staff time

• Family can be included in remote care support

• Provide a CHOICE of care

• Provision for move from Analogue to Digital Systems (by 2025)

Quarriers Home Hub

Carebuilder Software

TEC Process

Responder Service

• Initial responder staff can be based remotely

in an office or mobile (GPS)

• Alerts will go to next responder after an

allocated time if not picked up (e.g. 30

seconds)

• Access care plans and current up to date

information to provide the most appropriate

response.

• Link into community response team and

Emergency Services

TEC Project Support Users

• Funding up until June 2018

• 50 Support Users in North Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Quarriers Village & Linstone Housing Association

• E-learning and support in the use of Digital TEC for family, staff and users themselves

• Risk Assessments, Consultation with Mental Welfare Commission, Care Inspectorate and Scottish Fire and Rescue Services.

TitleTitleSubtitleSubtitleEmpowering

People through

Technology

Charmaine Donaghey

TEC Project Manager

Empowering

People through

Technology

Charmaine Donaghey

TEC Project Manager