Adult social care services in England set to face £3.7bn in additional costs over the next 18 months
With a year to go until the introduction of flagship reforms in adult social care, England’s largest councils today call for a delay, warning that…
Research project will make voice recognition tech more helpful for people with disabilities
Technology giants Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, along with non-profit organisations, are teaming up with a US university to make voice recognition technology more useful…
85 percent of OTs say demand for children’s services has increased since July 2021
This is according to a new survey from the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT), which paints a worrying picture in the UK that children’s…
New study finds that the look and feel of assistive tech products are important to potential users
A new study by North Carolina State University researchers in the US found that assistive technology users often considered the look, texture and, occasionally, the…
Councils call on Prime Minister to deliver on her promise to provide more funding for social care
Prime Minister Liz Truss As the cost-of-living crisis could add £ billion to the costs of delivering social care, councils are calling on the new…
Just four percent of initial PIP decisions were overturned at a tribunal hearing
190,000 new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims have received clearance along with 70,000 awards reviews cleared. These latest figures come from the Department for Work…
More than 750,000 users could be reliant on outdated telecare technology by 2025
An estimated 18,750 specialist housing developments for older and vulnerable communities could still be without digital telecare and warden call services by 2025. This is…
£6.75m national network to build a “collaborative research, development and innovation landscape”
A new £ million national network, Innovation Launchpad Network+, will bring together leading universities, the Catapult Network and regional innovation ecosystems to enrich the exchange…
£2m research to explore age- and disability-related stigmas create additional barriers
New research, led by University of Stirling Housing Expert Dr Vikki McCall, exploring the impact of stigma on fuelling inequalities experienced by UK disabled adults…
‘Revolutionary’ project awarded grant to develop soft sensors for paediatric upper limb therapy
The Biomedical Catalyst (BMC) has awarded a grant worth over £800,000 to a pioneering project that will bring interactive rehabilitation technology for children with cerebral…