Assistive tech pilot to encourage independent living for Cardiff residents
New technology startup Care Direct Technology has partnered with mirus, a not-for-profit organisation that supports adults and young people with disabilities across Wales. Since 14th…
Councils allocated £1bn of additional support ahead of difficult winter period
Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed allocations for individual councils from the £1 billion of additional support, which will be used to ease pressure…
CSP warns that vital rehab spaces across Scotland are being used for storage
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is warning that patients in Scotland are missing out on essential physiotherapy and rehabilitation services because spaces are being…
New partnership to facilitate accelerated hospital discharges through stairclimber provision
Medequip, which provides community equipment services, has partnered with stairclimber specialist AAT to offer unique solutions to home access. This new partnership sees Medequip quickly…
MPs call for urgent £7bn annual increase in social care funding as starting point for reform
The Health and Social Care Committee has published a new report exploring the reforms needed to the system of funding social care and the level…
£430k funding boost for housing adaptations to improve lives of vulnerable people
Fanchea Kelly, Chief Executive at Blackwood A pioneering housing provider has been awarded funding that will enable it to adapt homes and directly improve the…
CASE STUDY: Cutting-edge prosthesis and determination helps amputee race to victory
Lovingly named “Monster Mike”, Mike Schultz has been a snowmobile racer since his high school days, going professional in 2003. But everything changed after a…
Letter to directors of adult services outlines winter discharge process for COVID-19 patients
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has sent a letter to directors of adult services in England outlining the requirement for designated care…
Stakeholders discuss results of “ground breaking” AT survey to help better procure products
The Assistive Products List (APL), an online survey of assistive technology being conducted by the British Assistive Technology Association (BATA) and the World Health Organisation…
App to enable councils to deliver virtual support to vulnerable people during pandemic
AutonoMe, the creators of apps and support programmes for vulnerable people in social care settings, has today announced that its service has gone live across…