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News from Alertacall plus articles and insights on how to enhance outcomes for people with higher needs in the housing, health and social care sectors.
Access a number of downloads.
information guides
Briefing for housing – those responsible for older person’s accommodation
‘Digital Switchover 2025 – Transitioning to digital services in older person’s accommodation – click here
Research findings – ‘Digital Engagement in Social Housing’
Survey undertaken with over 200 UK housing professionals – click here
Information guide (August 2020):
COVID-19: How enhanced housing management has been delivered during the pandemic’ – click here
Briefing paper (June 2020)
‘Digital engagement: 8 challenges and how to overcome them’ – click here
Practical guide for housing (Jan 2019):
‘Moving on from hard-wired alarm and warden call systems.’ – click here
Briefing paper (Sept 2018): ‘How technology choices are making people isolated and lonely, and what commissioners of technology in social care, health and housing need to consider.’ – click here
presentations
CIH Ideas Lab 2 (September 2020)
‘from customer portals to digital switchover – how does your digital agenda compare with others?’ – click here
Support Solutions and SupportedHousing.Blog webinar, including Housing Proactive (September 2020)
‘Enhancing Housing Management: Utilising new digital technology and the funding options available’ – click here
CIH Ideas Lab 1 (July 2020)
‘Successful strategies for improving digital engagement’ – click here
Housing Proactive online seminar (July 2020)
‘Enhancing Housing Management in 2020 – Housing Benefit/Universal Credit, technology and more!’ – click here
Housing and Health conference, Lancaster University (December 2019)
‘Combining digital technologies and human contact to improve outcomes in housing and health’ – click here
National Centre for Rural Health & Care (October 2019)
‘How innovative daily contact can reduce loneliness and promote safety, wellbeing and choice for older people’ – click here
TAI – CIH Wales (May 2019)
‘How to improve contact with residents, increase team efficiencies and enhance your overall service proposition’ – click here
West Midlands Care Association (May 2019)
‘How daily contact with higher needs people increases support, identifies changing needs, reduces loneliness – and saves money’ – click here
Scotland’s Housing Festival – CIH Scotland (March 2019)
‘Staying safe, living well: Using technology to keep older people safe, in control & connected’ – click here
Healthy Ageing: The Grand Challenge (March 2019)
‘How Daily Contact with Older People can Unlock Powerful Preventative Actions, Reduce Loneliness and Save Money’ – click here
EROSH London Networking Event (December 2018):
‘Housing Proactive: An introduction’ – click here
Independent Living Scotland 2018 (Sept 2018):
‘Assistive technology for those with higher needs: the best approaches & the potential risks’ – click here
Social Care Reform: Improving care and support for older people (Nov 2018)
‘How Daily Contact with Older People can Unlock Powerful Preventative Actions, Reduce Loneliness and Streamline Social Care Provision’ – click here