Council spearheads using technology to support people with complex needs

St Helens Council has teamed up with Torus Group, the North West’s largest affordable housing provider, and Tunstall Healthcare to regenerate an empty care home to create a bespoke facility that will support people with a learning disability and/or autism to live independently. 

The organisations have worked together with the NHS and other specialist partners to implement key technologies to regenerate a former care home that will become a safe and comfortable housing option for adults with complex care and emotional needs.

Following major remodeling of the former care home in the heart of St Helens, the scheme which is now known as Heathside has created eight assisted living apartments that also enjoy communal areas such as lounge, kitchen and dining room.

To appropriately safeguard tenants, whilst enabling them to live independently, the apartments have been fitted with a telecare system that allows tenants to easily request assistance in an emergency, but also provide discreet technology enabled care able to be tailored to their individual needs.