TAPPI Cast - 10 May 2024

Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people. Includes updates from our 6 Testbeds,

Publications of interest:

Taking a person-centred approach to supporting older tenants (opens new window)

In this new Inside Housing Article, Roy Sandbach, chair of Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (TAPPI), shares learnings from TAPPI projects across the country.

"Why are older people always lumped together as ‘over 65s’? My mother is 95, I’m 70, and certainly we are ageing, but do we have the same day-to-day living needs? Or the same worries? Or the same aspirations? Obviously not. But we both want to live better for longer at home. Simple..." Read on (opens new window). 

Updates from our Testbeds:

 

 

Our Partnership Forum enjoyed a tour of the Bield Tech Hub last week. The attendees were intrigued to learn how both technology enabled care and consumer tech can offer personalised choice to support independent living at home for longer. 

Having utilised the findings from the TAPPI project, we are currently in the process of establishing our independent living offer and working collaboratively with tenants to ensure Bield remains at the forefront of housing services for older adults.