Other resources of interest

• Housing and Papering Over the Cracks of the Welfare State: Exploring the Role and Impact of Technology as Part of Housing Service Provision in an Era of Multi-level Precarity
  To illustrate the impacts of a contracting welfare state, this article, published in Social Policy and Society and online by Cambridge University Press, examines the use of assistive and everyday technologies to improve social housing residents’ quality of life.
• Taking an outcomes focussed approach to improving care for older people with dementia and other needs
  This report by Social Finance calls for systemic financial change to improve outcomes for older people with dementia and other needs, calling for coordinated action across the health and social care sectors, including on the integration of new technologies and the application of the TAPPI principles to future service development.
• How TAPPI is helping to shape the future of independent living at Bield Housing
  Curious about how technology can transform independent living for older adults? Read on to learn more about Gary Baillie's journey leading Bield’s BR24 Alarm Receiving Centre, monitoring over 18,000 citizens across Scotland.
• Ageism and (Successful) Digital Engagement: A Proposed Theoretical Model
  Published in The Gerontologist, this paper presents a new theoretical model which elaborates on the potential impacts of ageism on digital engagement and participation in later life and explains how ageism may pose a threat to realising the potential of digital technology to promote successful ageing.
• Digitisation and Older People: Our Call to EU Policy Makers
  This policy paper by Age Platform Europe calls on EU policy makers to ensure a smooth digitalisation for all ages, where older people are true partners in building a better Europe that works for all. It identifies four priorities for digital progress in Europe in relation to technology and older age.
• Implementing TEC so we can all live gloriously ordinary lives
  The TEC Action Alliance is proud to spotlight groundbreaking research, led by social policy researcher Dr Sarah Alden for the TEC Action Alliance, that delves into the heart of what individuals truly seek from digital care services and devices—unveiling the nine fundamental desires that are often overlooked.
• TAPPI Phase 2: Evaluation Report (opens new window)
  Written by the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, evaluation and shared learning partner for TAPPI2, this report sets out the key findings from the programme and benefits realised.

The TAPPI Inquiry Report: Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation – Phase One

26/10/21

(opens new window)Technology and digital infrastructure that support future care needs must be built into all new housing, leaders from a range of sectors urged in this report by the TAPPI Inquiry in October 2021.

Chaired by Professor Roy Sandbach OBE and funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust, the Housing LIN's 6 month TAPPI Inquiry Panel heard from people with lived experience about the technological opportunities and barriers faced in their lives, especially during COVID. It also captured evidence and examples of innovative practice from over 30 sector leaders on tech solutions across housing, health and social care used to enable people to live independently and well at home. 

These have helped shape the Panel’s ‘Big Insights’ and the ten foundational TAPPI principles to build technology into housing in a way that improves life for our ageing population.