Housing for Varying Needs Review - Aberdeen City Council

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NeedsHousing for Varying Needs Review10.5 This new team’s remit will be to assess applicants for medical priority,care and/or support needs, engaging with other professionals such asoccupational therapists, GPs and care managers who can providerelevant information as required.10.6 This approach will provide a clear picture of an applicants needs that willenable us to allocate the right type of accommodation to suit their needs.10.7 A team of Housing Needs Assessors will be established to assessapplication where the applicant has indicated they have a housing andsupport need. The development of an in-house assessment team usinga Single Shared Assessment model will:• Provide a “Holistic” approach to medical assessment and will provide aconsistent approach in prioritising housing need.• Make best use of diminishing housing resource.• Ensure the right person gets the right house.• Assist the Shifting the Balance of Care agenda.• May produce revenue savings in terms of Social Work care packages.• Provide a more accurate picture of assessed demand for Housing withCare which will assist in planning future provision.• Improve customer service.• May assist people to remain in their own homes for longer.• Improved advice and options to service users.• Provide an opportunity for early identification of cases who may benefitfrom the use of adaptations or Telecare.11 Telecare11.1 Telecare is the remote monitoring of a persons health and wellbeing withthe use of information and communication technology, within their ownhome, using a variety of unobtrusive sensors and detectors.11.2 Telecare is a service that enables people, especially older andvulnerable people, to continue to live independently in their own homes.11.3 It can be used by all age groups, however, is predominately used toassist older people and vulnerable groups to remain within their ownhomes for as long as possible.11.4 It has been found to be particularly useful for:• people who are becoming increasingly frail and are at risk of falling.• people who have little support and may need the reassurances theservice provides; are struggling to cope at home, and may be regularlyadmitted to hospital.23
Housing for Varying Needs Review• people who need support when dealing with environmental risks in thehome such as fire or flood.• people with special needs such as learning difficulties.• people with cognitive difficulties such as failing memory.• those who need links to other agencies.11.5 Telecare can support people at home, providing an enhanced feeling ofsafety and security for both the user and their carer as well as providinga response in an emergency 24 hours a day.11.6 Many telecare packages are linked to the community alarm system orwarden call systems.11.7 Telecare equipment can vary from a simple stand alone alert to acomplex combination of sensors connected through a community alarmlifeline unit.11.8 There is a vast range of telecare equipment and sensors available. Thefollowing are just some examples:• Bed Sensor• Epilepsy Sensor• Enuresis Sensor• Fall Detector• Flood detector• Magiplug (releases water from sinks/baths to avoid flooding)• Property Exit Sensor and/or “Wandering” alert• Smoke Detector• Extreme Heat detector• Carbon Monoxide detector• Gas shut-off valves• Pillow Alert• Pressure Mat• Passive Infrared monitor (PIR) (activity and non-activitymonitors)• Medication management• Bogus caller alerts• GPS system11.9 Developing the infrastructure and services required to maximise thepotential use of telecare to support tenants to remain independent for aslong possible will be considered in stage two of the Review.12 Conclusions and Recommendations12.1 In drawing up this Review consideration has been given to the workcarried out recently in connection with the Housing Revenue AccountBusiness Plan, the potential development of an LATC within Social Careand Wellbeing, and also additional work being carried out currently on24
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