Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

Douglas Adams1952 - 2001

SMAConsultants in Disability and

Technology

www.smalegal.co.uk

Mike Gomm

Technology for Care

Care Issues

• Technology to help with:o Building accesso Securityo Safeguardingo Administrationo Time keeping

Building Access• Using conventional keys for

access can compromise securityo Keys can be easily copiedo If a key is lost, locks have to be

changed

Building Access• An electronic lock with tag

reader has greater securityo Each tag is unique to a usero Users given variable accesso Lost tags can be deleted / denied

Door Intercom•Wireless models available

• No complex cabling

• Communicate with visitors without leaving client

Cameras

Are Our Clients Vulnerable?

“The social care sector has been rocked

by a number of high profile crises over

recent years, such as the scandals at

Winterbourne View private hospital and

Ash Court Care Centre”

Are Our Clients Vulnerable?

Are Our Clients Vulnerable?

Abuse of Vulnerable Adults

Health and Social Care Information Centre

Report

2014

Protection from Abuse

Protection from Abuse HC-One

Protection from Abuse HC-One

Areas of Concern

• Who has access to the footage

• Who watches the footage

• Where footage is stored and how secure it is

• Where in the home are cameras used

• How is footage used

• Privacy for staff

Protection from Abuse

• Relatives have used secret cameras to uncover abusive

• Relatives will use cameras anyway

CCTV Monitoring

•Wireless models available

• Night-Vision

•Movement Activated

• Footage can be recorded

CCTV Observation

• A CCTV camera system can be used for night-time observationso Discrete and silento Can be constant instead of

periodico Carer need not enter room and

disturb client

CCTV Monitoring

• Protection for the client in the event of o Abuseo Suspicions (theft)o True accident

CCTV Monitoring

• Protection for the carer in the event of o Disputeso False allegationso Genuine Accidents

Computer for Carers

• Therapy notes

•Ordering supplies

• Exchange of information amongst staff

Staff Management System

• Staff time management

• Attendanceo Logging in and outo Late arrivals / Early departureso Disputes / Discipline

Staff Management System• Payroll

• Accounting

Waking Nightcare• Asleep on the job?

• Evidence of Observations

• Dedicated iPad

SMAConsultants in Disability and

Technology

www.smalegal.co.uk

Mike Gomm

www.technologyanddisability.expert