DLF for Professionals: Assessing for aids and adaptations for independent living in a pandemic

DLF for Professionals Webinar

 Join us on the 14th of October for the latest in our series of webinars, entitled:
'Assessing for aids and adaptations for independent living in a pandemic'.

DLF for Professionals Webinar

Join us from 11 am to 12 pm on Thursday 14th October as we discuss how to promote the wider use of assisted technology (AT) in enabling independent living

Participants will be able to to interact with speakers and the DLF team, with the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the challenges that have been faced, throughout the pandemic, in regard to assessing and prescribing practical solutions to enable independence at home.

The webinar will include speakers from Staffordshire County Council and Home Instead, as well as having DLF staff members on call to answer your questions. For further information on the topics and run time either get in touch with us or book your free place and full details will be provided to you in the coming weeks.

Joining Instructions

The webinar will be presented via Zoom,  if you can access it this way please follow the instructions below. (No need to register first.) For anyone who is unable to use Zoom we will also be streaming the content through a live Teams Event, with roughly a 20 second delay. The Teams live event link is also below. Please note that Zoom will provide you with a better quality and more interactive experience. (We are unsure how well chat will work with the live event for example)

Zoom:

Join Zoom Meeting 

Meeting ID: 848 0056 6292

Passcode: 378863

If you cannot use Zoom in your organisation, then here is the link for Teams

Teams:

Team Link

Agenda

DLF for Professionals: Assessing for aids and adaptations for independent living in a pandemic

14th October – 11 am – 12 pm  

11.00 – 11.10 Assessing for aids and adaptations for independent living in a pandemic: an overview Melanie Poyser, Partnership Manager, London & SE England and Special Projects Lead

11.10 – 11.22 How the pandemic accelerated an automated approach to support provision Nick Bowyer, Practice Development Lead Adult Social Care at Staffordshire County Council

11.22 – 11.34 The tiered benefits of home support provision Damien Nolan, Director at Home Instead Senior Care

11.34 – 11.46 The importance of flexibility within kitchen and bathroom environments Adam Southcott, Sales Consultant, Pressalit

11.46 – 12.00 Q&A session, reflecting on today’s topics and the content covered Nick, Damien and Adam will be joined by members of the DLF Business Development Team – Melanie Poyser, Julian Daw and David Asquith

A recording of the webinar will be made available via our YouTube Channel shortly after the event.