Not just your average day at the office then!
Tricia is currently seconded to the 'Adapting with Age' project. This pioneering initiative is looking at how we can support people who – even though they may be growing older – don’t want to be made to feel elderly by their surroundings.
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We are delighted that Joe McLoughlin has today been named on the Inside Housing Tech Leader List 2018.
The work of Joe and the Astraline team has been noted as making 'great strides in digital transformation for customers'. In particular our joint project with GSPK Design and the Centre for Assistive Technology at the University of Sheffield to develop a prototype sensor to assess walking speed - a primary indicator of frailty.
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Johnnie Johnson Housing welcomes today's Government pledge to provide £2 billion in funding for new homes in England, and to remove the "stigma" of social housing.
Read more about this, and find out what JJH Chief Executive Yvonne Castle has to say.
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Astraline is today launching a new product specifically designed for those with dementia, learning difficulties, or people who for other reasons may be at risk of getting lost.
For a cost of just £1 a week customers will receive a personalised radar band along with a year’s monitoring service from Astraline and information about the Herbert Protocol – a nationally recognised scheme supported by the police to help find vulnerable people who might go missing.
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