Show Me The Money!
Councils and their TEC suppliers are fixated on financial motivations; here’s why that mindset is actually putting a brake on progress (and savings!) How much do you value closing your door on the world each evening for some uninterrupted down time? Or choosing when you’ll eat next? Or making your own plans for seeing friends […]
Move over Joe Wicks: in search of the digital realm’s best strength and balance content
Grappling with ideas to lower fall risk for your service users? Our round-up of digital resources may help, says Rethink research intern Megan Knightsbridge. As part of my Masters, I’m used to picking random topics and following the research down rabbit holes, but digital resources to help mitigate fall risks is a world I’d never […]
Hive mind: 5 reasons to build dialogue into your commissioning process
Are orthodox commissioning procedures failing your users? Pull more thinking power in and everyone wins, says Sam Bassett. Imagine walking into a car showroom looking for the best price on a blue car that will do 60mph. You have a pretty clear idea of what you’re going to get, right? Now imagine saying to the […]
Befriending Alexa: what the arrival of the tech giants means for your care offer
Apple, Google and Amazon are wising up to care opportunities with their tech, but are local authorities positioned to benefit? A shift in the care technology landscape is coming, says Sam Bassett. Future-proofing our care tech hasn’t been a huge concern over the last 15 or 20 years. After all, the offer from the main […]
Let’s dance: changing the mood music for true culture change
Struggling to get digital culture change to stick? It’s time to turn up the music and let everyone feel good about some new moves, says Clare Morris. Picture the scene: it’s a family wedding (remember those?) and that time of the night when tables have been pushed back and lights lowered so everyone can have […]
Goodbye HAL, hello Ellen Ripley
Hollywood has fed our anxieties around AI for years, but as social care steps into sci-fi territory it’s time to share some new stories, says Clare Morris. If you shut your eyes and imagine what AI might sound like, anyone born in the later part of the 20th century will hear the chilling Canadian monotone […]
When two tribes go to work
LGA & Rethink Partners Digital Care Technology Resource Centre When two tribes go to war work Covid has lowered barriers to tech adoption, but the culture change mustn’t stop here. The opportunities (and challenges) of partnering with other services are just waiting to be grasped, says Clare Morri. There’s a reason for the slogan ‘Your […]
“Everyone has the fear they ought to know more”
Want to implement real culture change in your organisation’s approach to digital? It’s time for an amnesty of digital blindspots, says Irene Carson. What is it about the field of digital tech that has so many people feeling inadequate? Digital technology moves at a pace that can sometimes take your breath away, but it’s a […]
Care technology diagnostic and planning resource
The resource is a practical tool to enable councils to review their local care technology approach in a structured way and to act as a catalyst for further activity. It was developed by the Care and Health Improvement Programme in partnership with Rethink Partners and councils. It is intended to cater for a range of […]
“We built our own care journalling app”
When digital strategist Claire Shuter spotted care potential in an education tool she moved fast to make something for adult care. Here’s how she did it… I’m a director at council-owned private care provider in the South East of England where the people we support in our day services (adults with learning disabilities or older […]