Innovation in Health and Social Care Assistive Technology

This report discusses the use of assistive technology in health and social care provision, its development, challenges, and ethical issues. It also explores the influence of assistive technology on patient care and wellbeing, and evaluates its impact.

INNOVATION IN
HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE IN
ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGY

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Task 1: Use of assistive technology in the Health and Social care provision........................1
Task 2: Development in assistive technology, challenges, and ethical issues.......................2
Task 3: Influence of assistive technology within Health and Social Care.............................4
Task 4: Evaluating the effect and impact of assistive technology in Health and Social Care.6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The exhibition report is usually referring as a presentation that is in organized manner that
includes the display and presentation of the selected item. It has a usually purpose or aim to
exhibit and make sure about the event which may show possibilities towards the success. In this
report, the major discussion is based on the assistive technology refer as a product or system that
provide proper support and care to the number of people within the health care settings with their
disability and other associated impairment. The discussion also focuses on the new development
within the assistive technology and ethical issues with the various challenge. Whereas, the
reports also include the influence of assistive technologies with the help of various model which
includes the integrated model and chronic model in the health in social care services. The
evaluation of assistive technology is also analysed with the requirements of opportunities and
focuses on the minimization of inequalities within the health and social care sectors (Colnar and
et. al., 2020).
MAIN BODY
Task 1: Use of assistive technology in the Health and Social care provision.
In the context of health in social care, there is an improvement as per the continuous
technology that shows their effective potential in building the assistant for the number of people
with the various technological process that provide proper support and care. Therefore, assistive
technology is usually introduced to provide a wide range of support and services with the help of
technology in health and social care provision (Hergesell, and Maibaum, 2018). The assistive
technologies are usually enabling the people to live more happily with the help of various
technology equipment such as hearing aid, wheelchair, and other that provides support to the
patient with disability and so on. There a different type of assistive technology that may provide
mobility for several individuals including wheelchairs, orthotic devices, and many more. Other
software devices may also provide their support and recognition in the various factors that like x-
ray, CT scans, and so on which is helpful in screening and diagnosing the patient in an effective
way for their health complications (Koumakis and et. al., 2019).
The major key drivers of the assistive technologies are usually enabling a better technology
response that can help the patient to show the approach of instant recovery and reduce the
chances of getting poor healthcare services. World health organisation also recommended that
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assistive technologies usually play a vital role in order to provide proper support and care in the
terms of disability or any health complications that require regular support. The caregiver or a
social worker can't provide 24 hours of support to the patient. Therefore, the invention or
discovery of assistive technology shows the all-time approach toward support and services.
About 2 million people are usually required assistive products for their support which may be
associated with hearing loss, disability, and many more. Nowadays, the current situation
provides the data which shows the perspective of people that required assistive technology that
provides mobility and an approach that makes their life easy and functional (Layton and et. al.,
2021).
In addition, the key performance indicators of the assistive technologies are usually
included profit margin, customer satisfaction, client retention, and many more. Therefore, a wide
range of numbers that show peoples usually require assistive technology. For example, a
wheelchair that works with assistive technology provides proper satisfaction regards with their
mobility from one place to another. There is some client retention rate in terms of assistive
technology because it produces support and care for the patient and provides satisfaction in their
life. It also reduces the risk of harm and many more (Marques and et. al., 2020).
Several developments are seen within the assistive technology that show their impact on
the healthcare delivery services and improve the person's life by reducing the chance of getting
any health complexities. The assistive technology is focused on spectacles, wheelchairs, listening
and communication device and many more which is useful for the people with disability that
provide support and care. In addition, it also helps people to make their life easier and perform
their day-to-day activities more easily with the help of assistive devices.
Task 2: Development in assistive technology, challenges, and ethical issues.
There are a number of new developments are shown within the field of assistive
technology. Every day new technology is invented with the reference to providing support and
care to the patient. for example, lenses for eye, remote-controlled wheelchair for disabled people
and many more and consistently the new technology are arriving which may show the present
within health and social care. They usually play a role within the health and social care sector
with the screening, portability, and many more which act as assistive-based technology for
healthcare. The assistive technology may provide their presence in the various field and within
the healthcare, they provide support to the number of people with the new assistive technology in
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their day-to-day life. It also shows the support that can be caused by the health professional while
they are providing proper aspect that focuses on the health and social care service for the patient
and their service user. It also shows the impact which helps to implement in such a way which
provide the improvement in the patient mobility, health and reduce the issue which may cause
consequence and detect the need or requirement which is best suitable in the term of assistive
technology (Martin and et. al., 2018).
In the context of assistive technology in health and social care, some the issues may
include policy, product, and some of the provisions with their personal. The individual country
has policies that they implemented within the healthcare setting that is related to assistive
technology. They usually play a crucial role in order to establish a high role in the income of
country and promote the use of assistive technology which may generate a high impact which is
based on the out-of-pocket payment which is by the user with the connection of family.
Therefore, the other challenge which may be related to the product is the high-income market
due to the lack of fund or the user which shows the development of quality and safety (Matter,
and Eide, 2018).
There is the high-income country that have provided high-core service which is not
integrated to provide the appointment a wider way for the multiple of the patient in the various
location. It can also lead to creating a burden such as providing the aspect of the budget which is
suitable to provide the need of assistive technology. There is a high demand for assistive
technology which allow a large number of people to take the proper support and care.
Assistive technology is useful in order to provide various achievements in the daily task to
live for every individual who are facing a different type of disability. In addition, it follows the
various ethical principles to avoid the ethical issues which can be arises due to the assistive
technology. Assistive technology is usually focused on autonomy, justice, and many more.
Therefore, it is also analysed that they ensure the rights of the individual that mainly focus on the
human rights that can help to get a better and more effective assistive technology. These are
some of the ethical considerations are usually taken in order to provide proper support and care
to the number of people that show their effective response to the service user and does not create
any type of harm to other. Therefore, the services from the service user regards show high
demand and that not relevant to any issues on the assistive technology when they are taking the
contexts with the health and social care (Purnama and et. al., 2021).
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Task 3: Influence of assistive technology within Health and Social Care.
In the context of the healthcare setting, the use of assistive technology may contribute to
the patient support and care in the effective ways and they also enable in order to provide wide
range of services that may show impact positively on health and social care. In addition, they
also show the influence which is based on the assistive technology which is analysed with the
different aspect that contributed to the healthcare setting. It is usually defined with the various
way which may contribute within the healthcare setting for the proper assistance to such people
who require a proper approach that deal with factor which is contributing. The influence of
assistive technology may support the patient within the healthcare setting in all the ways which
support and formulate wellbeing (Smith and et. al., 2019).
Resources Equipment’s Pros Cons
Utilisation which is
based on instrument
Review devices Focus on the high
quality of health and
life regards with the
patient who require
assistive technology.
Make alert call or
notification in the case
of emergency.
It helps to provide the
vision which is related
with the aspect to save
energy.
The issue which is
measurable while
implementing the
review device within
the healthcare setting
show lack of security
that raise doubt and
concern.
Technology is also
show the aspect which
is related with the
various issue.
The insufficient
knowledge regard
with the recent
technology may show
the context of failure
which cause the
helplessness.
Itself device that used Mechanical device Increase the durability They used to take
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in health and social
care
that reliable to
produce the effective
role in assistive
technology.
and focus on the
convenience that
provide by assistive
technology (Spinelli,
Micocci, Martin, and
Wang, 2019).
They take the control
on all the device
which is used within
the healthcare setting
as the part of assistive
technology.
It is usually providing
the aspect which is
beneficial in order to
save the time and
provide comfort to the
patient with the help
of assistive
technology.
higher cost of
installation that
require technician and
other specialise to
monitor and focus on
the tool or
equipment’s.
The proper inspection
and monitoring of the
equipment is taken in
order to reduce the
error.
Learning utility Evaluation device They are usually
support with the help
of insurance benefits.
In addition, the proper
support is usually
provided to the people
with the attitude of
previous generation.
Safety precaution and
assurance are higher
when they taking with
The possibilities of
the surge are higher.
Technology have
shown their risk
which is related with
the new update that
provide the fact which
is related with the
version which is
timely outdated.
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the context to health
and social care.
Individual model of integrated care: The group of integrated models of care are focus on the
coordination of care for the patient with the high risk. It helps to provide the multiple support and
care to the people with their complexities. In addition, they used to provide proper health service
to the wider population as the person-centred care which is based on the service provider. They
usually show the presence within the healthcare setting in such a way which help them to provide
effective aspect for health and social care. It includes:
 Proper aspect of case management.
 Individual care plan
 Patient centred medical approach which include the home-based assistance named as
dialysis for the renal failure.
 The health budget which is based on personal level.
Chronic care model: The chronic model is well referring as the service form of model that
applied within the integrated aspect of care. In addition, the chronic care of model is
predominately focused on the help which is best suitable with practice that is applied in order to
improve the patient health with the transformation in delivery of health services. Therefore, it
helps to show the improvement in the term of advancement within the health and social care that
provide independence that provide assistive technology. They usually focus on the outcome that
is follow with the context that provide the approach and model of assistive technology that create
abundance that is well structure by the planning and care (Sriram, Jenkinson, and Peters, 2019).
Task 4: Evaluating the effect and impact of assistive technology in Health and Social Care.
Assistive technology usually plays a useful role in choosing the area that is analysed as
health in social care sector. In this, the assistive technology plays a vital role by providing a
wider scope of opportunities that indicate the population who is facing the various risk the health
issues that require proper support and care with the assistive technology. Moreover, the assistive
technologies are usually provided additional support and care to the patient who is facing the risk
of health issues. They also reduce the inequalities that are usually faced by individual and the
health care setting. In addition, assistive technology reduces inequalities the disability. These all
aspect are usually driven in such a way that helps to support the health and social care and
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development among the people. The evaluation of the assistive technology also provides primary
approaches with the help of assistive products that maintain and improve the individual
wellbeing with the optimum function that the required in their day-to-day activity. It is very
healthy and productive for the people with disability where the assistive devices support them in
in all the ways that enhance mobility and functions for their life. It reduces the difficulty such as
speaking, typing, writing, learning, and many more (Steel, 2019).
The technologies which may be supportive in term of assistance in the health and social care
towards the patient or the individual who is facing the risk of health issues may be treated with
the assistive devices that develop wellness and wellbeing by reducing the need for formal
healthcare. In addition, without assistive technology, people with a disability are usually
excluded from social groups and communities. In addition, it usually increases the impact on
daily life where the disabled people use to move from one place to another without any support
from the caregiver and social worker. Moreover, they also show their vision towards the
improvement in the quality of life and also focus on the ability to do some products with the help
of assistive devices (Steel, 2019).
CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion, it is well analysed that the assistive technologies usually play a vital
role in the health in the social care sector by providing proper support and care to the number of
populations who is facing the risk of disability or any kind of impairment. It is challenging for
the health in the social care sector to provide support for 24 hours to any people with a disability.
The invention of assistive products is showing their impact on health and social care by
implanting or providing to the patient that relies upon a level of comfort among them. It usually
helps to develop a quality of life and improve people’s wellness and provide them with
appropriate resilience.
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