Standards for Service Provision

November 2010: Draft Document - Lifetime Digital Homes - New Homes

As part of FAST's participation in the Digital Access Provision (DAP) Forum HealthHub project funded by the Technology Strategy Board's Assisted Living Innovation Platform.

The document is intended as an options appraissal to support the at-scale installation of integrated assisted living data, power and telecommunication infrastructure platforms in homes.

Comments on the draft document are invited. Please email these to keren@fastuk.org or return the document with proposed changes made with track changes.

Download: Draft Lifetime Digital Homes - New Homes (pdf 1kb)

2003: AT Forum Standards Paper

In its position paper the AT Forum reported that the Assistive Technology (AT) sector has a large number of service standards but that there is no formal mechanism to evaluate or endorse them and none of the service standards have been nationally adopted. It is difficult for professionals to assess relevant standards and there is little information for users  about the standards of service they can expect.

On behalf of the AT Forum, FAST conducted a mapping exercise of AT service standards in 2005/6. The resultant report, Assistive Technology: Standards for Service Provision, reviews the current quality standards for AT services and makes recommendations about the future development of standards in this field. The report includes:

• An overview of government AT policy for health and social care, housing, education, employment and leisure services
• An index of all AT service standards reviewed
• An analysis which examines standards documents on a sector by sector basis
• A series of recommendations for the production of standards
• An action plan for the AT community