Occupational Therapists
How we can help you help your clients
Occupational Therapists’ Challenges
Occupational Therapists face a wide a range of challenges in their roles, including heavy workloads, emotional and mental fatigue, staffing shortages, limited resources, and the burden of paperwork.
Challenges related to Assistive / Independent Living Technology
Being specialists in providing healthcare services they often face acute issues related to Assistive / Independent Living Technology. Some of these challenges would include the following:
- Lack of time to research:
- Finding information about currently available Assistive / Independent Living technologies can often be time consuming
- Keeping up to date with the latest technologies as they are released often is impossible
- Limited technical knowledge - Occupational Therapists are healthcare professionals, therefore as should be expected, accordingly they often have limited knowledge of technical solutions
- Difficulties identifying suitable suppliers, who can:
- Provide design or technical installation presales advice
- Work with them to provide the best possible outcomes within the available budgets
- Provide bespoke solutions for a diverse range of service users' needs
- Provide competitive quotations in a timely manner
- Implement solutions without delaying the overall project timeline
- Install intuitive solutions that service users and their carers can easily understand and use
- Provide on-going support for installed solutions
Automated Spaces solutions for Occupational Therapists
Automated Spaces unique ‘Independent Living Smart Spaces’ solution, which combines smart home technologies with an activity monitoring solution, means that we can offer Occupational Therapists the following advantages, benefits and opportunities:
Reliable Reference Source:
- Source of Knowledge; Learn about the latest developments in relation to the 'art of the possible' with regards to the evolution of independent living technologies.
- Immersive Experiences; Visit our show house to experience in person the latest independent living technologies.
- Online Tools; Utilise our Independent Living Smart Spaces Specification Tool to help you easily identify which our of solutions will provide the outcomes your service user / client or their carers require.
- Faster Answers; We can offer considerable diary flexibility and prompt timeframes with regards to joining an online meeting to discuss project requirements.
- CPD Briefings; We can now provide comprehensive CPD briefings at either our show house or your offices. With our new Independent Living Smart Spaces mobile demonstration we can bring the learning direct to you.
Outcomes Before Technology:
- Your Technical Specialist; When we engage with Occupational Therapists, who are amazing healthcare professionals, our conversations will always be based around the potential outcomes our Independent Living Smart Spaces solutions can deliver for their service users and their carers rather than focusing on the technologies. We firmly believe that it is our role to identify and suggest the best technical solutions to fulfil the needs of your clients and their carers, as identified by an Occupational Therapist within their assessments. We don’t expect Occupational Therapists to be Assistive / Independent Living technology specialists…that is our role.
Trusted Partner:
- Technical Authority; Automated Spaces is an award winning company and member of CEDIA (Global Trade Association for Smart Home Professionals). We are in a select group of less than 20 companies globally to hold the 'CEDIA Member of Excellence' designation. We are also a CEDIA Premium Integrator Member. As a CEDIA Smart Home Continuing Education Instructor company we also provide accredited CPD briefings. Our team members hold various industry related technical certifications as well as Enhanced DBS certification.
- Strong Presales Capability; Automated Spaces will work with you in the initial assessment stages of the project to provide practical ‘free of charge’ advice relating to our Independent Living Smart Spaces solutions.
- Cost Effective Solutions; With our Independent Living Smart Spaces solution being modular, we can create a solution that provides the maximum positive outcomes for the available initial budget. But this solution will also be able to evolve over time if the service user or their carers’ needs change or if more budgetary funds became available.
- Wide Range of Solutions; We can provide a wide range of independent living technology solutions to meet the needs of a diverse range of service users and their carers.
