Posts by Coral Living
How new treatments can redefine social care
Balancing safety and independence For many years, the question of how best to care for adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) has divided opinion. Families and clinicians have often favoured specialist residential care, believing it offers the most reliable path to stability, safety, and good health. Public sector commissioners, with the understandable, and very real, pressure…
Read MoreDesigning homes for people with Prader-Willi Syndrome
Creating the right living environment for anybody with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) can, literally, be life-changing. Evidence shows that calming home environments in which individuals with PWS are able to live a structured and proactive life lead to materially enhanced health outcomes and life expectancy. PWS is a complex genetic condition that affects appetite regulation, behaviour,…
Read MoreA Helping Hand: AI, Care, and the Human Touch
“Technology must serve humanity not replace it”. These words ring truer than ever as AI extends its reach into more and more facets of our daily lives.
Read MoreThe role of Smart Homes to enhance independent living
Every Care Provider will confirm that technology is not in itself a silver bullet, but that it does have enormous value when when deployed as part of a person-centred support plan
Read MoreLife begins at 40
In politics everything must be ‘transformed’ because no-one votes for modest improvements. But what if promises turn out to be fantasies?
Read MoreThe impact of the pandemic on technology in adult social care
There weren’t too many good things to have come out of the pandemic. However, one silver lining may have been the accelerated take-up of digital technology in health and care settings.
Read MoreSet aside land for specialised housing
To: Rt Hon. Robert Jenrick MPSecretary of state for housing, communities and local government Housing and planning – the need to allocate land for supported living
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