Fire safety - existing specialised housing and similar premises: practical guidance
Guidance for those who are responsible for specialised housing and for those who provide care and support in such premises.
Annex 4: Examples of Assistive Technology Options
| Key (1) Item Number R - Recommended Sensors, S - Suggested additional sensors |
Bed Chair Bound | Smoker/evidence of burn marks | Dementia | Mental Health | Falls Management | Frail and Vulnerable | Hearing Impairment | Mobility Problems | Visual Impairment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access/Carer Trigger (1) | R | R | R | R | R | S | R | S | |
| Bed Occupancy Sensor (2) | R | R | R | R | R | ||||
| Big Button Phone (3) | S | S | R | S | R | ||||
| Chair Occupancy Sensor (2) | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||
| Clip on Astray with Remote Tube (5) | R | ||||||||
| Clocks and Calendars (6) | R | R | |||||||
| CO Detector | R | R | |||||||
| CO Detector (specialist) (4) | R | R | |||||||
| Detectors to turn off electric cooker (7) | R | R | |||||||
| Falls Detectors (8) | S | S | S | R | S | R | S | ||
| Fire Retardant Bedding (9) | R | ||||||||
| Fire Retardant Nightmare (11) | R | ||||||||
| Fire Retardant Spray (12) | R | ||||||||
| Fire Retardant Throws (10) | R | ||||||||
| Gas Cut Off Valves (13) | R | R | R | R | |||||
| Gas Detector (14) | R | R | R | ||||||
| Heat Detector (15) | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| Induction Hob (16) | R | R | S | S | S | S | |||
| Kitchen Timer (17) | R | R | S | S | |||||
| Metal Waste Bin (18) | R | R | R | R | |||||
| Object Locator (19) | R | R | R | ||||||
| Tactile Marking (20) | R | ||||||||
| Pendant Alarm (21) | R | R | R | R | R | S | R | R | |
| PenFriend Audi Labeller (22) | R | ||||||||
| Pill Organiser & Dossett Boxes (23) | R | R | |||||||
| Safety Ashtrays (24) | R | ||||||||
| Smoke Alarms (25) | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Smoke Alarms (specialist) (26) | R | R | |||||||
| Smoker’s Fire Retardant Apron (27) | R | ||||||||
| Sounder Beacon (28) | R | S | |||||||
| Stovetop/Cooker Shut Off Device (29) | R | R | S | R | R | ||||
| Temperature Monitor (30) | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| User Alert Pager (31) | R | ||||||||
| Visual Call Beacon (32) | R | S | |||||||
| Voice Record Reminder Sensor (33) | R | R | S | ||||||
| Wi-Fi Safe Remote Warning Handset (34) | R | ||||||||
| Water Suppression Systems (35) | R | R | R | R | R | S | S | S | S |
| Wheelchair Access to Ovens (36) | R |
Further information can be found at https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/media/2238/1-assisted-living-technology-catalogue.pdf. It should be noted that the catalogue contains information from, and links to, external websites. The Scottish Government shall not be responsible or liable in any way for the content of any external websites, including the accuracy or relevance of information contained on such websites. The Scottish Government does not endorse the companies or products mentioned in the catalogue. In particular, the Scottish Government cannot vouch for the effectiveness, reliability or safety of the products displayed in the catalogue, which are examples only of the assistive technology options listed in the table
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