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Community alarm services: the Carlisle experience — putting the quality back into quality assurance
Author(s)	Laurie Brewis
Journal title	Housing, Care and Support, vol 7, no 4, December 2004
Pages	pp 18-23
Source	Website: http://www.pavpub.com
Keywords	Alarm systems ; Living in the community ; Housing Associations ; Carlisle.
Annotation	Carlisle Housing Association Ltd (CHA) was created in December 2002 as a consequence of the transfer of Carlisle City Council's housing stock (7,200 properties), and is a subsidiary of the Riverside Group. CHA aims to deliver a sustainable community alarm service that aids its customers' independent living options, with a focus on health and social care provision in the area. This article sets out the evolutionary process undertaken to develop the CHA community alarm service, rather than to explain the operational aspects of assistive technology. The aim is to identify the co-ordinated, person-centred approach developed by CHA to assist vulnerable individuals to embark on a journey that fulfils their aspirations to remain as safe and independent as possible in a familiar environment. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050127205 A
Classmark	OV: K4: KKH: 8CUC
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