ACT™ ASSESSMENT

The world's leading digitised care planning tool

The award winning ACT™ Assess & Connect tool identifies the concerns and priorities of older people and connects them to local sources of support to meet their needs. It is based on thirty years of international research and development and delivers on the WHO guidelines for preventive, person-centred integrated care.

Winner of the WSIS Forum 2021
Healthy Ageing Innovation Prize

WHY ACT™ ASSESS & CONNECT?

Two thirds of the most significant threats to older people’s health, independence and wellbeing are not reported. The ACT™ Assess & Connect helps identify and address the top 56 threats to health, independence and wellbeing in old age.

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HEALTHY AGEING

Addresses what really matters to older people and improves wellbeing, independence, social connection and health.

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REAL-TIME INSIGHTS

Describes patterns of population needs and trends in healthy active life and measures the outcomes of interventions.

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COST REDUCTION

Reduces hospital and long-term costs of care adds an average of one extra year of quality life per older person. 

Providing a holistic, person-centred approach

ACT™ Assess & Connect was the Winner of 2021 The United Nations WSIS Prize for Innovation for Healthy Ageing due to it’s practical method to identify needs and mobilise local community assets.

Summary scores

ACT™ Quality of Life (Wellbeing, Independence in Activities of Daily Living, Social Connection, Staying Healthy), WHO ICOPE domains of Intrinsic Capacity and Social Care and Support and Ability Needs Assessment.

WHO GUIDANCE

Following an assessment, assessors are guided to current WHO Guidance to address concerns flagged.

KEY CONCERNS

The key concerns and priorities for an older person's health and wellbeing are recorded and matched to suitable local sources of support.

INFORMATION RESOURCES

Following an assessment, an online pack of information resources are made available older people and anyone involved in their care to aid self-management.

HOW ACT™ ASSESS & CONNECT WORKS

Through regular reassessment, ACT™ Assess & Connect delivers a person-centred care plan by identifying and addressing the things which matter most to older people and mobilises community assets to meet their needs.

key domains which provide a holistic picture of health
threats to health, independence & wellbeing identified
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peer reviewed publications of ACT products

The ACT™ Assess & Connect targets resources to meet the priorities of the older person and generates unique data for policy-makers, commissioners and providers of products and services about the things which really matter to older people and the impact of interventions on individual and population health.

CASE STUDIES

'The implementation of ACT opened a dialogue among older people, community members and health service providers to identify and address various concerns.'

Health Nest Uganda
'Solutions derived from the ACT™ Assess & Connect of older people’s concerns focused on community services not medication, which has lead to increased investments in these vital services.'

Bridlington, UK

'ACT has helped us understand how older people see the world differently than we as service providers do.'


Northwood, Canada

'ACT has now been adapted into a restorative care model.'

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