DALLAS

(Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles At Scale)

A total investment of up to £23million is being made available in the UK-wide DALLAS programme - Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles At Scale.  This comprises an £18million investment by the Technology Strategy Board and the National Institute for Health Research, with a further £5million contribution from the Scottish Government, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise.

DALLAS will establish three to five communities of 10,000 people each or more across the UK, of which one will be in Scotland.  These will show how assisted living technologies and services can be used to promote wellbeing, and provide top quality health and care, enabling people to live independently - including a preventative approach.

The aim is to unlock new markets in social innovation, service innovation and wellness, enabled by technology, and show that technologies and services can be made available at a sufficient scale and cost to enable independent living.  The competition will help grow the assisted living sector and position UK companies to take advantage of increasing global demand for assisted living goods and services.

More information can be found on the DALLAS Website