Coastal Housing Case Study (Regarding Fitbit Project)

Case Study –Coastal Housing – Ty Twyn Teg – Fitbit

This is a housing scheme where Coastal Housing Group Ltd provide support staff seven days week and 24 hours a day to the residents. Melincryddan Community Conference (MCC) provide five Fitbit two for five Coastal Housing residents who were all over 50 years old.  Fiona Davies (Assistant GET NPT Online Volunteer Coordinator) worked in partnership with Nigel Lewis (Coastal Housing Digital Officer) to deliver a six week program which encourage the residents to learn IT skills while monitoring the number of steps they achieved over the week. The first week we had the support of a young person Serena who supported Fiona set up the Fitbits for each resident.

The Coastal Housing Residents used the Fitbit device to measure their activity levels, to see whether they’ve been reaching health goals, while understanding how digital technology can help them achieve this. Fitbits are activity trackers – wireless-enabled wearable technology devices that measure data such as the number of steps walked, heart rate, quality of sleep, steps climbed, and other personal metrics.

Fiona enjoyed coordinating the project and felt the engagement had built the confidence of the clients who had engaged well on the project.

  

Feedback off residents

Audrey shared that she had enjoyed using the Fitbit and it had encouraged to walk more each week and use the computer more in the week.

Beth shared that it had encouraged to increase her daily steps throughout the week. Beth felt that having the Fitbit had given her a peace of mind in the fact that her resting heart was healthy . Through getting involved in the six week Fitbit program Beth is going to attend a IT session with MCC to support her use her Apple I pad,

Gillian enjoyed using the Fitbit because it was helpful in checking daily her steps and heart rate. Gillian has been using the app on her phone and iPad to check her progress. Gillian share that it was a good device showing how healthy you are and felt that the MCC staff had been very supportive and open to answering any questions.

Each participant who engaged  on the Fitbit project were very pleased to be a part of the project and shared that the support given was excellent.