About ADL Smartcare

Based in Sheffield and Newcastle
22 years
in business
250,000+ assessments completed
Over 5,000 unique solutions
300+
activities of need

Our Mission Statement

Our Mission Statement

Empowering people, through knowledge, to live better for longer.

Our Values

  • Our worldwide services are underpinned by expert knowledge and academic research
  • We pride ourselves on providing specific, expert help and advice about ageing that is independently verified
  • We respect the choices people make based on the advice we provide
  • We actively champion positive ageing messages and challenge ageing stereotypes

Our History

2021

ADL Smartcare becomes an international company

We launched our Healthy Ageing Digital Service in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, in March.

2020

Research Department moves in to The Catalyst

ADL Smartcare's Research Department moves in to The Catalyst, part of the groundbreaking Helix complex in Newcastle. The Catalyst is home to the UK’s National Innovation Centre for Ageing and the National Innovation Centre for Data.

2019

Healthy Ageing Digital Service available on G-Cloud 11

The new Healthy Ageing Digital Service is available on the G-Cloud 11 framework which has the LifeCurve™ Insight as a base product and self-help starting at £8,000 pa.

2018

LifeCurve™ pilot in a domiciliary care setting

ADL Smartcare worked closely with Eclipse Homecare to position an individual on the LifeCurve™ before, during and after they took part in reactivation exercises with a care giver. The results showed a 15% reduction in care and improved independence of the individual.

CFD research published

The research behind the Compression of Functional Decline was published in Age and Ageing. More information can be found here.

LifeCurve™ App Launch in Edinburgh

ADL Smartcare launched the LifeCurve™ in a mobile and tablet app with integrated exercises from Later Life Training. The app is the first step into the Healthy Ageing Digital Service which contains the unique knowledge based collected since 2002 to impact an individual’s LifeCurve™ position.

2017

Scottish National LifeCurve™ Survey

The survey was conducted across every Allied Health Professional working in Adult Health and Social Care across Scotland. In one month over 8500 LifeCurve™ surveys were completed so that the Scottish Government could understand where the workforce was intervening.

2015

LifeCurve™ launched

The LifeCurve™ was integrated into the Citizen Access and Staff Access Websites. The ADL Smartcare team converted the evidence based framework into a consumer offering across all UK partner sites. LifeCurve™s can be taken anytime, anywhere.

International collaboration

ADL Smartcare were involved in the AgeWell Canada project looking at the feasibility and work involved in cultural translation of ADL Smartcare’s unique advice to the Canadian consumer, from an academic point of view.

2011

ADL Research office opened

The ADL Research office opened at Newcastle University and has helped develop the evidence-based research which underpins ADL Smartcare’s services.

2010

TCES Contract

Department of Health awarded the contract for the management and hosting of the national catalogue and tariff to ADL Smartcare. ADL Smartcare also maintained the generic product specifications, a database of accredited retailers and a list of participating councils/NHS partners.

2008

Computing Award won

Community Project of the Year with Bradford City Council – innovation around self-help for managing independence. (These awards are now called BCS IT Industry Awards)

2006

First supported
self-help website launched

As a part of the self-assessment government project and in conjunction with the Royal Borough of Kingston, the staff access website was converted into a citizen access website. Individuals could access the same specific expert help and advice 24/7 through a website providing specific advice to help people stay independent in the community.

2005

Expansion of the clinic model

Bradford City Council and Walsall Council began running office-based assessments. This dramatically increased the number of people who can be helped without home visits and enabled Occupational Therapists to concentrate on complex cases.

2004

Staff Access Website converted into an enterprise class service

Our prototype staff access website was converted into an enterprise class software, delivered as a software as a service.

2003

First prototype clinic service launched

We released our first prototype Staff Access website. This was delivered as software as a service to support Occupational Therapist Assistants in performing 20 office-based assessments, rather than home assessments, for straightforward cases.

2002

Company founded

ADL Smartcare was formed, in partnership with Bradford MDC, to transform how adult health and social care meets the needs of their population and to improve the independence and well-being of individuals.

First session to gather expert knowledge

Since 2002 we have been collecting independent professional best practice advice which is then converted into our unique knowledge base so that it is available to individuals or staff.

Meet some of the team

Peter Gore CEO, Managing Director and co-founder
Sarah Gore Chief Knowledge Officer and co-founder
Bob Dunigan Financial Director
Professor Garth Johnson Chief Research Officer
Charlie Kennedy Business Operations
Peter Bowen Business Operations
Chris Gray Tech Team
Rebecca Martin Tech Team
Richard Shaw Tech Team
Beth Mitchell Knowledge Team
Will Collier Data Science

The ADL Smartcare team

Our Team Values

  • We promote an open, honest and safe working environment
  • We work collaboratively; sharing of views is encouraged and those views are respected
  • We work in an agile way as part of a supportive team
  • Security of our systems and ethical use of data is a priority for the organisation