Council counts savings of telecare for elderly
An audit by Gloucestershire County Council looking at the amount of savings available to them by implementing telecare found that it could save £15,000 on the treatment of just three elderly patients. The council began a pilot project of ‘Telecare in Gloucestershire’ (TeleG) in the Gloucester and Forest of Dean regions in 2004 and set […]
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Local authorities urged to accelerate telecare initiatives
The Care Services Improvement Partnership has urged local authorities to refer to its guidance to get the ball rolling on the implementation of telecare, and use available framework contracts to speed up the implementation of telecare projects. Ian Salt, programme manager for physical disabilities and the sensory impairment team, said that since the Preventative Technology […]
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Minister announces new telecare guidance on way
The government is to issue new guidance for social care commissioners to help make telecare more mainstream, it was revealed today. Speaking at the Laing and Buisson Telecare and Assistive Technology conference in London, the parliamentary under secretary for care services, Ivan Lewis, announced that new guidance on telecare was to be issues to […]
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Telecare firm supports learning disability project
Telecare provider, Tunstall, has joined a new project called Through Assistive Technology to Employment (TATE), designed to increase employability for people with learning difficulties and support individual living. Tunstall were approached by the project team and agreed to help to develop and mainstream assistive technology devices and telecare systems to help meet the needs of […]
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Reports highlight telecare’s popularity
Research studies on the two biggest telecare projects in the UK have highlighted the popularity of the technology among users. One of the reports, Piloting Telecare in Kent County Council: The Key Lessons, focuses on use of telecare in Kent where 550 people are currently piloting a range of telecare interventions. The other study, Smart […]
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Rewiring Long Term Care
As major work starts on ‘demonstrators’ for e-enabled long term care, Colin Jervis analyses the challenge.
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Telecare deal for 500 packages in Cumbria
Five hundred homes across Cumbria are to receive telecare packages following a contract award to suppliers, Tunstall, by the local county council. The move follows a successful pilot scheme earlier this year and will be funded using some of the £860,000 Preventative Technology Grant (PTG), allocated to the council by the Department of Health. Cumbria County […]
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Telehealth innovations unveiled at conference
Partners Telemedicine, a US based telecare provider, have told a conference that patients should be encouraged to use ‘self care’ telehealth products. Showcasing some of their products currently in the research and development stages in the US, Dr Joseph Kvedar, director at Partners Telemedicine, said: “The number of patients suffering from chronic illnesses is growing […]
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New GPS telecare bracelet to go on sale
Canadian mobile technology specialists Medical Intelligence Technologies Inc. has signed a letter of intent with British telecare specialists Tunstall for UK distribution of its GPS-enabled Columba telecare bracelet. The Columba (right) is a watch size bracelet combining a hands-free portable telephone, an intelligent alert system and a global positioning system (GPS). When necessary, it transmits the […]
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Online training for telecare workers launched
A new web-based learning resource has been set up by software developers Tunstall to educate healthcare professionals on what to bear in mind when prescribing and monitoring the use of telecare. The Telecare Training Tool (TTT) uses interactive real-life scenarios to trigger the viewers’ senses and guides the user through various telecare assessments to ensure […]
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