Telecare

22 January 2007

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

18 January 2007

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

16 January 2007

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

12 January 2007

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

9 January 2007

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.

20 December 2006

Rewiring Long Term Care

As major work starts on 'demonstrators' for e-enabled long term care, Colin Jervis analyses the challenge.

15 December 2006

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

22 November 2006

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’

13 November 2006

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

6 November 2006