Social Care
Social care providers are now realising the benefits of telecare for a wide range of users from simple needs to more complex cases.
Telehealthcare delivers:
- Improved personal outcomes
- Improved quality of life
- Economic efficiencies
- Sustainable health and social care systems
- Preventative solutions
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Latest news
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Telecare Helps Five-Year-Old Boy Save his Mother's Life
This article talks about how our Lifeline units helped a five-year-old boy to save his mother's life after she fell downstairs and was left unconscious following a black-out.
Finley Davies was able to call for help quickly and easily using the Lifeline monitor that was only installed in the home the week before, to raise an alarm with Carmarthenshire County Council's Careline team.
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Telecare helps Croydon support a further 600 people in their own homes
This article, on Local Government Chronicle Efficiency Award 2010 winner Croydon Council, shows how Croydon transformed its adult care service by putting telecare at the heart of its adult care services.
For Croydon LBC, telecare played a critical role in helping to restructure its adult care service. The new approach with personalised care packages means that fewer people rely on high-cost intensive home-based services, and instead live safely and independently in their own homes for longer.
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Telecare Benefits Go Further Than Simple Alarms
A new American study has given further confirmation that telecare's benefits go beyond simply raising alerts in the event of problems.
The study, from Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis, found that pain and depression were significantly improved in cancer patients who received telecare and home-based automated symptom monitoring.
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Latest events
| September 2010 |
| 8 Sep | Trent DSDC Conference | University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby |
| 16 Sep | Tunstall Scotland Open Day
Sharing your views - shaping the future | Dunblane Hydro, Perth Road, Dunblane FK15 0HE
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| 22 Sep | Scottish Regional Group of NAEP's Conference | Herriot Watt University Conference Centre |
| 22-23 Sep | Care and Repair Cymru Annual Conference | Cymru, Llandudno |
| 23 Sep | The Future for LD Care Provision | The Midland Hotel, Manchester |
| 30 Sep | DH East Midlands Dementia Conference | Derby Riverside Centre, Pride Park, Derby |
| October 2010 |
| 5 & 6 Oct | Customer User Forum
Sharing your views - shaping the future | The Vale Resort Hotel, Hensol Park, Cardiff CF72 8JY
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| 19 & 20 Oct | Customer User Forum
Sharing your views - shaping the future | Hilton London Metropole, 225 Edgware Road, London W2 1JU
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| November 2010 |
| 3-5 Nov | National Children and Adult Services Conference and Exhibition 2010 | Manchester Central, Windmill Street |
| 9 & 10 Nov | Customer User Forum
Sharing your views - shaping the future | Holiday Inn Leeds-Brighouse Hotel, Clifton, Brighouse HD6 4HW
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| 9-11 Nov | UK Dementia Congress 2010 | Bournemouth International Centre |
| 15-17 Nov | TSA - The National Telecare and Telehealth Conference 2010 | Imperial Hotel, 61-66 Russell Square, London |