Damn good scheme in Northampton plans to manage emergency calls from people who have fallen in a way that means they are not routinely picked up by ambulance and taken to hospital but are managed by a crisis response team… Read moreIntegrated Crisis Response Service in Northampton (UK)
European mobile phone handset manufacturer with its eyes firmly set on the telecare/telehealth and older people markets has published an upbeat company report: Doro AB : Interim Report January-September 2011. [TA items concerning Doro]
‘Nuff said, really. Press release.
A site to help keep older people (especially those in care homes) in touch with their families has won the Most Exciting Newcomer Award at the Nominet Awards 2011, received a UK IT Industry Award 2010 and is a finalist… Read moreKeeping older people in touch with families is just a click away (UK)
Smart Planet reports that “Researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada are studying elderly patients as they live in an ‘independent living’ facility laden with sensors and other technology to track their daily activities. The point? To gather data… Read more'Smart condo' will monitor and model older people (Canada)
According to Simon Arnold, Tunstall’s UK Managing Director in their latest press release, a strategic partnership agreement just signed with the Mears Group (a UK social housing repairs and maintenance provider that also provides domiciliary care services), it will be… Read moreTunstall to get injection of new ideas (UK)
David McCullough, Chief Executive of the WRVS (formerly the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service) is reported as having a pop at telecare (or is it telehealth?) services for increasing social isolation because they help keep people at home. Assuming he’s not… Read moreOnline services 'isolating' elderly people (UK)
Mark Ayton, managing director of Honeywell HomMed UK, describes his view of the potential opportunities for telehealth home health monitoring in the Healthcare Equipment & Supplies (HES) Magazine: Will GPs take telehealth into the mainstream?
Burnside Telecom has combined cloud based technology with mobile phones and launched a new app, Monicare, aimed at care homes and local authorities. Burnside’s main proposition is that cellular/GSM/private networks are a viable alternative to traditional landlines and the introduction… Read moreBurnside Telecom: Monitor care equipment from your mobile phone (UK)
Rather belated notice of this (sorry) but the latest Telecare LIN newsletter, for October, has been published. (PDF download) The contents cover:Section 1: November 2011 – an important month for telecare and telehealth – Page 3 [includes useful pointers for… Read moreTelecare LIN October newsletter published (UK)
