The British Society of Gerontology, supported by its University of Plymouth hosts, will be broadcasting its Festival of IT and Older People and its two day conference via live webcasts on 4-6 July. An other excellent development from the Society!… Read moreBritish Society of Gerontology conference live webcasts
If this MEDSEEK (Yes, another ALL CAPS company!) web page were a press release it would be a strong contender for our abysmal release of the year award. Read it and weep – or laugh – or puzzle. The eHealth… Read moreWebsite for terminology masochists
A biting opinion piece in The Irish Times highlights the way ageist attitudes have driven service developments – or, rather, the lack of them. “Stay in your own home and be abused by relatives and carers or go into a… Read moreSegregating older people from the rest of society (Ireland)
From Sunderland’s ‘let’s give telecare to as many people as we can’ approach as an act of faith in prevention and as an underpinning for social services: How does Sunderland provide social care to all residents who need it? (David… Read moreThe UK's two approaches to telecare
Just announced, another 2,000-patient telehealth programme for Tunstall, this time in Gloucestershire. Let’s hope the commissioners were not unduly influenced by the North Yorkshire satisfaction survey results. Speaking of North Yorkshire, we wonder whether this programme will also cost £3.2million?… Read moreTunstall's telehealth program at NHS Gloucestershire
Great to see New Zealand getting it together…and if they want a website to be their online presence for the country, they are welcome to take on TANN: New Zealand – they just need to nominate a couple of editors…. Read moreNew Zealand Telehealth Forum established
There are some interesting views on things that are happening in Africa in an interview with Peter Benjamin, General Manager of Cell-Life, a South African non-profit organisation that uses cellphones to assist with healthcare in the HIV/Aids sector. It’s reported… Read moreMore from recent South African mHealth Summit
It’s great to see a trial of a new(?) device going on in Singapore, although this editor, Steve, wonders if they will really collect useful results in just 8 weeks. In the UK such trials usually last at least a… Read moreSingapore tests mHealth device for heart disease
Several TSA members have privately expressed concerns about recent developments at the TSA that this editor – Steve – thought could do with a little airing. First is concern over the adoption of a softer call handling performance indicator (PI)… Read moreTelecare Services Association – members' concerns (UK)
Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (DALLAS) is a programme/competition that will establish three to five sites across the UK (one site will be located in Scotland) with a minimum of 10,000 users per site that will “show how assisted… Read moreDALLAS – A thorough commissioning process to take less than a year (UK)
