Not sure how I managed to miss this article from the Times Online in March, but better late than… Westminster Council, in Central London, is to make the buddi tracking device available to each of its 1,900 residents with dementia…. Read moreSafer Walking Technology Scheme – Westminster, UK
Five booklets, most free, from the University of Stirling cover using telecare to support people with dementia, with learning disabilities and with physical or sensory impairments. Download them here. [You will need to jump through the hoop of setting up… Read moreFive telecare booklets from Uni. of Stirling (UK)
A nice item from Fife council because it’s not techno-speak driven* but just illustrates the benefits of technology for specific people with dementia and, in the headline and closing comment, makes a link for readers from the unknown (lifestyle monitoring)… Read moreLifestyle Monitoring – Tomorrow's World? (Scotland)
Nottingham City ‘health bosses’ are bidding for £250,000 to find ways of using technology for sufferers of such conditions as asthma and dementia. They want to help them spot the early signs of health problems without having to be taken… Read moreiPhones could keep elderly and disabled out of hospital (Nottingham, UK)
Business Week catches up with mHealth in this article, mainly from a European perspective. Interesting lead on the Telefónica’s Barcelona test motion sensor-loaded knee brace for remote monitoring of rehabilitation. Orange, Vodafone and Doro are all highlighted, with US wireless leaders such… Read moreBusiness Week catches up with mHealth
A better-than-it-might sound item from Community Care. The short answer to the question in its headline is, of course, ‘Tagging, yes. Facilitating independence, no.”
It’s good to hear that telecare investment is underway. But is this report in 24dash old news? I cannot find a related press release on Surrey County Council’s website. Or is it the fruition of the project proposed in 2006?… Read moreSurrey: £50,000 telecare for people with dementia
Research ‘smart homes’ have been called ‘expensive places where eHealth tech goes to die’ but this may break the mold in intention and results. Over the past two years, Alcatel-Lucent, in conjunction with Bell Labs Antwerp, have been developing a… Read moreThe sensitive home
Mobile software partner sought for European dementia technologies is a low-key title for a significant item in eHealthNews.eu about the COGKNOW project. Don’t miss the video, especially because they do not seem to fall into the traps on ageist attitudes… Read moreMobile software partner sought for European dementia technologies
First, the bad news, summed up in this item from the BBC: there are more people in the UK with dementia than previously thought, and the effect of dementia on society and the economy has been significantly underestimated. The good… Read moreDementia: bad news; good news; ignored news
