Occupational therapists in Leeds report on the evaluation of a one-year trial of the Just Checking system by the Leeds Mental Health Intermediate Care Service. The brief conclusion: “Just Checking improved the quality of assessment and outcomes for the service… Read moreLeeds OTs evaluate use of Just Checking by the Mental Health Intermediate Care Service (UK)
DH Care Networks September Telecare eNewsletter (PDF) covers, amongst other things: The Bristol Whole System Demonstrator event [More interesting than it might sound, including some information about what is going on in Wales] New Newham website providing additional information on… Read moreDH Care Networks September Telecare eNewsletter
Frederic Lievens organiser of the annual Med-e-Tel conference, attended the Masterclass yesterday (17 September 2009) and kindly shares his observations with Telecare Aware readers:
Imperial College and University of Edinburgh plan to run these classes twice a year, the next one in Edinburgh.
The class is (for now) definitely aiming at introducing ehealth/telehealth to newcomers or people who have only been involved from the sideline so far, which definitely is a worthwhile aim. Hopefully they will be able to attract more and more health and social care professionals and patient advocates, and not just academics.
So the presentations were quite general in scope and focused on things like terminology, history, specific applications, target groups, mobile devices and a connected world, interoperability. The class started with Claudia Pagliari talking about terminology and her first slide referred to the terminology debate and campaign on Telecare Aware. She did indeed provide some formal definitions and taxonomies.
I fully subscribed to James Barlow’s statement that “the future never quite arrives”…
Neil Revely, Director of Health, Housing and Adult Services at Sunderland City Council describes how the council and the PCT this city in Northern England have got to grips with building on the advantages that telecare systems bring. “The benefits… Read moreSunderland: a telecare marker and challenge (UK)
Two stories of miniscule-scale trials of GPS tracking devices with people with dementia. “When John wandered up to the local adult social care offices staff suggested the tracking technology.” From Warwickshire From Fife
63-year-old man with dementia lost in Campbell (Silicon Valley) was still not found despite having a GPS-enabled alert bracelet. Unfortunately this story does not tell us the outcome or why the bracelet did not help.
Not telecare, but relevant to the care context in the UK: “Older people in Britain are being drugged and robbed when they need care, claims the Alzheimer’s Society. The charity is accusing the government of ‘daylight robbery’ with thousands facing… Read moreOlder people being drugged and robbed when they need care
Fife Council’s Social Work Service, in partnership with NHS Fife and Fife Police, is trying out door monitoring and GPS tracking. John Honeyman, training and marketing adviser with Fife Telecare Programme, said: “Many people with dementia prefer to stay in… Read moreFife tries out telecare for people with dementia (Scotland)
For the second time in a few months Just Checking gets great publicity, not by blowing its own trumpet, but by letting other people tell their story. The first was with the publication of the CSESD team’s Staffordshire report and… Read moreChecking up on people with dementia
Ten to fifteen percent of people diagnosed as having dementia may really have normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) according to Dr. Mark Luciano, a neurosurgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. This is clearly of importance to anyone working with people with dementia…. Read moreUp to 15% of people with dementia may have normal pressure hydrocephalus
