The use of computers to keep aging brains alert is a new project at IBM-Israel, which has announced a collaboration with European Union partners. The three-year HERMES Cognitive Care for Active Aging project will be based on audio and visual… Read moreIBM: We may soon have computer-assisted memories
Tangentially-related to telecare: there are a number of companies producing these kinds of in-sea tracking devices, but the author of this gCaptain blog item is clearly impressed with a new product from Mobilarm.
Devon County Council and the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust (SWAST) has launched a dedicated service to respond to community alarm calls. Historically, SWAST’s clinicians have been called to non-medical situations where an elderly person may have fallen but… Read moreDevon organises improved alarm response (UK)
In an imaginative marketing move, Assistive Technology Services, the US company that trades by trumpeting its Christian-faith based credentials, says it wants to give away 1000 alarm systems in 2009. But only if other people donate towards the cost of… Read moreGiving away 1000 alert systems (US)
Telecare system provider Mediagrids has confirmed to Telecare Aware that it is subject of a winding up order from Inland Revenue. This is despite cost-cutting measures, including redundancies, during the past year. So, despite the UK Government’s policies of encouraging… Read moreMediagrids closing
In a statement to Telecare Aware, a spokesperson for Philips in the US denied rumours that the replacement of equipment to Health Watch customers earlier in the year was a recall related to the FDA’s warning letter in February about… Read morePhilips denies Health Watch equipment recall rumour (US)
Item for the techies – in case they haven’t read it already. Eliminating Medical Device RF Interference
Yesterday Alertacall announced that Eldercare, the community alarm provider of Help the Aged, is the first strategic partner for its new Pellonia service. The Ancient Romans were practical people, and the story is that they looked to the goddess Pellonia… Read moreMajor UK telecare provider gets boost from Roman goddess
In October a Freedom of Information Act request found that one in four Primary Care Trusts has closed or reduced dementia services in the past three years and less than half have early detection services in place. Read more in… Read moreWidespread cuts to dementia services in the UK
A quick reminder that if you wish to present at next April’s Med-e-Tel conference the deadline for papers is 20th December. Submission details here.
