Record £1.4bn funding for local authorities to support social care and bolster workforce
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid A record total of £ billion will be made available over three years to help increase the fee…
Case study: Helpful shower toilet offers client enhanced levels of comfort and a better clean
Robert Moore, from Rainham in Kent, who has irritable bowel syndrome, was already familiar with the benefits of self-cleaning toilets after using one for more…
University researches tool for improving balance and vision as potential Parkinson’s treatment
Northumbria University is leading research on the effects of technological visual training as a potential rehabilitation tool for people affected by Parkinson’s disease. Dr Sam…
NHS trust asks residents to return unwanted walking aids to local hospital
Wye Valley NHS Trust is urging residents to check their own homes and their family members’ homes for NHS walking aids, such as crutches, Zimmer…
CPD webinars for OTs to learn about health and socio-economic factors around provision of adjustable cots and beds
Shaun Masters, OT, presenting one of his popular CPD webinars Shaun Masters, Occupational Therapist and Equipment Specialist at Theraposture, will be hosting a series of…
VIDEO: US researchers develop assistive tech advancement with customisable robotic exosuit
Credit: Biodesign Lab, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science at Harvard University Harvard University researchers, partially funded by the US National…
Over one in 10 NHS England beds blocked in November as patients unable to be discharged
NHS staff answered the highest number of 999 calls for any November on record, an average of around one every three seconds, according to the…
Care home falls reduced by 43 percent with collaborative intervention programme, study shows
The largest study of care homes in the UK, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that a coordinated approach to fall…
NHS hospital first in England to introduce £365,000 assistive robot that helps stroke patients
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity has introduced an innovative £365,000 walking robotics device called Walkerbot, which will be used to help stroke patients at the…
More than two-thirds of Welsh councils to enhance telecare services, new report finds
The first-ever analysis into telecare across Wales has found that the majority of local councils are extending their use of digital technology in a bid…