ADASS cries out for sustainable government funding of at least £7bn extra a year for social care
More than half of councils in England are resorting to exceptional measures to ration care and support in a worsening national emergency for social care,…
Study suggests 31 percent falls reduction rate for people with home modifications
A randomised controlled trial (RCT) in New Zealand has explored how effective home modifications are in helping prevent falls for occupants. The RCT took place…
Researchers urgently call for global telehealth guidelines to support AHPs
Staffordshire University health experts claim there is an urgent need for global telehealth guidelines for allied health professionals (AHPs) in a bid to improve remote…
Latest PIP statistics reflect ongoing pandemic disruption with highest-ever level of new claims
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its latest quarterly Personal Independence Payment (PIP) figures for the quarter ending October 2021, highlighting trends…
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…
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…
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…
National Robotarium partners with Leuchie House to trial assisted living technologies
The National Robotarium, delivered by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, has partnered with Leuchie House to trial technologies that could help people with…