Telecare industry and NHS work together to design TEC urgent community response tool
The TEC Services Association (TSA) has helped design an innovative technology-enabled care (TEC) urgent community response tool that improves responsiveness to patient…
New alliance to increase co-production and break down silos in TEC sector
Alyson Scurfield, Co-Chair TEC Action Alliance and CEO of TSA Two national care bodies have joined forces to ensure that assistive technology suppliers and care…
Care and housing providers urged to bid for £75k tech testbed funding so homes are ‘care ready’
Local authorities, care providers and housing associations are being invited to apply for grants of £75,000, so they can test out with older people which…
Smart adult home care solutions provider recognised by coveted TEC quality standards
The exclusive provider of the Beanbag Care suite of smart adult home care solutions, Secure UK has been awarded coveted Quality Standards Framework accreditation by…
RESPONSE: Healthcare, social care and housing leaders share their views on social care reform whitepaper
Following the publication of the UK Government’s long-awaited adult social care reform whitepaper, which details its 10-year vision for the sector and provides information on…
Practitioners help create new professional hub to support independent living
A “ground-breaking” new hub has been launched to make it easier for health, care and housing professionals to prescribe equipment that enables vulnerable people to…
Lack of digital social care offered by councils means practitioners are missing out, says commission
Male nurse showing a digital tablet to an elderly woman in a care home. Not enough local authorities or care providers are using available technology…
1.7 million older and vulnerable adults could be at risk during digital switchover
Joe McLoughlin, Director of Innovation at Astraline National telecare monitoring centre Astraline is calling on the private and social housing, health and care industries to…
TEC provider sponsors important ADASS and TSA assistive tech commission
Steve Gates, Managing Director at Taking Care Taking Care has announced its sponsorship and involvement in the ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social Services)…
TEC provider joins new commission exploring role of assistive tech in social care
Gordon Sutherland, CEO of Tunstall Healthcare Tunstall Healthcare has announced its involvement and sponsorship of the newly launched ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social…