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…
National care bodies launch assistive tech commission to encourage integration across social care
Senior woman with female caregiver Two national care bodies have joined forces to make recommendations to government, the health, care and housing sectors and the…
Telecare alarm service helps residents feel safe in their homes during COVID-19
A telecare alarm service, run by socially-driven housing association Karbon Homes in the North East and Yorkshire, has been keeping clients feel safe and secure…
Scottish Government offers new funding opportunities to support telecare service development
To support its work in progressing telecare service development and to help provide better services to users, the Scottish Government has opened up four new…
TEC sector should move towards proactive preventative telecare services, report outlines
The TEC Services Association (TSA) has published a new report that looks at the TEC sector and how it has provided support to the wider…