Archived news
- Older people with dementia could be tagged, says Minister
- 19 April 2007
- Older people with dementia could be tagged to help their families feel “safe and secure” about their whereabouts, science minister Malcolm Wicks has suggested.
- Tunstall’s Telecare Training Tool Endorsed by College of Occupational Therapists
- 17 April 2007
- Unique online learning resource is first of its kind to gain endorsement of British professional body for occupational therapy staff.
- DH to pilot care from home in July
- 12 April 2007
- The Department of Health has announced that it will be beginning piloting primary care commissioning of telecare in July, with pilot sites chosen by next month.
- BMJ article - Telemonitoring Or Structured Telephone Support Programmes For Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
- 10 April 2007
- Results: 14 randomised controlled trials (4264 patients) of remote monitoring met the inclusion criteria: four evaluated telemonitoring, nine evaluated structured telephone support, and one evaluated both. Remote monitoring programmes reduced the rates of admission to hospital for chronic heart failure by 21% (95% confidence interval 11% to 31%) and all cause mortality by 20% (8% to 31%); of the six trials evaluating health related quality of life three reported significant benefits with remote monitoring, and of the four studies examining healthcare costs with structured telephone support three reported reduced cost and one no effect.
- Elderly benefiting from new alarm system
- 3 April 2007
- HUNDREDS of older Cumbrians are benefiting from an innovative community alarm service which helps people remain in their own homes for longer.
- Updated telecare national framework agreement delivers increased choice and savings
- 30 March 2007
- The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) has undertaken a comprehensive review of its telecare national framework agreement. From 1 April 2007, the range of products and services will increase enhancing the initial national framework agreement (NFA) offering.
- Mediagrids Kicks Off Partner Recruitment Initiative With iTelecare Agreement
- 20 March 2007
- Specialist telecare solutions consultants to advance industry to the ‘third generation’ with Broadcare real-time broadband teleconferencing systems.
- Hi-Tech care for the elderly won't exclude human contact
- 1 March 2007
- CARE of the elderly in the borough is set to be revolutionised after the much-debated Telecare scheme was given the go-ahead by Doncaster Council.
- Brighton housing scheme with telecare IT wins European design award
- 20 February 2007
- A pioneering UK extra care housing scheme developed by Brighton & Hove City Council and Hanover Housing Association, which uses advanced telecare solutions to help support older people, has won a prestigious European design award.
- Remote Nurse To Care To Provide Telecare In The UK
- 16 February 2007
- WebVMC, developer of the RemoteNurse telehealth system that enables 24 hour virtual medical care for remote disease management, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Home Telehealth Ltd., (HTL) one of the United Kingdom’s leading providers of telehealth products and managed care services.