Dundee and St Andrews researchers develop a communication support system for older people with dementia As one result of their collaborative work over twelve years, a multidisciplinary team from Dundee and St Andrews Universities has produced CIRCA, a system which takes over the job of prompting and supporting the communication of a person with [...]
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Organised by The King’s Fund and the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC), this annual event brings together key speakers from around the world to showcase innovations and best practice in the deployment of telehealth and telecare. In addition to the physical three day congress in London we are also running this congress as a virtual [...]
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Ten million pounds is to be invested over four years to improve care by growing the Scottish telehealthcare sector. The project – jointly announced today by the Scottish Government and the Technology Strategy Board – will show how new technologies and innovative services can help improve the quality of life of, and support independent living [...]
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By David Doherty At the Healthcare Innovation Expo in London I met with Dr Richard Pope, Consultant Diabetologist, who is reporting some great success with the use of Video Conferencing with home based patients: Key take aways of the talk: There are currently 150 home based patients being telemonitored. Set against registry data service is [...]
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Rebecca McQuillan 12 Jul 2010 Angela Stark never knows when she’s about to have an epileptic seizure. “One minute I could be standing, the next I could be down on the floor,” she says. The 40-year-old from Cowdenbeath might be in her sitting room, surrounded by glass ornaments, or lying in bed, but a seizure [...]
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A major new report published today by Healthcare at Home Ltd explores which technologies and models used in the US for chronic disease management could successfully be adopted here in the UK. The report – Lessons from the US: using technology and homecare to improve chronic disease management – is based on the observations of [...]
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Agency claims area is well placed to lead in delivering healthcare from a distance HIE forum aims to put north at tele-healthcare forefront By Iain Ramage Published: 12/04/2010 Development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise is to host a summit on the future of “telehealthcare” in a bid to put the region at the forefront of [...]
Filed under Long Term Conditions, Mobile Health, Mobility, Scottish Healthcare, Technology, Telecare, Telehealth by on Apr 12th, 2010. Comment.
Hi-tech help to keep older people at home A total of £16m has been invested in telecare technology since 2006 Hi-tech devices to help older people remain independent in their own homes will be funded with a new grant from the Scottish government. Public Health Minister Shona Robison announced £4m of funding for the “vital” [...]
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22nd and 23rd September 2010 Glasgow Science Centre www.glasgowsciencecentre.org Giving you advance notice that our conference this year will be the biggest and brightest yet! We are staging this event at the prestigious Glasgow Science Centre where you not only have great views over the Clyde and City but complementary entrance to the fun science [...]
Published Date: 01 February 2010 By Tony Lodge BY 2025 the number of people aged 85 or older in the UK is set to increase by 70 per cent to nearly two million. By 2020 there will be 50 per cent more people over 65. In this former group more than a third of men [...]
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