A new report from InMedica, on the world market for telehealth, forecasts that the number of gateways used in telehealth applications will increase to over one million in 2014 and to around 3.6 million in 2018. The initiatives taken by governments and private healthcare providers to increase reimbursements and reduce the legal and liability issues [...]
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The future’s bright, the future’s talking Zimmers and robo-pets Published Date: 20 October 2009 By Craig Brown WALKING frames that remind their users where they are going and coffee tables that act as home medicine dispensaries are just some of the technologies that could help cut down on care home bills and help older people [...]
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Minister outlines new care for elderly strategy By Lucy Adams Published on 18 Oct 2009 Older people will use care homes only for specialist services and respite and will instead be supported by technology at home rather than being institutionalised, new Government proposals envision. Public Health Minister Shona Robison believes that housing will have to [...]
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By CATHERINE SALMOND TWO frail pensioners who fell in their homes last week received help within minutes thanks to new state-of-the-art alarms. The pair were among the first to be given the new neck pendant alarm connected direct to support staff under a joint city council and NHS Lothian scheme. In one case, a 90-year-old [...]
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Here is an opportunity to use Technology more effectively. VIEWPOINT By Dr Andrew Whitehouse Consultant physician, West Midlands Elderly people have to remain in hospital until social care is arranged Bed-blocking is an ongoing problem for the health service, with elderly patients stuck in hospital waiting for their long-term care to be arranged. In this [...]
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Success in tracking dementia sufferers By Craig Smith A PILOT project in Fife, enabling people with dementia to enjoy more independent lives whilst at the same time giving their families peace of mind, is being hailed a major success. For a number of months, as part of its wider Telecare programme, Fife Council’s social work [...]
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Cash boost for Telecare programme The system helps older people remain independent in their own homes Hundreds more older and vulnerable people in Edinburgh are to benefit from electronic aids in their own homes thanks to a council cash boost. The city council said it would be spending £1m on its Telecare programme, which is [...]
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THOUSANDS of hospital and care-home beds are set to be freed up in the next year, with funds for remote monitoring more than doubling. Edinburgh City Council is spending up to £1 million on “telecare” packages to help people stay in their own homes. Measures include sensors that turn off cookers, GPS trackers for people [...]
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