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 to be extended across Edinburgh.

The system uses electronic sensors and gadgets to help people remain independent in their own homes.

It helps reduce the need for long-term care or hospital admission.

The system includes sensors which will switch off cookers if they have been left on accidentally and then alert the care team. 

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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 with Alzheimer’s and alarms so elderly residents can call for help.

In the past three years, the city council has spent an average of £405,000 on telecare. This year it is rising to £950,000 as the services are offered to more people.

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