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Community Care goes telecare aware with three interesting articles published today.

The Department of Health has published a survey of the market of self care devices and products for people with long term conditions. Read here.

Extra Care Housing briefing papers

If the government admitted that 175,000 people were locked up for no reason, it would normally expect flak. Yet the Department of Health’s estimate of the number of older people confined unnecessarily to care homes triggered little outrage when it came out last month.

Medication reminder facility on Tunstall’s Lifeline 4000+ intelligent home unit, combined with a 28-dose medication dispenser unit with transmitter. Gives automatic reminder messages that require a user response and alerts carers via the Lifeline 4000+ if medication is not taken within an hour of the due time.

Staff from Harrow Primary Care Trust, The North West London Hospitals Trust and Age Concern Harrow were on a bus distributing information and advice for the public on what they can do to prevent a fall, and what help is available.

San Francisco Chronicle published two interesting articles this week on:

Three more telecare factsheets (and a related spreadsheet) have been published.

Suppliers involved in the delivery of NHS Connecting for Health have agreed to work together to ensure that patients and clinicians benefit from technology innovation and exploitation via the National Programme for IT. Brief report on recent forum.

“In 5 to 7 years’ time we believe we have the potential to become at least a £20m turnover business”, said David Muxworthy, Director.