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TELECARE Barry Fearon & Maddy Hill Community Commissioning Health and Community Services

TELECARE Barry Fearon & Maddy Hill Community Commissioning Health and Community Services Hertfordshire County Council. TELECARE. WHAT IS TELECARE?. The Department of Health describes telecare as: “any service that brings health and social care directly to a user, generally

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TELECARE Barry Fearon & Maddy Hill Community Commissioning Health and Community Services

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  1. TELECARE Barry Fearon & Maddy Hill Community Commissioning Health and Community Services Hertfordshire County Council

  2. TELECARE WHAT IS TELECARE? The Department of Health describes telecare as: “any service that brings health and social care directly to a user, generally in their homes, supported by information and communication technology. It covers social alarms, lifestyle monitoring and telehealth.”

  3. Telecare refers to equipment which lets someone know that support is required. Two Options Community Linked Alarms Resident Carer Alerts

  4. Community Alarm Linked • Traditional pendants + pull cords have been used to summon assistance. • A range of sensors can be added to these systems. • First response is to phone the individual to see if help is needed • They can then contact key holders or emergency services. • Sensors are free to those at substantial and critical risk. • Users are liable for a charge for the pendant of £2-£4 per week.

  5. Resident Carer Alerts • These sensors link to a carer pager carried by a carer in the same house or garden. • There is no connection to a community alarm service, and so no weekly charge.

  6. Linked Equipment Bed/chair sensor provides an early warning by alerting that the user has left their bed or chair and not returned within a preset time period, 8,000 older people fall every day in the UK. Fall detectors can provide valuable peace of mind by automatically detecting a serious fall

  7. Linked equipment A wireless movement detector that can be used for both activity and inactivity monitoring, for example, to check if a person has got out of bed or visited the kitchen.  Monitors movement in a specific area, for example to monitor if someone has got of bed or left the house.

  8. Linked Equipment this sensor specifically monitors for people leaving a building at unusual times of day or night. It can also detect if a main exit door has been left open. Personal tracker / virtual guardian type equipment – works with GPS and mobile Phone signals to provide a two-way Communication and tracking device.

  9. Equipment to Assist Memory Impairment

  10. Equipment to Assist Memory Impairment

  11. Equipment to Assist Memory Impairment

  12. Future • Distraction Burglary Cameras • Sends images to secure server • Text message to family if no movement • Telecare and teleheath monitors linked • Real time video links to monitor patients

  13. Future • Robopets • talking coffee tables • Offer companionship • Reminders (including medication) • Kitchen worktops and fridge screens • Monitor larder content • Suggest recipes • Produce automatic shopping lists • Exoskeleton suits • Help people to climb stairs

  14. Contacts • Tunstall: 08450 56 54 56, www.tunstall.co.uk • Tynetec: 01670 352371, www.tynetec.co.uk • www.conselandcare.org.uk (telecare and telehealth guide) Community Alarms: through district councils, housing associations, Age UK (http://www.aidcall.co.uk/personalcare/)

  15. thank you

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