CommunicationFeaturedNewsTechnologyTELEHEALTH Virtual visits for care home residents now made available by ultrafast fibre broadband by Tracy Williams September 30, 2020 by Tracy Williams September 30, 2020 Thanks to NHS Digital and new ultrafast broadband, care home residents can video call their families for the first time ever. For 20 weeks,…
NewsSafetyTechnology Removing the social care sticking plaster for good by Tracy Williams September 16, 2020 by Tracy Williams September 16, 2020 A topic that is certainly generating noise is that of the future of social care: a system that was already in crisis and further…
IT SYSTEMSIT SystemsMindNewsSolutionsTechnology Chatbots could be used to deliver psychotherapy during Covid-19 and beyond by Tracy Williams June 29, 2020 by Tracy Williams June 29, 2020 Chatbots could play a key role in helping people with issues around their health and wellbeing, according to a new study from academics at…
COVID-19INNOVATIONNewsSafetyTechnology Accelerate partners collaborate on new life saving ventilator by Tracy Williams June 24, 2020 by Tracy Williams June 24, 2020 University of Wales Trinity St David’s Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATiC), together with Swansea University’s Health Technology Centre (HTC) have designed a new ventilator…
COVID-19NewsSafetyTechnology The role of assistive technology in a crisis by Tracy Williams June 22, 2020 by Tracy Williams June 22, 2020 Gavin Bashar, UK Managing Director of Tunstall Healthcare, discussing why we need to invest in assistive technology, the role it plays in supporting our…
COVID-19MindNewsTechnology 24 hour mental health support by Tracy Williams June 11, 2020 by Tracy Williams June 11, 2020 Facing an extended lockdown, unable to see friends and family, job uncertainty; many of us are finding times tough. Statistically one in four of…
COVID-19NewsSafetySolutionsTechnologyTELEHEALTHTelehealth Digital Technology is key to helping Care Homes bolster Residents’ Safety & Protection by Tracy Williams May 22, 2020 by Tracy Williams May 22, 2020 Care homes across the UK have been trying to do everything they can to shield their residents during COVID-19, but the one thing they…
CommunicationCOVID-19NewsTechnologyTELEHEALTH Eyegaze gives life-limited and disabled children in hospices a chance to play by Tracy Williams May 21, 2020 by Tracy Williams May 21, 2020 Eyegaze gives life-limited and disabled children in hospices a chance to paint, play, and communicate with their eyes. The small charity Lifelites is donating…
COVID-19FeaturedNewsSafetyTechnologyTELEHEALTH Safeguarding the vulnerable with technology in times of uncertainty by Tracy Williams May 8, 2020 by Tracy Williams May 8, 2020 By Helen Dempster, Founder, Karantis360 As the nation continues to be in lockdown to try and stop the spread of Coronavirus, attention is turning…
MindNewsTechnology Overcoming isolation: Artist with Motor Neurone Disease who paints with her eyes voices support for Lifelites by Tracy Williams March 27, 2020 by Tracy Williams March 27, 2020 Sarah Ezekiel was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2000, when she was 34 years old. At that point, she had a little girl…
