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The transformational potential of telecare
- Author:
- TUNSTALL
- Publisher:
- Tunstall
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- Doncaster
This report shows how advanced use of telecare is helping older people stay independent at home for longer by supporting them to feel safer and more self-sufficient. The report includes the findings from three independent studies commissioned by Tunstall, which were based in Spain and the UK. The research considers the benefits of proactive, reactive and personalised use of technology to support older people in their own homes. The findings demonstrate and quantify the ability of telecare to contribute to the aim of: better health and care outcomes, improved cost efficiencies, user and carer experience, and improved staff experience. They also show the benefits of telecare at different levels from reactive, through proactive to personalised levels. Key findings included: people staying independent at home for 8.6 months longer with telecare; emergency calls reduced by 54 percent; and £4,500 per person avoided in other social care costs annually. The findings will be relevant to commissioners and policy makers evaluating the potential either for development of existing programmes or progressing to more advanced levels of telecare. (Edited publisher abstract)
The effects of rationing home-help services in Spain and Sweden: a comparative analysis
- Authors:
- SUNDSTRÖM Gerdt, TORTOSA Maria Angeles
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 19(3), 1999, pp.343-361.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Compares Spain and Sweden, two countries with different experiences of providing home-help services for older people, and to consider how they ration these services when there is a short supply. Spain provides relatively few hours of help with household tasks, primarily to poor old people. Sweden focuses on the oldest and frailest people of all social classes who live alone. Spain uses strict needs assessment and eligibility criteria to target clients and Sweden has sharpened its needs assessment and raised fees to discourage users with lesser needs.