CATCH researcher Dr Steve Ariss joins ground-breaking improvement initiative

CATCH researcher, Dr Steve Ariss has been selected to join Q – an initiative aiming to support continuous improvement in the quality of care for patients.

Housing and care industry must get ready for digital

A new article from ComputerWeekly.com tells how the housing and care industry must get ready for digital.

“Many of the telecare systems deployed today have not changed over the past 30 years. These systems are largely still analogue-based and are frequently incompatible with modern, feature-rich digital systems.”

What is the cost of care in your area?

The BBC have published an interesting article looking at how the cost of care varies across regions. There is also a space to type in your area/postcode to find out how much care will cost near you.

Click here to learn more.

EnComPaSS at Hospice UK National conference

Dr Deborah Fitzsimmons

The TaCT EnComPaSS project made a strong impact at the Hospice UK national conference in Liverpool this week.

Dr Sam Kyeremateng (Medical Director) and Judith Park (Deputy CEO) from St Luke’s Hospice, Sheffield were invited by Hospice UK to present this work at the opening session of their national conference at the Convention Centre, Liverpool. A poster describing how the clinical staff will use the technology to deliver care, and how this is being evaluated by TaCT researchers was also presented by Dr Deborah Fitzsimmons.

Dr Sam Kyeremateng (Medical Director)
and Judith Park (Deputy CEO),
St Luke’s Hospice, Sheffield

TaCT researchers are working with St Luke’s Hospice, Sheffield on the implementation of a highly innovative approach to delivering palliative care in the community. Currently, hospice-employed Band 5 nurses can only work in the community under on-site supervision by experienced palliative nurses. This significantly restricts the capacity of the service. During the initial implementation phase, the technology-enabled Enhanced Community Palliative Support Service (EnComPaSS) service model will be deployed and evaluated by CLAHRC-YH to determine the impact on service provision of enabling Band 5 nurses to work independently in the community. Supported by an award of £250,000 from the NHS Nursing Technology Fund, the first phase of the implementation will be completed by March 2016.

Techy Tools for Caregivers!

We thought this was interesting... perhaps you could have a look at what's available for caregivers? The links below should give you a good idea...

There is a list of 5 Game-Changing Tech Tools for Caregivers 

Sunrise Senior Living's review of the 5 best apps for caregivers and mHealthTalk's list of the best smartphone apps for caregivers. 

 systematic review  found that caregivers significantly reduced burden and had a dose response, being more effective the more often they were used. 

Another systematic review found that technology-based cognitive behavioral therapy interventions may be a cost-effective way to reduce depression in caregivers.

There is also a report on using technology to aid caregiving from the National Alliance for Caregiving.  View report here.

The Aging in Place Technology Watch just released a new 2015 market overview on technology for aging in place.