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This section contains information about telecare and telehealth including research, case studies and information for carers.
Telecare covers a wide range of equipment from personal pendants to complex environmental controls such as bed sensors, property exit sensors and CO2 detectors. It aims to enable people to stay in their homes for longer, reduces the need for acute home care and delays admissions to residential home care. These issues are important because they offer better quality of life for people who use services and their carers as well as better value in the health and social care system.
Telehealth refers to the use of monitoring and measuring devices which collect information about vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, blood sugar level etc), symptoms or health conditions in the patient’s home, and is then sent on from or collected directly from a special device in the home. Clinicians can then be alerted to significant changes in a patient’s condition, and the patient advised, or reassured, appropriately.
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Information resources
Find out more information about the ways in which telecare can be used to benefit carers. -
Research
Find out about the evidence on the ways in which telecare can support carers in their caring role. -
Conference reports
Download conference reports and presentations from Carers Scotland's conference on 1 December 2009.