The Transformational Potential of Telecare: White Paper Summary and Evidence Report

New research published by Tunstall Healthcare reveals technology keeping older people independent for longer, delaying a move to a care home by nearly nine months and enabling hard-pressed local authorities to redeploy millions in social care funding.

Drawing on three separate studies, the research includes analysis by health economists and academic researchers in York and Barcelona.

It considers the benefits of proactive, reactive, and personalised use of technology to support people in their own homes, in the UK and Spain. For example, it found the need for care homes delayed by 8+ months & millions in social care funding redeployed.