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The UTOPIA project: using telecare for older people in adult social care
— the findings of a 2016-17 national survey of local authority telecare provision for older people in England | | Author(s) | John Woolham, Nicola Steils, Malcolm Fisk, Jeremy Porteus, Kirsty Forsyth |
| Corporate Author | Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London |
| Publisher | Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, London, 2018 |
| Pages | 59 pp |
| Source | https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/86592036/Utopia_project_report.pdf?utm_source=The%20King%27s%20Fund%20newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9139738_NEWSL_HMP%202018-02-09&dm_i=21A8,5FW9M,FLXA08,L398T,1 |
| Annotation | The use of electronic assistive technology and telecare by local authorities in England to support older people is described. This report is based on an online survey of local authority telecare managers carried out between November 2016 and January 2017. The survey collected information about where telecare 'fitted in' with existing services, and what strategic aims local authorities wished to achieve through using it. The survey and report thus provide an up-to-date picture of how and why local authorities are using telecare for this group of people, who are by far the largest consumers of care services in the UK. The benefits of telecare are demonstrated by results such as that all (100%) said it was by helping to manage risk and promote safety, 81% that it was to support unpaid carers, and 77% that it had a role in reminding and prompting. Nearly half (47%) saw telecare as enabling social contact and communication, while 28% felt it could meet needs by helping people to maintain hobbies or continue to use their leisure time in ways they found meaningful. The report conclude by discussing emerging issues and possible ways to improve telecare services. |
| Accession Number | CPA-180209001 E |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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