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| Alert to danger | | Author(s) | Guy Campos |
| Journal title | Community Care, no 1189, 11-17 September 1997 |
| Pages | p 12 |
| Keywords | Information technology ; Emergency devices ; Electric alarm systems ; Shopping services ; Living in the community ; Sheltered housing ; Anchor Trust. |
| Annotation | Technology can offer safeguards to vulnerable people living in the community, but does this infringe their right to privacy, and is it just a cheap substitute for face-to-face contact with home helps? This article outlines two British Telecom (BT) projects. The first is a trial of an electronic health monitoring system. Anchor Trust is fitting such telecare health status monitors into the homes of 50 people living independently and 30 in sheltered accommodation. The other project with BT backing has part European Union (EU) funding. Leeds Social Services Department (SSD) is introducing disadvantaged groups to video conferencing, the Internet and on-line home shopping. This is similar to Community Service Volunteers' (CSV) home shopping service in Newcastle. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990709001 A |
| Classmark | UVB: OU: OV:YA4: NJS: K4: KLA: KKHAN * |
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