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REACTION: Health and social care leaders respond to Autumn Budget 2024. 1st November 2024. AUTUMN BUDGET 2024: Key points for the assistive tech sector. 31st October 2024. New partnership will explore how journeys can be improved for people with sight loss. 30th October 2024. Healthcare professionals to learn more about hoisting challenges and ...
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AT Today is the place to come to find out about all the latest developments in the world of Assistive Technology. Whether it’s the development of a new robotic limb, a breakthrough in pressure care treatment, new designs for moving and handling equipment or advances in telecare and teleheathcare, AT Today brings you the news from around the ...
Industry and university team up to help prevent falls through …
1 day ago · Experts from Aston University and global telecare provider Legrand Care are working together to rethink how to deliver at home-monitoring to prevent falls and other incidents.. Aiming to help older people live independently for longer and more securely, the project will create a scientifically validated blueprint for the world’s first-to-market predictive assisted living system.
New docuseries will highlight the pivotal role of assistive tech in ...
Nov 21, 2023 · The British Assistive Technology Association (BATA) has launched a three-part docuseries that explores the “pivotal” role of assistive technology in education.. Entitled ‘The Power of AT’, the docuseries was born from the concern of the countless disabled children left underserved in the UK’s educational system, according to BATA.
Adult social care reform whitepaper: Key takeaways for ... - AT Today
Dec 2, 2021 · The UK Government has published its long-anticipated adult social care reform whitepaper, which details its 10-year vision for the sector and provides information on funded proposals that will be implemented over the next three years.
30 years of alarm call data delivers new early warning system …
Oct 7, 2024 · Taking Care, a UK personal alarm provider, has unveiled ActiveAlert, an assistive technology service that provides proactive alerts to family members about potential health concerns among elderly adults.. ActiveAlert acts as an early warning system and combines AI and big data to shift care from being reactive to proactive. It is designed to help older adults remain independent at home for ...
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Medical Technology Strategy: Key takeaways for the assistive …
On 3 February 2023, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published its first-ever medical technology strategy. Entitled ‘Medical Technology Strategy’, the medical technology (medtech) strategy details the steps that need to be taken to ensure patients can access safe, effective, and innovative technology through the NHS, which can …
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Dec 5, 2022 · Holly Gittings, Technology Enabled Living Innovations Lead for Herefordshire Council, discusses her assistive technology role within the council, how the local authority is managing the…
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Figure 3. Recommending Loop and Hook placements on cushions and on wheelchair seat bases. It’s really important that a wheelchair cushion stays in place in…