Carers UK looks to new technology to improve care services

Carers UK has launched a new partnership with technology companies to look at ways to improve care services.

The charity has set up 'Connect: Toolkits for Assisted Living' through the government's Technology Strategy Board’s Assisted Living Innovation Platform, which launched in 2007 to support research in health and care technologies. The Connect project will develop a number of new tools and explore how these could be scaled up and delivered.

Tools being tested include:

• Rallyround - a Microsoft web-based solution that enables carers to set up a network for the people involved in the care of a vulnerable person
• JabloPhone – a phone which connects a vulnerable person to a care network to provide a response in emergencies
• Docobo Home Hub – a home telehealth monitoring service for long-term conditions
• Warm Neighbourhoods - an environment monitoring system providing reassurance 

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