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News from our partners Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin (Age UK STW)
The spring meeting of the Shropshire Older People’s Assembly (SOPA) is on Tuesday 17 April 2018 at University Centre Shrewsbury.
With pressures on health and social care, the meeting is themed around alternative medicine and assistive technology in the home to raise awareness of the opportunities available to older people in Shropshire.
We’ve just heard that SSOTP will not be renewing their agreement with SSSFT LKS for library services for this financial year. Because of this we will be reviewing our Be Aware bulletins. Sadly we won’t be accepting any new sign-ups from SSOTP staff and will be withdrawing some of the physical healthcare bulletins that we…
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CCGs in northern Staffordshire are rolling out an innovative service linking GPs with their elderly patients and care home staff through online video technology. Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire CCGs have been given £136,000 each by NHS England to buy equipment for their ‘Making Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) a Reality in Elderly Care’ scheme.
A new study carried out in North Staffordshire has shown that elderly patients are happy to use hi-tech gadgets and apps to manage their treatment – as long as someone can show them how to use the devices properly in the first place.
The investigation into technology enabled care services in the region involved interviews with providers of technology services and a random sample of hospital patients over 60.
It revealed that the patients all used at least one type of technology, such as a mobile phone or a tablet, regularly and that many used several.
Despite the common view that older people were wary of using computers, the study showed that many were keen on using technology to help their healthcare and regularly used apps such as Skype to keep in touch with their families.
Come and visit our first pop-up library at Severn Fields, Shrewsbury 19th July 11.00am-3.00pm. Join the library, borrow and return books, get help finding information and evidence, set up an Athens account, find out what the library can do for you and your team.
Two £25 vouchers are up for grabs in the library’s ‘Making the Most of Information’ survey.
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