Category Archives: Older care
Extra money to keep people warm and well in Norfolk
Requests for support from the fund can be made via Age UK
By KIM BRISCOE, Health correspondent Thursday, January 19, 2012
3.23 PM
Norfolk has successfully bid for £320,000 of extra funding from central Government to help its vulnerable residents stay warm and well over the next few months.
A partnership of organisations in Norfolk including local government, health and the voluntary sector, put in a bid for £324,300 from the Department of Health in December and found out that it had been successful just before Christmas.
Modern technology is ‘life-changing’
Remote telemonitoring combines technology and services that enable patients with chronic diseases to test their vital signs
THE latest technology and healthcare are working hand in hand to help thousands of people in Northern Ireland with long term chronic conditions take more control of managing their health in their own homes.
Remote telemonitoring combines technology and services that enable patients with chronic diseases to test their vital signs such as pulse, blood pressure, body weight, temperature, blood glucose and oxygen levels at home on a daily basis. The service is now being rolled out to 3,500 patients across Northern Ireland per annum for a period of six years.
Let’s take the fear out of paying for elderly care
The three main parties must agree a deal that will put an end to 60 years of political failure.
By Andrew Dilnot
8:09PM GMT 16 Jan 2012
There is something very wrong about our attitudes to older people. We hear again and again about the “burden” of ageing, but we should be celebrating the fact that we are living longer. It is one of the great triumphs of the past century that we can expect to live longer than our grandparents, as a result of higher standards of living and better health care. So why are we so gloomy in the face of something that should make us happy?
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