Title :
Trends and issues in community telecare in the United Kingdom
Author :
Sethi, R. ; Azzi, D. ; Khusainov, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
Abstract :
With an increasing elderly population putting a strain on the cost of care, and the social, health and cost benefits of using community social care and telecare services, telecare is experiencing growth. This paper discusses trends in demand for telecare and issues with service provision and mainstreaming services and evaluates access, service reliability, the market, standards, interoperability and technology developments.
Keywords :
health care; medical computing; open systems; telemedicine; United Kingdom; access evaluation; care cost; community social care; community telecare; cost benefits; elderly population; health benefits; interoperability developments; service mainstreaming; service provision; service reliability; social benefits; technology developments; telecare services; Government; population; prediction; telecare; trends;
Conference_Titel :
Assisted Living 2011, IET Seminar on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic.2011.0031
