Health Professionals
With the demographic ageing of Australia’s population, assistive technologies offer the prospect of enhanced safety, security, diagnosis and physical assistance to improve the quality of life of elderly people , to help remain at home and to provide financial savings in aged care and medical treatment.
Telehealth and Telecare can provide significant benefits to the Health industry as a means of:
- Reducing demand on unscheduled care
- Reducing admissions to hospital
- Assisting with early discharge programs and reducing hospital bed days
- Increasing capacity for case managers
- Improving self care and patient confidence
- Reducing pre-mature admission into residential aged care.
Reports of interest:
LifeLink Telehealthcare implementation – An Australian Case Study (pdf)
Smart Technology for Healthy Longevity – ATSE (pdf)
Intelligent Technologies for Bridging the Grey Digital Divide – Community Resourcing Worldwide (pdf)
The TSA, Telecare Services Association welcomes the exciting headline findings of the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) in the UK, the largest randomised control trial of telecare and telehealth in the world. WSD Report (pdf)
Customised solutions
Our LifeLink team consists of registered nurses, community case managers and technicians that may be able to custom design a solution if you have a client with specific special care needs so please call us if you would like to chat about any unique packages.
