Links
Below is a list of interesting Links where you can find more information on reports, policies and agencies.
- Audit Commission - The Audit Commission is an independent public body responsible for ensuring that public money is spent economically, efficiently, and effectively in the areas of local government, housing, health, criminal justice and fire and rescue services.
- Care Services Improvement Agency (CSIP) - Telecare
- Change Agenct Team - Housing Learning & Improvement Network (LIN) - The Housing LIN brings together groups of senior staff within local authorities, Primary Care Trusts, Registered Social Landlords and the private sector interested in forging closer partnerships in delivering housing with extra care solutions.
- Chartered Institute for Housing - The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) is the professional body for people working in housing. Our purpose is to maximise the contribution that housing professionals make to the well being of communities.
- Choose Independence - provides a range of telecare consultancy, advice and licensed product services to health, housing and social care providers including telecare equipment suppliers
- Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) - The Department for Communities and Local Government's vision is of prosperous and cohesive communities, offering a safe, healthy and sustainable environment for all.
- Department of Health - Providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications
- Disabled Living Foundation - The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) is a national charity that provides free, impartial advice about all types of products for older and disabled people, their carers and families..
- Docobo - is a UK healthcare solutions provider, involved in the management and prevention of Long Term Conditions (LTC, formally known as chronic diseases).
- Foundation of Assistive Technology
- Help The Aged - Help the Aged aims to support independent older people by ensuring they feel secure in their homes. HandyVan and SeniorLink projects are free and easy to access.
- Joint Improvement Team Scotland - Scotland Telecare Development Programme
- NHS Purchasing & Supplies Agency (PASA) - National framework agreement for telecare – Part A (including equipment, installation, maintenance, monitoring and response services)
- Northern Housing Consortium - The NHC are a not for profit, regional membership body firmly established in the North representing all housing providers.
- Quietcare - a next generation healthcare technology company dedicated to helping people live with greater safety in their own homes
- Ricability - Ricability is an independent research charity. They publish practical, actionable and unbiased guides for older and disabled consumers based on thorough professional research.
- SAGA - The Saga group focuses exclusively on the provision of high quality, value for money service for people 50 years and over, one of which includes the new Saga SOS telecare service.
- Supporting People - The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by providing a stable environment which enables greater independence.
- Telecare Aware - Telecare News Site
- Telecare Services Association - The Telecare Services Association , (TSA), is the representative body for the telecare industry within the UK.
- Welsh Social Services Improvement Agency - Welsh Telecare Development Programme
- Zydacron - Provision of integrated communication solutions for video, audio and data transmissions over all kind of networks for Telecare.