Category: Health and Care News

“It’s draining, exhausting and like holding back the tide.  You’re alone, abandoned, invisible and unappreciated.”

The charity has responded to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) annual assessment of the state of health & adult social care in England looking at the quality of care over the past year.

We have been approached to reach out to members to help a PhD student who is researching the issues affecting older peoples’ digital safety using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and internet linked devices/sensors or Smart products and services.

Every day millions of older and disabled people are denied the social care they not only need but are legally entitled to… and not everyone can afford to get the legal support they need to press their case. A new AI chatbot aims to bridge that gap.

The innovation team from AAA members ExtraCare has triumphed at the Senior Housing Awards, winning the “Best Use of Technology in Seniors Housing” award.

A new survey by personal alarm specialists SureSafe amongst 1,000 over-75s has found that one in five are “worried” or “very worried” about being able to pay for normal everyday living costs and 60% are “worried” or “somewhat worried” about their ability to pay for their care.

The International Longevity Centre (ILC), the UK’s leading authority on demographic change, has embarked on a programme of work to develop a new Longevity White Paper, identifying the changes we need to make to grasp the opportunities of population ageing, and longer lives.

The Open University has launched two free courses aimed at supporting professionals and families who care for older people with learning disabilities.