As TEC rapidly evolves beyond its traditional analogue alarm-focussed roots, the enabling factors required to help people adopt and benefit from TEC are also changing. With the transition to digital infrastructure and the rise of smart technologies, we are moving into a more dynamic, data-driven environment. Today, proactive products and

Telecare is currently the most widely used and popular form of technology-enabled care (TEC) in the UK. It provides a risk management safety blanket via a reactive service model, relying on alarms that can be manually activated by pressing a button or automatically triggered by sensors, which are then received

For decades, alarm-based telecare systems, comprising pendant alarms, pull cords, and passive sensors connected to a dispersed alarm unit, have been the backbone of Technology-Enabled Care (TEC) services worldwide. These services have provided a vital safety net for thousands of people living at home, offering them quick and easy access

This whitepaper outlines current technological advancements in the technology-enabled care (TEC) sector, supporting the transition from reactive alarm-based service models to more valuable and proactive approaches that help individuals live their lives to the fullest. It summarises the series of articles we published on the future of technology-enabled care: A

This series of articles began with a brief primer on the history of social alarms and telecare and was followed by an overview of the current care technology landscape in the UK. We went on to discuss how technology enabled care is changing due to the adoption of digital technologies

As TEC services move away from focussing solely on detecting and responding to alarms and become more data-led, the role of monitoring, and the coordination of interventions, will need to change. This will have an impact on the role of the monitoring centre, the traditional hub of existing telecare services,

Technology enabled care services are currently going through a significant period of change due to the digital switchover of telecommunications networks in the UK. This has major implications for alarm-based telecare, as existing analogue products and platforms are not optimised for use with these new fully digital (IP-based) networks. As

In our previous article, we presented a landscape review of technology-enabled care (TEC) in the UK. It described five generations of TEC that began with basic reactive alarm services for risk management, and which have evolved into a data-led approach, enabling proactive and predictive models of support that can provide

A previous article discussed the origins of technology-enabled care, focussing on telecare services and how they evolved to become a relatively stand-alone reactive alarm-based ‘safety-net’, centred around a monitoring service. This article presents a brief overview of the current care technology landscape in the UK and discusses how it is