- Reablement Reablement gives people the opportunity and confidence to relearn and regain some of the skills they may have lost because of poor health, disability or after a spell in hospital.
- Responder service A person-based service offering a physical visit to help someone in their home if they suffer a health or social care crisis.
- Risk The likelihood or threat of damage, injury, or other negative occurrence caused by a hazard. It may often be reduced or avoided through pre-emptive action. See also hazard.
- Rules Rules generate alerts or alarms based on one or more trigger criteria. They tend to follow the format of IF event(s), THEN action(s), or If This, Then That. For example, in activity monitoring, rules are used to determine when an alert should be generated based on abnormal activity within the home. For example, if the user has not got out of bed by their normal time or specifically by 10 a.m., then an alert should be raised.
Care Technology Glossary
Our glossary includes key terms commonly used in the Technology-Enabled Care sector and will continue to expand over time. If there’s a term you think we should add, we’d love to hear from you.