We would really like to hear your views on technology for Carers.

1. Technology and caringWhat’s available and what’s coming up? We would really like to hear your views on technology for Carers. Please visit our online survey with the below link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KHPXN73

2. Technology and caringWhat’s available and what’s coming up? Professor Ray Jones Email: Ray.jones@plymouth.ac.uk Twitter: @rjonesplymouth This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 9m50secs

3. Sensors and alarms There are all sorts of sensors and alarms already available which may reassure the carer about their family member. This video coming next describes some of them. This is a clip from a commercial video from a company called Tunstall. We are not advertising their products but just using their video to illustrate the types of devices already available. This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 9mins 35 secs

4. Sensors and alarms This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 8min 42 secs

5. www.call24hour.com • Locally you may come across Call24 as a provider of telecare services

6. Sensors and alarms There are all sorts of sensors and alarms already available, for example: • For fire or carbon monoxide • If someone has fallen • If they have been incontinent in bed • If they are not in bed for sometime • If they have gone out the front door This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 8mins 27 secs

7. Telehealth Telehealth devices allow people to monitor their own health at home and ‘send’ the results automatically to the health service. This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 7mins 47 secs

8. Telehealth This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 7mins 2secs

9. Telehealth research at Plymouth University Healthcare professionals: to enable them to remotely monitor patients’ participation in various activities and communicate with patients online, thus helping improve patients’ effective rehabilitation. Professor Ifeachor, Dr Kamel Boulos and colleagues at the University are working with other European universities on the LiveWell project. This aims to develop a Web-based Training and Social Networking System for: • Parkinson’s diseasepatients: to help them self-manage their condition, reduce the burden on their caregivers, and promote their well-being and social inclusion. • Caregivers: to help them with access to relevant information, training and greater support through an online community. This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 6 mins 22secs

10. Telepresence – virtual visitors The next video is about ‘telepresence’ where someone, a carer or clinician or family member, could ‘visit’ someone in their home using a device called a Giraff. These have been tried out in Italy, Spain, Sweden, Australia, and are now being tried in the Western Isles of Scotland. This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 5mins 32 secs

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12. Robotics research at Plymouth University Plymouth University is a centre of excellence in robotics research. We’re a good few years away from “Frank and the Robot” (this film trailer) but Professors Cangelosi and Belpaeme and colleagues are working on interesting things. This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 2mins 37 secs

13. Simpler and cheaper ways of giving video contact with the family- 1 If the person can be shown how to use a tablet computer they could Skype. Find out more online or from Plymouth SeniorNet This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 1 min 42secs

14. Simpler and cheaper ways of giving video contact with the family- 2‘Skype on Wheels’ Families would Skype and a care assistant or nurse would wheel the tablet computer to the resident or patient. They would not need any expertise in using computers, but would be able to see and speak to their family member. Ray Jones and colleagues at Plymouth University are developing a simple method, of making Skype available and easy to use for residents in care homes and patients in community hospitals. This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in 42 secs

15. Online learning and support Various forms of support for carers online. For example Carersuk.org have a discussion forum This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in

16. Online learning and support Plymouth Guild provide training and are wondering if online courses would be of use This is a rolling presentation taking 10 minutes in total. It will start at the beginning again in

17. We would really like to hear your views on technology for Carers. Please visit our online survey with the below link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KHPXN73