How Digital Care Technology can Dramatically Help Reduce Resident Falls in UK Care Homes
With an increasingly ageing demographic, a significant public health challenge is the incidence of falls. Falls in the social care sector, after all, remain a…
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Innovative Ways Digital Care Technology is Enabling Care Providers to Ensure People get Enough Nutrients and Hydration
With this week being UK Malnutrition Awareness Week (11th to 17th October), once again, we find a spotlight being cast over the fundamental need for…
Digital Exclusion – New Research Reveals how Touchscreen Future Leaves 5.6 million Elderly Behind
New research from health technology company No Isolation has found that there are still barriers in place that prevent elderly people from accessing technology, particularly…
The Influence Dehydration has on the Cognitive Status of People Aged 65 and Over in Social Care Settings
Research from the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) revealed that one in five people living in care homes do not have enough fluids in their diet. In…
How Technology can Support People with Dementia in Social and Healthcare Settings
With it being Dementia Action Week (17th to 23rd), we find ourselves being reminded of the concerning statistics around dementia in the UK. Concerningly, there…
What Next for Social Care?
Highland Marketing’s advisory board welcomed Jane Brightman, social care lead at Institute of Health and Social Care Management, to discuss the sector and its technology…
How Technology can Reduce Stress Amongst Catering Teams in Social Care
It is widely recognised that social care home catering teams are faced with four major stresses – time, budget constraints, complexity of diets, and the…
Using Technology to Reduce Stress in Social Care Settings
The latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that an estimated 828,000 workers in the UK were affected by work-related stress, depression…
How Technology can Reduce Stress Amongst those Residing in Social and Healthcare Settings
Every year since 1992, the UK has marked April as ‘Stress Awareness Month’ with the aim of raising public awareness of both the causes and…
CLB partners with National Care Forum and NHS Digital’s Hubble Project
CLB acoustic monitoring has been appointed as a key partner of the UK’s National Care Forum and NHS Digital’s Hubble project, and will be showcased…