Homecare News w/c 16th April

Some Wait Up To 2 Years For Home Care Package – Fleming

Midlands103

A Laois TD says it can take up to two years for a person to be approved for home care packages. Fianna Fáil’s Sean Fleming says there are over 650 elderly people in Laois and Offaly on a waiting list due to a lack of funding for the scheme, which was started to support those who wished to remain in …

Marken Announces Plans To Add Nursing Services To Home-Based Trials

PharmiWeb.com (press release)

Kimberly Finn, who joined Marken as Vice President, Global Home Care and Direct to Patient Services, commented on the new service, “With integrated home care, Marken will be able to provide true patient-centricity throughout the clinical trial, with one contact for the patient, one point of contact for the …

Our Labour manifesto for Haringey will offer women a new direction

LabourList

Our homecare staff are a prime example. We want to see an end to contracts that exploit women’s vulnerable position in the workforce, that don’t pay the London Living Wage and that don’t pay them for all of their time. Our manifesto supports greater integration between the NHS and adult social care, …

Three industries ripe for IoT transformation in 2018

Gigabit Magazine – Technology News, Magazine and Website

The biggest benefit of IoT in healthcare is to keep patients out of the hospital by providing more effective home care. This is helping to reduce re-infections but also reduces costs, especially when it comes to monitoring patients with chronic illnesses. Mobile devices are enabling doctors, nurses and other …

A Guide to In-Home Care for Alzheimer’s & Dementia

Quora

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 47 million people in the world are currently living with dementia and that number is expected to triple over the next three decades. Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent form of dementia, affecting 5 million individuals in the United States …