Can CareTech help in Overnight Care?

2025-08-12T16:02:53+01:00

Can CareTech help in overnight Care? At Ethel Care, we are aware of some Local Authorities spending close to £70,000 every week on overnight care (a mix of waking nights and sleep-ins). It’s essential for safety, but costly and increasingly hard to staff. The problem, we believe, is that we are operating in a data [...]

Can CareTech help in Overnight Care?2025-08-12T16:02:53+01:00

Evaluating Care with NASSS Framework

2025-08-12T15:53:55+01:00

We would like to highlight the NASSS Framework as an excellent tool to evaluate CareTechnology adoption in Local Authorities and the NHS. Think of it as a visual checklist that helps organisations figure out why some new Care Technologies succeed while others fail or get stuck halfway. Recently, one of our customers, NHS DUMFRIES & [...]

Evaluating Care with NASSS Framework2025-08-12T15:53:55+01:00

Revolutionising independent living with Ethel: the community’s new assistive technology

2025-07-01T09:40:13+01:00

Telford & Wrekin Council are proud to be a provider of Ethel assistive technology, a digital screen in the home that empowers residents to live independently, enhancing communication and autonomy for those benefiting from supported living arrangements. This innovative technology serves as a pivotal resource for both users and caregivers, fostering a collaborative and supportive [...]

Revolutionising independent living with Ethel: the community’s new assistive technology2025-07-01T09:40:13+01:00

Enhancing Care for Non-Verbal Users: Ethel’s Communication Tab Solution

2025-04-09T14:21:37+01:00

Last month, one of our customer organisations reached out with a unique challenge: Could Ethel support communication for a non-verbal service user, especially during stays in respite or rehab centres? This sparked a journey of deep listening, iterative development, and close collaboration. we're thrilled to share our simple yet powerful solution: a dedicated Comms Tab [...]

Enhancing Care for Non-Verbal Users: Ethel’s Communication Tab Solution2025-04-09T14:21:37+01:00

What is your care strategy in a digital world?

2022-03-01T11:04:34+00:00

Faster Horses Henry ford once said, “If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”. He then made motorcars for the mass market. You may also have heard about Bertha Benz’s 1886 horseless carriage trip to visit her mother (and scaring the life out of nearby villagers). Not more horses or [...]

What is your care strategy in a digital world?2022-03-01T11:04:34+00:00

Code Red for Humanity: What role does social care and the NHS play?

2021-11-02T14:53:06+00:00

One of the main talking points at the COP26 is that bold new climate commitments are required. Global emissions could exceed the internationally agreed 1.5 degrees of global warming stated in the Paris Agreement. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the IPCC Working Group 1 Report was “a code red for humanity”. To prevent this, [...]

Code Red for Humanity: What role does social care and the NHS play?2021-11-02T14:53:06+00:00

Loneliness in the Older Population

2021-06-16T10:23:43+01:00

The UK’s age structure is changing. By 2050 it is projected 1 in 4 people will be over 65 . Our ageing population is struggling with loneliness, with half a million older people going 5 or 6 days without speaking to anyone at all. There are 1.4 million chronically lonely older people in England which [...]

Loneliness in the Older Population2021-06-16T10:23:43+01:00

A Year On – Reflecting on 365 Days in the Pandemic

2021-03-31T09:28:30+01:00

It has been a year since Boris Johnson addressed the UK. Since then, there have been 2.72 million deaths worldwide. Last week we have had Marie Curie's Day of Reflection where we remembered the lives lost to Coronavirus. We constantly talk about what the 'new normal' is going to look like, but the new normal [...]

A Year On – Reflecting on 365 Days in the Pandemic2021-03-31T09:28:30+01:00

Stories from the NHS

2021-01-12T11:05:58+00:00

The Coronavirus pandemic affected the whole world last year and with new lockdowns starting 2021 off. Getting back to normal is looking further away. However, ‘the new normal’ has brought many people closer together, seen more people enjoying spending time outside and shown how resilient we are. The sense of community shone through last year, [...]

Stories from the NHS2021-01-12T11:05:58+00:00

Hospital Discharge: Can Technology Enabled Care help?

2020-12-21T10:57:25+00:00

Delays in discharge:   Delays in hospital discharge leave people feeling stranded. If you are fit and healthy, you should be able to leave the hospital quickly and safely. Caroline Abrahams, Age UK said "Being forced to stay in hospital when you are medically fit to leave is utterly soul-destroying, undermines your chances of making a [...]

Hospital Discharge: Can Technology Enabled Care help?2020-12-21T10:57:25+00:00
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