Telecare Services Association

Conference Programme

MONDAY 16th NOVEMBER

Opening address and afternoon host, Dame Joan Bakewell Writer and broadcaster and now the Government appointed champion of the elderly, Dame Joan Bakewell’s role includes raising the profile of age equality issues.

Exploring The Changing Role Of Carers In An Ageing Society – looks at how telecare can help carers and the people they care for lead more independent lives.  Imelda Redmond, Chief Executive, Carers UK

Older Generations And Their Interface With Technology – how we can do better by creating environments of choice using simple user-friendly technologies that can help patients keep physically and mentally active. Simon Roberts, EMEA Ethnographic Research and Innovation, Intel Digital Health Group
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Individual Budgets – the strategy for personalisation and its potential impact on the telecare market. David Behan, Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, Department of Health

From Tele-Care To Tele-Partnerships – explores the challenge of enhancing the quality of telecare services through user-centred involvement in their design and delivery. Stephen Wey, Senior Lecturer, York St John University, Centre for Enabling Environments and Assistance Technology (CEEAT)
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Networking Dinner with the Telecare Code of Practice Awards Ceremony and Entertainment by Opera Tottie and magicians, Chris Digdale and Phil Jay.

TUESDAY 17th NOVEMBER

Opening Remarks. Dr Malcolm Fisk, Chair, Telecare Services Association
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Whole System Demonstrators – an update on this high-profile project that will impact the future for telecare and telehealth. Tim Ellis, Whole System Demonstrator Programme Manager, Service Design Division, Department of Health.
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Management Of Chronic Medical Conditions Via Telehealth – the US Department of Veterans Affairs’ experience. What are the benefits and burdens of remote monitoring for health professionals and service users over considerable distances? Janice E Knoefel, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine (Gerontology) and Neurology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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Digital Britain – the opportunities for telecare and telehealth providers and users – high quality, high speed, high capacity voice and data transfer will help transform health and social care. Find out how.  Richard Foggie, Assistant Director Electronic Innovation, Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
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Working Smartly With Assistive Technology And Telecare – considers the present and future opportunities offered by telecare in the delivery and implementation of the National Dementia Strategy. Clive Evers, Head of Professional Liaison, Alzheimers Society
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Workshop Programme.

Gala Dinner (black tie – optional) with guest speaker Stephen K. Amos and Live Music from Swing Band, STAR. 

Stephen K. Amos is a British stand-up comedian and a regular on the London comedy circuit and guests on TV shows such as Have I Got News For You. He has attended the Edinburgh Fringe Festival every year since his debut solo show in 2001.

 

WEDNESDAY 18th NOVEMBER

Workshop Programme.

Surprise Guest Motivational Speaker. It was Simon Weston at Cardiff, 2007. Chris Moon at Brighton, 2008. Who will inspire at London 2009?