Wired for the third age
ICT facilitated health and social care for older people
Thursday 14 December 2006
The ‘modernisation' of health and social care management and practice for
older people, which has been underway in the UK for several years,
represents a significant challenge to professionals, managers and users
alike. Central to these policy directives is the adoption of new
information and communications technologies (ICTs) as a means to achieve
the two central policy objectives of improved integration between health
and social care service providers and a commitment to make health and
social services person-centred . This one-day conference, supported
through the Department of Health's Modernising Adult Social Care
programme, is intended to showcase a number of innovative health
informatics projects designed to improve the health and social care of
older people. Some of issues to be addressed will be:
§ Can ICTs enable greater information sharing through the Single
assessment Process?
§ What are the lessons for shaping the design of effective health
and social care informatics applications?
§ How can ICTs facilitate user-centred health and social care?
§ Do older people want to use ICTs?
§ Can the Internet inform older people and enable better
communication with service providers?
List of Speakers :
James Barlow
John Powell
Carl Renold
John Doyle
Guy Dewsbury
Helen Petrie
Keren Down
Andrew Webster
Brian D. Loader
Leigh Keeble
Mike Hardey
Further Information
For further information go to
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/siru/wiredforthethirdage.htm. If you would like
to attend this event, please email Antonia Luther-Jones: [log in to unmask]
at the University of York for registration details.
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