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SUPPLIER FOCUS: The path to higher occupancy
Professor Stuart Solomons, founder of Ernie Connects, explains how technological integration leads to a dramatic increase in occupancy rates for care homes. Ernie Connects is the only fully integrated resident-centred care system in the UK. We have combined the...
Ernie Connects elder care tech goes global with Smart Caregiving partnership
New UK-based care technology company Ernie Connects has announced a new partnership with American caregiver resource directory Smart Caregiving. Smart Caregiving assists people caring for loved ones and will now promote the UK company’s new video and audio calling...
How can technology design be made more inclusive?
Inclusivity in health and social care One particular industry that’s been notable for improving inclusivity of technology design is health and social care. Stuart Solomons, founder of Ernie Connects, explained: “In health and social care settings, you have people with...
The biggest trends in digital ethics
Video consultations Finally, Stuart Solomons, founder of Ernie Connects, identified the use of video consultations within health and social care over the past year as another major ethics trend. Solomons said: “Remote video consultations provide a time-saving...
The Complexities of Data Usage in Social Care
The use of data is a hot topic right now. Working in the UK social care sector, it greatly concerns me when I see news stories on how data is stored and used by some businesses, more often without the consent or knowledge of those it has been extracted from. One...
New One-Touch Technology Launched In UK To Help Combat Loneliness Among Elderly In Health And Social Care
A new video and audio calling technology has entered the UK market with the mission of eliminating loneliness among the elderly in health and social care – by promoting human connection through simplified social interaction. Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and...
How Technology Can Reduce Stress Amongst Those Residing In Social And Healthcare Settings
The Mental Health Foundation estimates 74 per cent of UK adults felt so stressed at some point over the last 12 months that they became overwhelmed or unable to cope. Furthermore, recent research by the Stress Management Society found that 65 per cent of people in the...
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 cures of stress – a feeling that has ballooned over the past year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Indeed, the Mental Health...