By 2025, analogue telephony services will be switched off completely in the UK, presenting a challenge to providers and users of telecare services, such as personal alarms and pull cords. As a telecare user, Housing & Care 21 realised that it would be uneconomical to continue to service, maintain or replace failing analogue telecare systems,…
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Embracing the digital switchover
By 2025, analogue telephony services will be switched off completely in the UK. While this may sound alarm bells for housing providers who offer telecare systems (such as pendant alarms and pull cords) to their older residents, we believe it represents an opportunity rather than a threat. While we see this date as a deadline…
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Housing & Care 21 goes digital with Appello
Housing & Care 21 is expanding its provision of digital care at 100 of its supported housing developments based on technology from Appello. Following the introduction of the first Appello digi-care system in 2015, 60 developments are already live, with a further 40 developments planned for installation by April 2018. The retirement housing and extra…
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Appello’s IoT-based care at Housing & Care 21
Housing & Care 21 is now using an internet of things-based care system from Appello at one of its housing developments in County Durham. The new digital system, designed, installed and maintained by Appello, and manufactured by Green Access, offers an accelerated connection of just under three seconds to Appello’s 24/7 emergency Careline service, enhanced…
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