Equipment and telecare

Telecare offers potential benefits for individual users including safety and independence. It also has the potential to reduce social care costs, allowing the more efficient deployment of direct care staff. However, social care and health professionals need to consider a range of ethical issues when supporting an individual in deciding whether to use telecare.

Ethical issues in the use of telecare
SCIE Report 30
Published: May 2011

Ethical issues in the use of telecare
SCIE At a glance 24
Published: May 2010

Assistive technology and older people
SCIE Research briefing 28

Social Care TV: Telecare - providing more personalised care
SCIE Social Care TV video
Published: June 2011

Social Care TV: Telecare - the ethical debate
SCIE Social Care TV video
Published: June 2011