- Age UK has a short guide to telecare & telehealth at (note it still refers to pager alerts).
- Alvolution offers a range of technologies and has a comparison site.
- ATDementia is a charity providing online information on assistive technologies for use by people with dementia, carers and professionals.
- ATHome is a collaboration amongst the 14 Local Authorities covering the West Midlands.
- British Healthcare Trade Association (BHTA) operates a code of practice to ensure the products sold by its 500+ members can be trusted. They offer leaflets giving purchasing advice on a range of equipment.
- Carers UK, the organisation that represents carers’ interests in the UK has an Upfront guide that introduces caring and an advice line; they also provide Jointly.
- The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) provides impartial information and advice on around 11,000 products and services for disabled and older people at Living Made Easy. This provides links through to national suppliers so that people can go through to make a purchase. To enable people to try before they buy, the site lists centres around the country where carers and those they care for can have hands-on experience of equipment. For those who don’t know what equipment is available, the free AskSara online questionnaire enables the public to create a personalised report including signposting, equipment information and specific product advice. To support the public and practitioners to undertake more in-depth research, the DLF also have factsheets that highlight the issues to consider before purchase.
- Dementia Friendly Technology: gives people with dementia and their carers information on how to access technology. It also provides guidance to health, housing and social care professionals on how to make technology work for people based on their individual needs.
- Designability: engineering and design experts with a passion for creating life-changing assistive technologies; they conduct original research and develop commercial products that meet real needs.
- Evergreen Life has a useful summary of technology to support carers at and also offers a free app to enable people to keep a full health & care record.
- Everyday Life is an online assessment tool run by the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network to help people locate the technology that can assist them.
- Foundations HIA is appointed by the Department of Communities and Local Government to oversee a national network of nearly 200 home improvement agencies (HIAs) and handyperson providers across England
- Home Farm Trust (hft) is a national charity, providing services for people with learning disabilities throughout England
- Lisa Manners has developed a great resource detailing support available to blind people, especially for those in the workplace
- The Live-in Care Company matches people needing care, with the best possible carers across the UK
- Medequip provides services and equipment to local authorities and the NHS across the UK in delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes. Manage At Home is their online retail store
- MindTech is a repository of applied research in the mental health and dementia tech area
- NHS Choices has a relatively short guide to telecare with a few links which includes a link to needs assessment.
- Rica is a consumer research site for older & disabled people: it both gathers and purveys research data.
- The Royal College of General Practitioners has a free eLearning course aimed primarily at professionals for those keen to learn much more about the whole area.
- Show me the access has a wide range of links for people with impairments.
- Spring Chicken has great information and many products for sale to help people struggling with activities of daily living
- Sterling University has produced an eBook entitled “Telecare and dementia: using telecare effectively in the support of people with dementia”
- Stroke4Carers has a summary page with links: http://www.stroke4carers.org/?p
- Telecare Services Association has a short summary of equipment available. They also have a link to a free training course on fire safety aimed at carers (and housing providers).
- Telesson provides custom eLearning packages for telecare.
- Unforgettable provides advice and technology for people suffering from dementia at:
- Which? has regular reviews of telecare and assisted living options, for example
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