... words prevention; monitoring; response; integration; training Introduction Telecare is an assistive technology service that promotes the independence of vulnerable people in their own homes by adding monitoring, response, review and intervention elements to the support provided by carers and by items...

...Kevin Doughty; Keith Cameron As telecare systems replace traditional social alarms, service providers must change their operating procedures to deal with increasing numbers of people who need emergency responses to a range of different emergency situations. The telecarers or teleresponders...