Providing Home Help for Carers and their Families

Help for carers and family members

Nobody would want the personal care provided by family members, or formal carers to be replaced by telecare technology. However, telecare can offer many benefits to carers.

Technology can allow a carer to have a good night's sleep, safe in the knowledge that should their loved one walk away from their the house at night, cause the bath to overflow or even leave their bed for a prolonged period of time, they will be alerted quickly and appropriately. Telecare enables carers to manage difficult situations in an effective and reasonable way. Such technology can also make spending a short time away from the house a possibility for the carer, which can make an enormous difference to the quality of everyday life.

Tunstall telecare sensors can all link to a personal pager used by the carer, which vibrates in the event of a sensor being activated and display a message telling the carer where in the home a problem may be occurring.

For more information on how telecare can support carers download Tunstall's Support for Carers Technology Guide from www.tunstall.co.uk/guides or call 01977 660479 for a copy.