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Care homes and COVID – the impact of technology

13 September 2021

Ahead of the seminar at the Dementia, Care & Nursing Home Expo on 16th September, ‘Supporting Independent Living in Care Homes and the impact of Covid’, Angus Honeysett, Head of Market Access, gives an overview of the steps one care home took to choose a new technology system to improve the quality of life for residents pre-pandemic, and how it has helped the home to maintain its high levels of care during the pandemic.

Using technology to help people live well with dementia

01 September 2021

In the UK, someone develops dementia every three minutes, and the Alzheimer’s Society estimates that the number of people living alone with the condition will double to 240,000 in the next 20 years. Gavin Bashar, UK Managing Director of Tunstall Healthcare, explains how technology such as telecare can help people with dementia and those who care for them in a way that promotes independence as well as managing risks.

Rising Stars

26 August 2021

As a market leader in technology enabled care, Tunstall recognises its responsibility not just to invest in the progress of the sector as a whole, but also to make a positive contribution to the organisations it works with. The Tunstall Academy was created specifically for health, housing and social care professionals, helping them to enhance their skill sets with a range of training and development options. Will McKelvie, Director at Quantum Coaching and Consultancy, tells us about his work with Tunstall in designing and delivering the Academy’s Rising Stars programme.

The invisible plan

02 June 2021

Zillah Moore, Marketing Director, discusses how the retirement living sector could benefit from taking a more strategic and customer-focused approach to technology.

Laptop donation helping pupils to be top of the class

06 May 2021

Sarah Langridge, Headteacher at Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School tells us how the donation of laptops from Tunstall has helped pupils during lockdown and beyond.