General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, comes into effect on May 25, 2018. This new law will specifically address how businesses and the public sector handle the information of 750 million European citizens. As part of our GDPR work, we have updated our Privacy Policy to reflect the new legislation. Please click on the icon [...]
A 'smart' sock to track diabetic health Diabetic health tracking startup Siren Care has created smart socks that use temperature sensors to detect inflammation — and therefore injury — in realtime for diabetics. Co-founder Ran Ma was working on growing biomass to grow back skin that had been damaged while at Northwestern University when she started learning how to treat [...]
Some excellent SDS events coming up in North Lanarkshire. Our friends at Carers Together has asked us to draw attention to a few events aimed at unpaid carers. The events being delivered will be at an informal discussion level and will inform people of what self-directed support is and isn’t, the advantages of having [...]
SOL Connect routinely host demonstrations of the technology enabled care service to let people see how the system works and how it can support them in their life. When someone expresses an interest in technology enabled care the team are on hand to talk them through the numerous options that are available to them. 1. [...]
We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. From SOL Connect and SOL.
We recently attended the excellent Independent Living Scotland in the SECC in Glasgow. It was a great event that enabled us to talk to a wide range of people from care professionals, people looking for new forms of support, supported living providers, other technology enabled care companies to name but a few. Our stand was [...]
We are pleased to announce that we will be taking part in Independent Living Scotland 2017 on the 4th and 5th of October. The event is taking place at the SECC in Glasgow. This year’s event is slightly different, as the guys at Independent Living Scotland have joined forces with the team at Ability Fest, [...]
We recently attended Perspectives on Using Assistive Technology with Dementia Seminar at Stirling University. The seminar brought together individuals, private companies, organisations and individuals from across the whole Dementia Care ‘economy’. The day featured speakers from industry, health and social care, third sector organisations and people with dementia who spoke about what they saw as [...]
An interesting article about the changing attitudes to Technology Enabled Care. There is now more than ever before an acceptance on the important role of technology in delivering health care services. The article is from an American news source but it does highlight that attitudes are changing! The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions (DCHS) has [...]
Frances's mum has been using SOL Connect for a couple of years now and here she tells us how her mum uses SOL Connect and what it means to her... How long have you been using SOL Connect? Over 2 years now. Why do you use SOL Connect? I use it as a [...]
