A platform that brings together end-users & service providers to co-create.

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We are asking you to share your experiences and solutions in a type of brainstorming exercise about one aspect of The Winter Plan i.e. communication about the care of an older person transferring home from hospital and how the SoCaTel platform might help with this. We want you to tell us specifically how communication between people such as; families, nurses, social workers, carers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, home support services and doctors currently happens and how it might be improved with the use of the platform. We hope that a lively and engaging discussion will produce some new ideas (or refine some old ones!) to improve our public health services and to show that the platform is a meaningful and effective way of doing this into the future.

Lack of ‘real’ time communication in the organisation and delivery of home support services affects the continuity and quality of care given in the home. There are multiple and unnecessary stages in the chain of communication between all those involved in the delivery of person centred home support services such as carers, nurses, private care agencies, managers, physiotherapists, doctors, social workers. How could technology support the sharing of day to day information instantly, safely and securely around older persons especially those with complex care needs?