Care homes and domiciliary care providers across the UK are under serious pressure with staffing shortages worsening and costs escalating, not helped by recent taxation and employment policy changes.  In this webinar, we’ll explore whether augmenting physical care with remote care (includes activities like virtual check-ins and in-home health and wellbeing monitoring) can ease the strain.

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Andrew Wood

Owner & Director – Home Instead Hereford & North Bristol

With a background as CFO in private-equity backed businesses, Andrew joined Helping Hands (private pay homecare) in 2014, where the team generated over £100m of shareholder value by the time of its private-equity investment in 2018. Andrew has since taken on a number of private pay homecare franchises with Home Instead.

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James Davidson

Team Leader and Care Technologist, Baillieston Community Care

James has worked in the social care sector for seven years in a variety of roles and is currently based at Baillieston Community Care, where he oversees the Care Technology Project. This forward-thinking initiative aims to improve the quality of life for individuals with a range of medical conditions through the use of digital and assistive technology.

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Lewis Sheldrake

Senior Advisor for digital Transormation at the Local Government Association

Lewis Sheldrake is Senior Advisor for Digital Transformation at the Local Government Association, leading national work on digital innovation in adult social care. With 15 years' experience across commissioning, policy, and frontline services, he focuses on emerging technologies and the potential of AI to make care more proactive and personalised. Lewis was the 2023 Local Government Challenge winner and is completing an MSc in Digital Health Leadership at Imperial, alongside recent AI studies at Harvard.

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Andrew Conroy

Head of Innovation – Sanctuary Home Care Limited

Andy has worked at Astraline since 2013, achieving significant milestones around the early adoption of digital and cloud-based Alarm receiving Centre (ARC) services. Astraline moved its core service delivery to digital (SIP) in 2020, and a cloud solution in 2021. As Head of Innovation at the Sanctuary Group, he has successfully led TEC services delivering innovative solutions, creating strong and meaningful partnerships with key providers and thought leaders in the Telecare, Telehealth and Telemedicine sector, growing the business in line with Sanctuary Group strategies, delivering inclusive leadership to create a culture of high performance and positively progressive innovation. 

We will answer key questions such as:

  • Can such technology help reduce costs and improve care? 
  • Can it offer more flexible work patterns to attract staff? 
  • Does it offer new service opportunities?
  • Is it essential to deliver preventative care?

Hear from our experienced panellists, chaired by Jane Townson, CEO of the Home Care Association, how they see technology adoption, what’s possible, what’s working already, and what still needs to change to make remote care a realistic part of the solution.

This webinar is hosted by Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) who bring you HomeSight, the only remote care platform that works through the user’s own TV, and which has been designed specifically for older adults, their families and carers.

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