ACTION - Assisting Carers using Telematics Interventions to meet Older persons' Needs (Ref. CEC TIDE 4570)

Within the European Community the elderly population is growing, and consequently, there has been an significant increase in the need for the provision of assistance to carers, with family carers in general playing a central role in most activities of informal care in the community. This type of care is based on a strong liaison between informal carers, the professionals and the frail, elderly or disabled person(s) who are the focus of care....