Telecare Ready: creating a universal entitlement to telecare

Telecare Ready: creating a universal entitlement to telecare is the seventh installment in a ten part series from the Strategic Society Centre, with support from PwC, alongside BUPA, Age UK and Tunstall. This series is exploring practical solutions for financing social care in the UK.

This report, from the Strategic Society Centre examines how policymakers can ensure the maximum benefit from telecare as the long-term care system deals with growing fiscal and demographic pressures.

What is telecare and what are its benefits, what are the barriers to implementation and what are the key design choices for a new telecare strategy?