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Alpha Lifecare Partners with EchoCare to Introduce Cutting-Edge Remote Monitoring Solution for Elderly Care in Australia and New Zealand

Crestview, FL, 2024-May-15 — /EPR HEALTHCARE NEWS/ — EchoCare, a pioneer in remote monitoring solutions for eldercare and senior living, has appointed Alpha Lifecare as the exclusive distributor for its solution in Australia and New Zealand.

“EchoCare is delighted to be working with Alpha Lifecare as our exclusive distributor in the region to ensure that, as the use of our senior monitoring solution continues to expand, customers in Australia and New Zealand will be able to provide better and more efficient care to their clients. As Alpha Lifecare has one of the strongest footholds in the region for delivering world-class innovative technology to senior living providers to improve resident safety and experience, we look forward to building lasting relationships with customers in the region,” emphasized Rafi Zack, COO and acting CTO at EchoCare.

“We are sure that our partnership with EchoCare will enrich our solutions offerings to our customers, as the Digital Angel Radar, developed by EchoCare, offers the most accurate, non-wearable, monitoring solution available, facilitating early detection, targeted intervention, and effective prevention. The system is uniquely capable of monitoring both behaviours and vitals, without privacy-invading cameras and without requiring any action on the part of the older person. We are pleased to have deployed in a first customer site and look forward to rolling out the solution to many more,” said Luke Craddock, Director at Alpha Lifecare.

Explore further information on the Digital Angel Radar solution: https://alpha.global/fallpreventiondetection/

About EchoCare
EchoCare empowers senior living and care providers to enhance their service with around the clock monitoring for improved outcomes. The system learns the senior’s daily activities, facilitating recognition of changes in behaviour – both physical and cognitive – that might indicate increased risk of falls, or other abnormal situations. It also detects emergencies such as falls, wandering, or respiratory distress, which require an immediate response. The company operates globally, with a focus on the US and European markets.
https://echocare.ai/

About Alpha Lifecare
Alpha Lifecare has been delivering and defining solutions for senior care for over 40 years. Their mission is: We make lives better by caring further – helping more people, more often. The company’s technology division aims to deliver world-class innovative technology which improves resident safety and experience whilst also supporting facility teams in enhancing operational efficiencies.
https://alpha.global/

SOURCE: EPR Network

Health Innovation Centre of Southern Denmark, Fraunhofer Institute Portugal and ProjectRay named the winners of the European Silver Economy Awards 2018

Winners of the first European Silver Economy Awards: Boaz Zilberman (ProjectRay), Anne Friis Hansen (Health Innovation Centre of Southern Denmark) and Ana Vasconcelos (Fraunhoder Institute Portugal)

BRUSSELS, Belgium, 20-May-2018 — /EPR Healthcare News/ — On Thursday May 3, the first edition of the European Silver Economy Awards has celebrated its winners under the patronage of Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, and Markku Markkula, First Vice-President of the Committee of the Regions. The ceremony took place at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels and has been designed as an event that brings together key speakers and innovators from both the public and private sector.

The first prize in the category Public Authorities has been awarded to the Health Innovation Centre of Southern Denmark (Denmark) for their Generic Telemedicine Platform. The Fraunhofer Institute Portugal (Portugal) submitted a tool for fall prevention and detection (GoLive Solutions) and was the winning Non-for Profit Organisation. Introducing a smartphone solution (RAY Solutions) for visually impaired people, ProjectRay (Israel) has won in the category For Profit Organisation.

The Silver Economy Awards have been launched to recognise and reward innovative ICT solutions from all sectors, to raise awareness of the potentials of this section of the economy and to bring together European stakeholders under a common goal: supporting and improving the quality of life of older persons in society. On behalf of Commissioner Gabriel, Cabinet Member Manuel Mateo Goyet described the first Silver Economy Awards as representing a “milestone on our way towards becoming a truly age-friendly Europe”, and promoted the ceremony as “a unique occasion to send a very positive message on how we see the future of ageing” showing “the true value of collaboration in Europe”.

Celebrating the nine finalists and their dedication to making Europe an age-friendlier place, Markku Markkula, host and moral patron of the Silver Economy Awards, declares his acknowledgement: “I want them in my region”. More than 95 applications coming from 22 countries have been submitted for consideration in three awards categories referring to the type of organisation. Over 40 Silver Economy experts were involved in the three-staged evaluation process to determine Winner, Second and Third.

For more details on the winner entries and an overview of the final ranking of the first European Silver Economy Awards 2018 edition please visit www.silvereconomyawards.eu/sea/2017/awards#Winners.

SOURCE: EuropaWire