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ConnectCare will help small, medium and regionally based not for profit aged care facilities to improve their level of care and efficiency through broadband and IT. Learn more about the innovative technology and service delivery model, which is addressing a critical need to help smaller, less-resourced aged care providers to access affordable, simple to understand and easy to use technology.
Stephen Richards, CEO of Nambucca Valley Care Ltd., hopes ConnectCare will improve the health of people living in regional aged care facilities by faster and more accurate diagnosis and treatment and easier access to doctors and specialists. "People living in aged care facilities are older, frailer and have more complex medical needs than a decade ago. With increasing demands on our limited health resources doctors and specialists are being stretched pretty thin, especially in rural and regional areas." Read more of what Stephen has to say."
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy welcomed the ConnectCare deployment: "Broadband and digital technologies have the potential to revolutionise health and aged care. ConnectCare helps demonstrate the value of investing in broadband to improve the quality of life for residents and patients, the availability of services and the efficiency of delivery."
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