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mPower and specifically, our Shared Learning part to the project, were an integral part of DigiFest 2020 and we couldn’t be happier with how it went. The virtual event saw over 3500 registrations attendees from over 50 countries, 75 sessions and 30 poster submissions. Digital health and care solutions have had a year of rapid…

mPower has been involved in supporting the work being done by the Scottish Government as part of the Connecting Scotland programme to connect digitally excluded households, many of which include older people. We estimate that together through the Connecting Scotland programme we’ve been able to provide around 300 devices to our beneficiaries. We are delighted…

mPower team based within Southern Trust uses tech to connect Care Home residents The team have worked hard to provide most of the Care Homes within the Trust’s region with a pre-loaded digital device allowing residents to stay connected to family, to clinicians and to the outdoors. Aidan McCabe, mPower Implementation Lead recognised right at…

mPower are delighted to host a webinar with Lynsey Stewart on Raising awareness of Autism in Older People Lynsey is the Team Capacity Builder and Network Co-ordinator at Autism Network Scotland (ANS).  ANS is based at the University of Strathclyde and works in collaboration through strategic partnerships and sharing knowledge to drive change and support positive well-being…

A VIRTUAL PROGRAMME FROM 1-11 DECEMBER 2020 – Scotland’s Annual Digital Health and Care Event. Registration is now open for Scotland’s largest annual health and care event which for the first time will be delivered virtually! Digital health and care solutions have had a year of rapid scale up and development. Taking time to reflect…

Last year the mPower NHS Western Isles Community Navigators teamed up with the Islands Volunteer Centre to launch the ‘Give a Gift, Light up a Life’ campaign’. The project aimed to reduce social isolation amongst older socially isolated adults by asking for donations of hand-written Christmas cards and small gifts for distribution. It was a…

Since Covid-19 became centre stage, the mPower project partners have adapted their working practices to ensure that the project beneficiaries, some of the most vulnerable to the virus, are still supported in the best way for them. The mPower teams have maintained their support via telephone but also increased the use of technology across a…

mPower is delighted to announce that the work done by the Western Isles team in rolling out NHS Near Me to all Care Homes in the region has been shortlisted for the European Network European Social Services Awards – Technology Tools category. Please vote for us here https://essa-eu.org/vote-now/  Shortly after the first lockdown started in April…

Our CH01 Community Navigator Monica Ramsey as a member of Finn Valley Community Health Forum is supporting the provision of ‘Wellness Packs’ for service users of Alzheimer’s Groups at St Joseph Community Hospital and Cloghan Day Centre. The packs will include Fiddle Mits made by different groups in the community, puzzles, colouring sheets and markers.…

Innovation Organisation of the Year Award for the mPower project and cross-border health partnership.  A partnership between NHS NSS, HSE and led by the mPower project team has won the Innovation Organisation of the Year award at the Causeway Ireland Scotland Business Exchange hosted virtual awards ceremony held on the evening of 1st October.   Alan…