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| November 13, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK))

Elderly residents of a rural Angus community could soon be using videophones to contact carers in what has been dubbed a virtual sheltered housing scheme.

Angus Council social work director Robert Peat has mooted the new telecare scheme as a way of helping older people to feel safer and less isolated at home.

A charity for older people, however, has raised concerns that telecare technology could be used to replace human contact and leave pensioners feeling cut off.

The Angus scheme, which looks set to be piloted in the Sidlaws area, would involve videophones being installed in the homes of about 30…

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