Virtual visits: how Finland is coping with an ageing population | Sarah Johnson
(The Guardian Finland)

Online lunch clubs are the start of a remote care revolution to reduce the spiralling costs of caring for older peopleIt´s 11.30am on a midweek June morning in Helsinki, Finland. Duvi Leineberg, a remote care nurse, is doing the lunch rounds. But instead of jumping in a car and visiting each person one by one, she is sitting in an office looking at a large computer screen where she can see into seven people´s homes. Most are sitting at a table preparing to tuck into some food. Related: Personal care should be free for over-65s, says thinktank If you can remotely check in on somebody, see how they are, remind them of medication, that feels like a good solution Continue reading...