Swedish senior-friendly smartphone flinger Doro has announced a new elderly care offering, centered around in-home hardware that can monitor a resident’s wellbeing and call for help if needed. Called SmartCare, the system is supported by new Alarm Receiving Centers (ARC) that Doro is building in the UK and Irish launch markets – and is due for commercial launch in early 2019. The automatic alarms and notifications should ensure that falls or accidents in the home can be treated more quickly, which has obvious benefits to the person but also wider benefits to their supporting healthcare services – as quicker responses typically result in better outcomes, which usually helps keep costs of care down too. But Doro isn’t only pushing the…