Assistive technology for people living with dementia: the aspirational and the achievable.
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Agenda
- 10.00 Registration and refreshments
- 10.30 Welcome – Simon Evans (ADS, University of Worcester); Vanessa Pritchard-Wilkes (Housing 21), Chair.
- 10.35 Current and innovative Telecare and AT suitable for people living with dementia – Rupert Lawrence (Worcestershire Telecare)
- 11.00 Dementia dwelling grant project findings – Simon Evans (ADS, University of Worcester)
- 11.25 Break, refreshments and networking
- 11.50 The ExtraCare Charitable Trust innovations apartment: easy to obtain technology to support people to remain independent and how it can reduce the disabling impact of dementia – Alex Sleat (University of the West of England and The ExtraCare Charitable Trust)
- 12.15 Television as meaningful occupation: Enabling TV news viewing by persons with dementia and their family carers – Liam Funnell, Isabelle Garriock, Ben Shirley (University of Salford), Tracey Williamson (ADS, University of Worcester)
- 12.35 Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: issues regarding development, usability, cost effectiveness, implementation and ethics – Shirley Evans (ADS, University of Worcester)
- 13.00 Lunch and networking
- 14.00 User experience: how technology can help carers to support people living with dementia
- 14.25 Panel debate: This House believes we shouldn’t bother with costly technology when small-scale aids/adaptations can make a big difference – Tracey Williamson (facilitator), panel of representatives from housing providers, academia, technology providers and users
- 15.00 Round table discussions: How do your experiences of assistive technology compare with the research and rhetoric?
- 15.40 Round table discussions feedback
- 15 55 Closing remarks
- 16 00 Event close
Note: exact titles of presentations TBC
- 10.00 Registration and refreshments
- 10.30 Welcome – Simon Evans (ADS, University of Worcester); Vanessa Pritchard-Wilkes (Housing 21), Chair.
- 10.35 Current and innovative Telecare and AT suitable for people living with dementia – Rupert Lawrence (Worcestershire Telecare)
- 11.00 Dementia dwelling grant project findings – Simon Evans (ADS, University of Worcester)
- 11.25 Break, refreshments and networking
- 11.50 The ExtraCare Charitable Trust innovations apartment: easy to obtain technology to support people to remain independent and how it can reduce the disabling impact of dementia – Alex Sleat (University of the West of England and The ExtraCare Charitable Trust)
- 12.15 Television as meaningful occupation: Enabling TV news viewing by persons with dementia and their family carers – Liam Funnell, Isabelle Garriock, Ben Shirley (University of Salford), Tracey Williamson (ADS, University of Worcester)
- 12.35 Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: issues regarding development, usability, cost effectiveness, implementation and ethics – Shirley Evans (ADS, University of Worcester)
- 13.00 Lunch and networking
- 14.00 User experience: how technology can help carers to support people living with dementia
- 14.25 Panel debate: This House believes we shouldn’t bother with costly technology when small-scale aids/adaptations can make a big difference – Tracey Williamson (facilitator), panel of representatives from housing providers, academia, technology providers and users
- 15.00 Round table discussions: How do your experiences of assistive technology compare with the research and rhetoric?
- 15.40 Round table discussions feedback
- 15 55 Closing remarks
- 16 00 Event close
Note: exact titles of presentations TBC