Dear Participant, Thank you so much for your valued participation in the Circles of Support project. This was, as you know, part of a wider research project, called STRETCH, (Socio Technical Resilience for Enhancing Targeted Community Healthcare) which was funded by the Engineering and Physical…
This is a demonstration of a prototype link-worker dashboard for SERVICE developed in Django. Figure 1 shows the link-worker dashboard with all clients. More details on the clients timeline can be shown by clicking on the clients name to reveal a client based view –…
By Avelie Stuart, Research Fellow, University of Exeter. As part of the STRETCH project (referred to as Circles of Support by Age UK Exeter), we have been drawing people’s social networks and social identity maps (example illustrated below), as a way of getting people to…
COVID-19 related isolation is likely to increase stress, anxiety, depression, and social withdrawal[1]. Likewise, there will be increased burden on family and friends who have other responsibilities and/or may experience illness themselves[2]. The burden on formal carers is also likely to increase, with extensive lists…
This project aims to design and implement a digital platform for research on and support of emotional wellbeing of older people (>50) impacted by COVID-19 social distancing[1]. Impact: We will apply our team’s ongoing research on integrating technologies within social systems to: -Contribute to understandings…
Today I presented work from the STRETCH team on our emotion-monitoring devices to an international conference in Sydney. What was it all about?
We would like to welcome Clifford to the Stretch team. Clifford’s research uses the Applied Social Identity Approach to investigate how social relationships can benefit health and how sharing a collective identity can enable members of disadvantaged communities to deal with adversity. He also examines…
In the last few months of the Circles of support part of STRETCH project I had thought I would be reviewing participants’ experience of being part of the project and winding things up. Then COVID 19 happened. Being the face to face part of the…
Prior to starting at the OU Paul was a Senior Lecturer for over 16 years working at Coventry University, BCU, and Huddersfield University. His teaching was focused around computer programming, embedded systems, DSP and audio electronics. He has a PhD in Music Technology from the…
Deploy Mood buttons, front door sensors and fridge sensors, in the homes of participants in Milton Keynes and Exeter. Continue with the circles of support study in Exeter. Akshika Wijesundara at the OU, plans to build and test a multimodal adaptive guidance system for smart kitchens. The system can adaptively provide ambient…