Meet with AgeUK Milton Keynes to further investigate the management of the patient discharge process. Iteratively improve the overall architecture of the system Research more on the technology that could be used in the project (wearables, sensors and batteries) Continue Interviewing supporters (adult children and friends) to…
Dr. Amel Bennaceur is a Lecturer in Computing at the Open University, UK. She received her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Paris VI in 2013. Her research interests include adaptive systems and software engineering. She was part of the Connect and EternalS EU projects that explored…
We met with social workers in Cardiff and talked about the process of discharging older adults from hospital in Cardiff and Swansea. We plan to meet with them again and work with them to better understand how the discharge process works and how we might…
Now we are in the process of expanding beyond the conversations with our 5 pilot participants, by talking to a variety of family, friends, and professional supporters. Then we can build up an understanding of the different types of support roles that people play and…
The project will develop a patient-centred digital healthcare support infrastructure that is able to integrate and coordinate data and capabilities from both automated sensing and the human ‘circles of support’ ranging from medical professionals, care workers, community support and relatives. During the course of the…
We met the Sphere project group in the University of Bristol (16th November 2017), who have been working on smart home technologies.They arranged a one day workshop for us explaining the devices they have built and the research they have done using the devices. These…
Our plan for the next two months includes: To continue interviewing people in the Exeter and Milton Keynes pilot studies, until we have a good understanding of the needs of the different types of stakeholders/circles of support that the STRETCH system should support. To continue…
Researchers at the OU have set up a data gateway to connect the sensors with a remote server. They are testing their first motion sensor to determine the robustness of the data collection system and also determine optimal ways of configuring and powering sensors. The…
The OU team had a meeting with Dr Chris Lindesay, he is a consultant Acute Physician in Milton Keynes University Hospital. The information we gathered during the meeting is very helpful in identifying the common medical problems among the older population and how they are…
We will soon launch a community survey intended to understand people’s motivations for being informal supporters of older people, and we are also looking to build collaborations with some local Exeter organisations who are running community capacity building initiatives. The intention here is to look…