Made in Ireland – Looking Global

Prof Maurice Mulvenna TRAIL Living Lab

School of Computing and Mathematics University of Ulster

A University of Ulster Innovation Lab Visit us at trail.ulster.ac.uk

Outline

§  Connected Health §  Dimensions of Connected Health §  Examples §  Action steps

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§  Population norms… §  Connected health: – Ageing in place – Independent living – Domiciliary care – Assisted living – Sheltered housing – Supported housing – Retirement home – Nursing home – Care home

§  ...> Medical intervention

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Services

Dimensions

§  Technical §  Business Model §  Timing §  Engagement

Ofcom research

§  Provide therapeutic support and guidance to this group of people during the hours of darkness – Investigate the needs of people with dementia at night time – Research new technological capabilities that support sophisticated service offerings – Offer therapeutic interventions using music and familiar images at bedside device – Sleep measurements variables: quantity of sleep, quality of sleep, rhythm of sleep

§  Needs-driven (ABC/UCD…) §  Mainstreaming

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State Academia

Industry

Users

§  Investigating the unmet needs of older people living in the local community.

§  Talking with older people in order to prioritise problems, seeking the best available evidence to meet needs

§  working with people to implement and evaluate the evidence in practice.

§  eParticipation empowering and involving citizens in transparent decision-making in the EU

§  TRAIL leading user engagement across EU and defining 10-20 electronic town meetings (eTMs)

§  eTMs: – Allied health Professionals – Open Data – User Centred Innovations – Town centre management – Interfaces – Connected Health

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