Healthcare from your living ro

Finding ways of helping people to live longer in their own homes is increasingly seen as an urgent priority.

This event, run by the West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), explores the role that technology can play in assisting health and social care professionals to interact with individuals and to help them care for themselves in their homes. In previous events they have looked at the role citizens can play in developing solutions, however this event specifically focuses on deploying technology solutions at scale.

Denmark is often cited as a model in the development of home- and community-based systems for the frail elderly population and thought leaders in developing the ‘commune’ approach to integrated care and community resilience. The West of England AHSN have invited speakers from the world-leading care technology cluster in Odense in Southern Denmark to share their methods and experiences.

The event is run in partnership with Enterprise Europe Network, who will run a business-business matchmaking session. There will also be a company showcase session which will enable Danish and UK companies to demonstrate innovative solutions.

The programme

The programme (PDF) includes two keynote speakers from Odense Denmark. Peter Julius from Public Intelligence will share his experience gained over several decades from prototyping in living labs to successful large scale deployment in the community. Christian Graversen from WelfareTech will share his experiences of building and supporting a local technology innovation cluster in welfare technology.

Guy Boersma MD Kent Surrey and Sussex AHSN and his colleagues, will speak about the latest developments of the new NHS National Internet of Things Test Bed developing solutions for technology integrated health management of dementia at scale.

Julia Clarke, Chief Executive of Bristol Community Health, will speak about their experiences in the practice of deploying technological solutions for care in the community in the West of England.

Professor Praminda Caleb-Solly, Associate Professor in Independent Living Systems at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and Head of Electronics and Computer Systems at Designability, will give a vision of what the future holds for assistive technology.

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