During the first year of COVID-19, researchers installed smart home technologies into the households of older people to observe how digital devices impacted their lives. Smart Homes for Seniors, directed by Professor Sarah Pink, captured this journey through the eyes ...
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Using virtual reality to bridge the COVID-19 service gap
As the aged care industry adjusts to COVID-19, providers will be expected to innovate to meet the growing demands for safe, age friendly living spaces. When Safdar Ali, a Brisbane-based aged care consultant, considered these future challenges under lockdown, it ...
More »‘Optimal ageing’ training centre granted federal funding boost
Earlier this week the Australian Research Council (ARC) awarded Monash University $4.8 million in funding to develop a new training centre for optimal ageing. The centre will focus on developing emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, digital health apps, and sensors ...
More »Using cross-cultural collaboration and ‘design thinking’ to innovate aged care
Innovation and co-design in aged care delivery is a key solution to addressing the needs of the global ageing population, according to researchers. Cross-Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing, published earlier this year, reports on a series of workshops involving university ...
More »Grant to boost innovation in aged care
Australia’s aged care industry is celebrating a win, after the federal government last week announced it would invest $400,000 to support innovAGEING. LASA chief executive Sean Rooney said he was grateful for the news that the national aged care network for ...
More »Nursing duo receive Churchill Fellowships
Two nurses have won the opportunity to travel overseas to further their passion before returning to Australia to implement their findings. Two Sydney Nursing School academics have been awarded 2011 Churchill Fellowships enabling them to develop their nursing expertise at ...
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