The HDTI brings the University’s research expertise in community-based therapy into direct contact with businesses. The outcome is a creative approach to project work to develop new products and new systems of care provision in the assisted living sector.
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Access (3)
Author: | Mr Paul Nisbet |
Occupation: | Senior Research Fellow – CALL Scotland, The University of Edinburgh |
Title: | Development And Implementation Of Electronic Exam Papers For Pupils With Disabilities And Additional Support Needs In Scotland |
Excerpt: | This paper presents work over 5 years to develop, evaluate and implement Adapted Digital exam papers for pupils with disabilities or additional support needs sitting Scottish Qualifications Authority |
Author: | Dr Jonathan Freeman |
Occupation: | Managing Director – i2 media research limited |
Title: | Next Generation Services For Older And Disabled People, Summary Of Research For Ofcom’s Advisory Committee On Older And Disabled People |
Excerpt: | 1. This paper summarises the results of a study involving desk and interview research with experts in relevant fields, commissioned by Ofcom’s Advisory Committee on Olde |
Author: | Mr David Colven |
Occupation: | Technical Adviser – The ACE Centre |
Title: | The Aegis Open Source Project – 3rd Generation Accessibility |
Excerpt: | AEGIS (Accessibility Everywhere: Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards) is a wide-ranging project addressing issues of accessibility in the ICT development processes. Never has such a comprehensive an |
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Accessibility (3)
Author: | Mr Paul Nisbet |
Occupation: | Senior Research Fellow – CALL Scotland, The University of Edinburgh |
Title: | Books For All: Accessing Print Via Assistive Technology |
Excerpt: | Disabled people may have difficulty accessing books and other paper materials as a consequence of, for example, visual impairment, blindness, dyslexia, learning difficulties or physical disability. R |
Author: | Ms Ladan Najafi |
Occupation: | Clinical Engineer – Chailey Heritage Clincial Services |
Title: | Enabling Families To Give Informed Consent Where Young Children Are Using Eye Gaze Technology. |
Excerpt: | As from April 2010 all health and adult social care providers will be required by law to register with Care Quality Commission (CQC). Out of the 24 Outcomes set up by CQC, Outcome 2 is set around peop |
Author: | Prof Maurice Mulvenna |
Occupation: | Professor of Computer Science – University of Ulster |
Title: | Interfacing With Brain Computer Interfaces |
Excerpt: | Motivation – To develop a Brain Computer Interface (BCI) system that is suitable for domestic application by being robust and user friendly and customisable in terms of user ability and preference and |
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Ambient Assisted Living (3)
Author: | Mr Jonathan Winkley |
Occupation: | Research Student – University of Bradford |
Title: | A Behaviour Monitoring System For The Elderly Using A Hidden Markov Model And Fuzzy Logic |
Excerpt: | This paper presents a method of implementing a Hidden Markov Model in an application where the observation sequence consists of observations made up of values from more than one input source. Th |
Author: | Mr James Amor |
Occupation: | PhD Student – University of Southampton |
Title: | Detecting And Tracking Behavioural Patterns Through Personalized Ambient Monitoring |
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Detecting and tracking behavioural patterns through Personalized Ambient Monitoring J.D. Amor and C.J. James |
Author: | Prof Andrew Hunter |
Occupation: | Dean of Research – University of Lincoln |
Title: | Trajectory-based Ambient Assistive Care For Elders |
Excerpt: | UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs predicts a worldwide increase in life expectancy coupled with a decline in the number of children and total fertility; thus a drastic reduction in support |
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Assisted Living Support (2)
Author: | Ms Keren Down |
Occupation: | Director – Foundation for Assistive Technology |
Title: | Health Hub: User-centred Design, Development And Integration With The Built Environment |
Excerpt: | The proportion of older people in the population is set to rise and more older people will want to remain in their own homes living independently for as long as possible. There is a wide range of tech |
Author: | Mr Simon Edwards |
Occupation: | Senior Research Associate – Newcastle University |
Title: | Safe Driving For Older People: How In-vehicle Technology Can Keep People On The Road |
Excerpt: | Driving plays an important role in maintaining older people’s mobility and independent living, enabling them to participate in their usual social activities and carry out practical day-to-day ne |
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Case Studies of Successful Interventions (3)
Author: | Mrs Verity Stokes |
Occupation: | Highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Warwickshire PCT |
Title: | A Multi-disciplinary Approach To A Complex Assistive Technology Case |
Excerpt: | An exploration of intervention with a patient through single case presentation exploring the role of the multi-disciplinary team (Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, |
Author: | Ms Jane Bache |
Occupation: | Assistive Technology Coordinator – Royal Hospital for Neurodisability |
Title: | Evolving Assistive Technology Provision During Neurological Rehabilitation For Locked-in Syndrome: A Case Study |
Excerpt: | This presentation aims to present a case study of the assistive technology intervention for a lady with locked-in syndrome during rehabilitation. The presentation will focus on the necessity to change |
Author: | Mr Neil Gregory |
Occupation: | Senior Bioengineer – WestMARC |
Title: | Restraint In A Wheelchair For Challenging Users – Some Case Studies |
Excerpt: | Introduction Westmarc is based in SW Scotland covering a population of 2.5 million for wheelchair, seating and prosthetic provision. Westmarc has 45,000 wheelchair service users of all ages, abilitie |
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Devices (3)
Author: | Dr Amr Ahmed |
Occupation: | Senior Lecturer – University of Lincoln |
Title: | Assisted Shopping For Mobility Scooters |
Excerpt: | Shopping is one of the common out-of-home activities for many people. But for elderly/disabled people, searching for a particular item in large supermarkets is often time consuming. They may quickly l |
Author: | Dr James Gilbert |
Occupation: | Senior Lecturer – University of Hull |
Title: | Electronic Aids For Speech Restoration: Reconstructing Speech |
Excerpt: | Speech is perhaps the most fundamental means by which humans communicate and the loss of speech can have a severe effect on a person’s quality of life. The inability to communicate through spe |
Author: | Mrs Eleanor van den Heuvel |
Occupation: | Research Fellow – Brunel University |
Title: | Tackling Ageing Continence Through Theory Tools And Technology (tact3)- Assistive Technology Development For Continence Pad Users. |
Excerpt: | Continence problems are seldom mentioned but they are extremely common in the adult population and prevalence increases with age. Several studies have shown that urinary system function can decl |
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Services (4)
Author: | Dr Gillian Ward |
Occupation: | Principal lecturer in Assistve Technology – HDTI/Coventry University |
Title: | Developing The At Workforce; Needs And Training Requirements Of Staff |
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Author: | Mr Phil Palmer |
Occupation: | Acting Deputy Service Manager – SBCH, NHS |
Title: | Preventative Maintenance |
Excerpt: | The Access to Communication and Technology (ACT) service is a specialist assessment service that has responsibility for provision of Electronic Assistive Technology (EAT) and subsequently, ongoing mai |
Author: | Ms Juliann Bergin |
Occupation: | AT Assessor & Trainer – Enable Ireland |
Title: | Telecommunications In At Assessment, Support And Training |
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Supporting Dementia Using Assistive Technology (3)
Author: | Dr Hazel Boyd |
Occupation: | User Interface Engineer – Bath Institute of Medical Engineering (BIME) |
Title: | Enabling People With Dementia To Take Part In Virtual Visits – Findings From Early Trials |
Excerpt: | Many people with dementia live alone and can become socially isolated by a lack of visits from family who live a long way away. Technology already exists which can link people together in the form of |
Author: | Ms Nada Savitch |
Occupation: | Director – Innovations in Dementia CIC |
Title: | Getting Out And About: Encouraging People With Dementia To Use Assistive Technology To Help Them Remain Active |
Excerpt: | This paper will present ATGuide, an exciting new way to help people with dementia and their carers to find the right assistive technology for them.
AT Guide is an addition to the Trent DSDC&r |
Author: | Prof Maurice Mulvenna |
Occupation: | Professor of Computer Science – University of Ulster |
Title: | Supporting People With Dementia During Night Time |
Excerpt: | The University of Ulster and the Fold Housing Group collaborate in the NOCTURNAL project, supported by funding from EPSRC and TSB Assisted Living Innovation Platform. The goal is to develop a solution |
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Supporting Stroke Using Assistive Technology (2)
Author: | Prof Ian Swain |
Occupation: | Director of Clinical Science and Engineering – Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust |
Title: | Assistive Technologies For The Rehabilitation Of The Arm Following Stroke – The Atras Project |
Excerpt: | Introduction About 50% of all acute stroke patients starting rehabilitation have marked functional impairment of the arm. Only 14% of these will regain any useful function. Assistive tech |
Author: | Dr Alexander Leff |
Occupation: | Consultant Neurologist – University College London |
Title: | Read-right: Web-based Therapy For Patients With Hemianopic Alexia |
Excerpt: | We have designed a free, internet-based, behavioural rehabilitation programme for patients with an acquired reading disorder. The therapy was shown to be effective in a controlled clinical trial1,2. W |
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Telecare (3)
Author: | Mr Rob Wilson |
Occupation: | Senior Lecturer – Newcastle University |
Title: | Co-producing Telecare Platforms For Health And Social Care: Lessons For Business Models And Implementation From The Oldes Project |
Excerpt: | The challenge of producing sustainable and scalable telecare products and services goes way beyond the mere design and implementation of devices or services. Mainstreaming telecare is a major goal of |
Author: | Mr Malcolm Fisk |
Occupation: | Chairman – TSA |
Title: | European Perspectives On Telehealth And Telecare |
Excerpt: | The growing imperative to support independent living (for older and vulnerable people) in new and innovative ways is recognised by all European countries. A key means of delivering on this agenda is t |
Author: | Dr Kevin Doughty |
Occupation: | Deputy Director – Centre for Usable Home Technology, University of York |
Title: | The Future Of Telecare Services |
Excerpt: | Abstract Telecare services developed quickly in the UK between 2000 and 2010 by embracing the robust infrastructure provided by the social alarm network. Improvements in access to the Internet, toget |
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Trade Presentation (4)
Author: | Mr Hector Minto |
Occupation: | Sales Manager UK – Assistive Technology – Tobii Technology AB |
Title: | An Eye Control Approach To Sensory Learning And Rehabilitation |
Excerpt: | Eye Control has been successfully implemented in the field of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC). However, the vast majority of the successful user group have a sufficient level of |
Author: | Mr Ashley Burton |
Occupation: | Product Mannager – Safety Systems Distribution Ltd |
Title: | Emfit Non-contact Vitals Monitor And Nurse Call System |
Excerpt: | PRODUCT SUMMARYSelf-monitoring wireless or wired Safebed IP devices together with DVM Suite software create a new kind secure and scalable networked non contact vitals monitoring and nurse call system |
Author: | Ms Aimee Green |
Occupation: | Marketing Manager – Claro Software |
Title: | Interaction Techniques For On Screen Keyboards |
Excerpt: | Research into interaction techniques for on screen keyboardsForm many people with a physical disability, once they are unable to use a mouse or joystick (in the conventional manner) they a |
Author: | Mr Adrian Flowerday |
Occupation: | Managing Director – Docobo Ltd |
Title: | Social Care Gains From Telehealth Interventions |
Excerpt: | Telehealth in many areas to date has focussed purely on the management of specfic disease areas, such as COPD, and the business models have looked at savings such as reduced admissions into Hospital, |
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User Centred Design (3)
Author: | Mr Rolf Black |
Occupation: | Research Assistant – University of Dundee |
Title: | A Personal Narrative Support Tool For School Staff And Parents Of Children With Complex Communication Needs |
Excerpt: | Children start learning to tell personal narratives even before becoming verbal and can usually engage in fully developed story telling when starting school (Bruner, 1975; Peterson and McCabe, 1983). |
Author: | Dr Rich Picking |
Occupation: | Reader in Human-computer Interaction – Glyndwr University |
Title: | Designing Ambient User Interfaces To Support Independent Living For The Elderly, Disabled And Cognitively Impaired |
Excerpt: | This paper reports the development and evaluation of ambient user interfaces situated in modified familiar home devices, specifically television sets, mobile devices and interactive digital photo |
Author: | Miss Suzanne Prior |
Occupation: | PhD Researcher – University of Dundee |
Title: | The Participatory Design Of A Talking Photo Album For Adults With Complex Communication Needs |
Excerpt: | Communication is an essential part of life and an important part of communication is the ability to tell stories. These stories can include every day events up to momentous life occasions. Through sto |
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User Centred Design 2 (2)
Author: | Mr Tom Fiddian |
Occupation: | Senior Designer – RNID |
Title: | An Overview Of The Vicon Project: Virtual User Concept For Supporting Inclusive Design Of Consumer Products And User Interfaces |
Excerpt: | In the last decade, user interfaces of consumer products have become increasingly complex. This can cause very real problems for people with disabilities and older people.
Despite the market |
Author: | Mr Sean loughran |
Occupation: | Senior Clinical Technician – Enable Ireland |
Title: | How Can We Ensure The Usability Improves With The Next Generation Of At Products |
Excerpt: | The aim of this study was to research and evaluate a products usability culminating in a redesign and hence demonstrate some of the processes that could be used when redesigning. The chosen inte |
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User Involvement (3)
Author: | Ms Catherine Holloway |
Occupation: | PhD Student – UCL |
Title: | Attendant Propulsion Of Wheelchairs: Is There A Difference Between The 8l And 9l? |
Excerpt: | The most basic of wheelchairs prescribed by the NHS has a steel folding frame. It can have either large rear wheels (commonly referred to as the ‘8L’) or small rear wheels (the ‘9L&r |
Author: | Miss Zoe Robertson |
Occupation: | Assistive Technology Clinical Specialist – Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
Title: | Collaborative Working Towards A New Paediatric Transport Chair |
Excerpt: | Introduction In 2009 the NHS National Innovation Centre (NIC) ran a series of ‘Wouldn’t it be great if…’ events to identify unmet needs within the NHS in a range of areas. On |
Author: | Mr Gary Derwent |
Occupation: | Compass External Projects Manager – Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability |
Title: | Supporting Goal-setting And Goal Attainment Scaling In Assistive Technology Using Web-based Software |
Excerpt: | Demonstrating both outcomes and input in the field of assistive technology is increasingly important. Goal-setting can be utilised as an outcome measure. Some outcome measures are perceived as difficu |
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Workshop 1 (1)
Author: | Dr Maggie Winchcombe |
Occupation: | Director – Years Ahead |
Title: | “it Does What It Says It Does On The Tin!” Fostering Consumer Confidence In At |
Excerpt: | Demographic changes and financial pressures are leading to radical changes in statutory provision of simple AT. (1) Retailers are increasingly offering simple aids to daily living through va |
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Workshop 2 (1)
Author: | Mrs E.A. Draffan |
Occupation: | Research Fellow – University of Southampton |
Title: | Project Realise: Open Development/innovation |
Excerpt: | Please note the category selected does not fit this workshop as open innovation is across all sectors REALISE is funded by JISC and focuses on the application of open innovation principles to develop |