Innovation Through Future Care Approaches in Healthy Aging

Innovation through Future Care Approaches in Healthy Aging

We are delighted to announce the successful applications to the joint funding call between ACRC and our Canadian partner AGE-WELL.

The "Innovation through Future Care Approaches in Healthy Aging” call aims to establish collaborative projects between researchers involved in AGE-WELL and ACRC. The long-term objective of these joint initiatives is to create sustainable outcomes and foster collaborations that evolve into scalable partnerships.

Further details of all these projects will be added to our website shortly.

Our successful applications:

• AI in Dementia Care: Challenges and Opportunities

Principal Investigators:

• • Associate Professor Babak Taati, PhD PEng, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

• • Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

• Designing digital services for new models of senior care

Principal Investigators:

• • Professor Matt Ratto, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

• • Professor John Vines, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

• Music-based interventions to support dementia care

Principal Investigators:

• • Professor Andrew Sixsmith, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University

• • Associate Professor Amy Clements-Cortes, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto

• • Professor Katie Overy, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre & Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh

• • Professor Heather Wilkinson, Professor of Dementia Practice and Partnership, Advanced Care Research Centre, University of Edinburgh

• Digitally Enabled Technology for Older Adults Residing in Care Homes: Toward an Evaluation Framework

Principal Investigators:

• • Professor Jeffrey Jutai, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa

• • Professor Kathrin Cresswell, PhD, Centre for Medical Informatics, University of Edinburgh

• • Professor Susan Shenkin, MSc, MD, Advanced Care Research Centre, University of Edinburgh