Current Technology Projects
PROGRESSIVE standards around ICT for Active and Healthy Ageing (2016-18)
PROGRESSIVE is a new EU-funded Coordination and support action (CSA) under H2020 2016-2018.
The project aims to provide a dynamic and sustainable framework for standards and standardisation around ICT for AHA. This is a pan-European project that will also draw on wider international experience, especially in the contexts of interoperability and standards harmonisation.
We believe that the inclusion of older people must be integral to ways of thinking about standards for ICT for AHA. Traditional top-down, clinically driven approaches to standards often fail to recognise the importance of such engagement and overlook the opportunity of co-production approaches. A strongly ethical approach is adopted in the PROGRESSIVE project, using responsible research and innovation (RRI) as a key reference point. This new way of thinking involves a dialogue that moves from formulaic standards and service ‘delivery’ models to provision in ways that take fuller account of needs and choices of older people.
The Principal Investigator to Dr Malcolm Fisk, De Montfort University, UK.
In addition to The Open University (Dr Caroline Holland and Dr Robert Roze), the other partners in PROGRESSIVE are:
AGE PLATFORM EUROPE AISBL, Belgium
EUROPEAN HEALTH TELEMATICS ASSOCIATION, Belgium
Telehealth Quality Group EEIG, United Kingdom
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, Italy
ASOCIACION ESPAÑOLA DE NORMALIZACION Y CERTIFICACION, Spain
DIN DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FUER NORMUNG E.V., Germany
STICHTING NEDERLANDS NORMALISATIE - INSTITUUT, Netherlands
UNINFO - Associazione di Normazione Informatica, Italy
PROGRESSIVE is a new EU-funded Coordination and support action (CSA) under H2020 2016-2018.
The project aims to provide a dynamic and sustainable framework for standards and standardisation around ICT for AHA. This is a pan-European project that will also draw on wider international experience, especially in the contexts of interoperability and standards harmonisation.
We believe that the inclusion of older people must be integral to ways of thinking about standards for ICT for AHA. Traditional top-down, clinically driven approaches to standards often fail to recognise the importance of such engagement and overlook the opportunity of co-production approaches. A strongly ethical approach is adopted in the PROGRESSIVE project, using responsible research and innovation (RRI) as a key reference point. This new way of thinking involves a dialogue that moves from formulaic standards and service ‘delivery’ models to provision in ways that take fuller account of needs and choices of older people.
The Principal Investigator to Dr Malcolm Fisk, De Montfort University, UK.
In addition to The Open University (Dr Caroline Holland and Dr Robert Roze), the other partners in PROGRESSIVE are:
AGE PLATFORM EUROPE AISBL, Belgium
EUROPEAN HEALTH TELEMATICS ASSOCIATION, Belgium
Telehealth Quality Group EEIG, United Kingdom
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, Italy
ASOCIACION ESPAÑOLA DE NORMALIZACION Y CERTIFICACION, Spain
DIN DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FUER NORMUNG E.V., Germany
STICHTING NEDERLANDS NORMALISATIE - INSTITUUT, Netherlands
UNINFO - Associazione di Normazione Informatica, Italy
Investigating the role of wearable activity-tracking technologies in the well-being and quality of life of people aged 55 and over (2015-17)
The aim of this project, funded by the Sir Halley Stewart Trust, is to investigate whether and how wearable activity tracking technologies can acceptably contribute towards self-monitoring of activity and health by people aged 55 years and over. We aim to investigate:
The project is led by Professor Shailey Minocha, and the team includes Duncan Banks, Caroline Holland, Catherine McNulty and Alice Peasgood from The Open University; and Jane Palmer, AgeUK Milton Keynes.
The aim of this project, funded by the Sir Halley Stewart Trust, is to investigate whether and how wearable activity tracking technologies can acceptably contribute towards self-monitoring of activity and health by people aged 55 years and over. We aim to investigate:
- experiences and perceptions of family members who are using the data from these devices to monitor the activity of their parents or elderly relatives and the ethical dilemmas they face;
- experiences of people aged 55 and over who are already using these devices: challenges and advantages; privacy and ethical aspects about data-sharing; usage of the data for self-monitoring, or for alerting medical professionals or their family;
- experiences of people aged 55 and over who haven’t used these devices before and who will be using devices in this project – challenges of adoption, and the perceived risks and advantages.
- ethical aspects: who has access to the data from these devices? How is the data being used?
- accessibility and usability aspects related to the design and use of these devices.
The project is led by Professor Shailey Minocha, and the team includes Duncan Banks, Caroline Holland, Catherine McNulty and Alice Peasgood from The Open University; and Jane Palmer, AgeUK Milton Keynes.
Using Global Positioning System (GPS) Technologies for Safer Walking: A participative inquiry project (2015-17)
The purpose of this two-phase qualitative study, funded by the Alzheimers Society, is to examine the usage and effectiveness of GPS technologies from the standpoint of people with living with dementia, their families, and the police, through a process of participative inquiry. The main aim is to provide fresh evidence to inform decision making at all levels from families to organisations and policy makers.
This project is being lead by Dr Ruth Bartlett, Associate Professor in Health at the University of Southampton. I am one of the Co-Investigators alongside University of Southampton staff - Professor John Coggan, Dr Alex Forrester, and Mr Philip Palme with Dr Petula Brannelly, the project Senior Research Fellow. The project website is here and the project Blog, 'Getting Out and About' is here.
'The Crichton Care Campus' (...working title)
2015 onwards I'm involved with gathering background information to inform discussions about the potential development of the extraordinary Crichton Campus in Dumfries.
See articles by David Clark: some ideas for a "Care Campus', and Sandy Fraser: The Crichton campus that could plug the gap for older people.
2015 onwards I'm involved with gathering background information to inform discussions about the potential development of the extraordinary Crichton Campus in Dumfries.
See articles by David Clark: some ideas for a "Care Campus', and Sandy Fraser: The Crichton campus that could plug the gap for older people.
