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Integrated Home Care Systems for Scotland - A Focus on Technologies
Integrated Home Care Systems for Scotland - A Focus on Technologies
Colloquium: 21st March 2007, Glasgow
Teacher Building, 14 St Enoch Square, Glasgow, Scotland
Focus:
This event is endorsed and supported by the IET (Institution of
Engineering and Technology, formerly the IEE).
The colloquium will bring together practitioners from different
backgrounds and disciplines. It will explore some of the social and
technical challenges arising from these technologies. The goal is to
highlight some of the issues involved and to establish consensus on
approaches that minimise some of the difficulties.
The focus will be on how technologies can benefit existing care
procedures. The format will consist of invited presentations, coupled
with smaller informal discussion groups. The emphasis will be on health
and social care aspects, so a technical background will not be
required.
Target Audience:
The event is aimed at practitioners working in this area, including
those who are:
* involved in the delivery of home care
* implementing home care services that rely on technology
* interested in procedures and standards for supporting home care
through technology
* developing home care technologies.
Aims:
For home care in Scotland:
* to bring together for the first time an audience of those
involved in healthcare, social care, and policy-making for the relevant
technologies
* to establish partner networks and initiate dialogue on these
technologies
* to identify the scope and direction for technology development
and deployment.
Registration:
There is no charge for this event. To register, go to the MATCH
registration page and select this colloquium as something you wish to
register for.
Programme:
The colloquium will take place on Wednesday 21st March 2007. More
details of the event will be posted here in due course.
09.15 Welcome and Introduction to MATCH
Prof. Ken Turner and Louise Bellin, Computing Science and
Mathematics, University of Stirling
Ken Turner is professor of Computing Science at the University of
Stirling, and technical director of MATCH. His research interests
include home networks, service provision, and medical devices. Louise
Bellin is project manager of MATCH. She has over 15 years experience in
a variety of roles covering project management, business analysis,
marketing and communication.
In this talk, Ken and Louise will present the context in which
MATCH is operating, and will highlight some of the challenges that
integrated home care systems must meet.
09.40 From Telecare to Holistic Care: Experiences from Liverpool and
A SAPHE Future
Nigel Barnes, Pervasive ICT Research Centre, BT Group Chief
Technology Office
Nigel Barnes leads the Telecare research group within BT's
Pervasive ICT research centre at Adastral Park near Ipswich. He has
been involved in telecare research at BT for the last ten years,
focusing on the use of non-invasive monitoring to provide proactive
alarm and long term wellbeing monitoring solutions. He has led the
Liverpool Telecare Pilot that BT has been operating with Liverpool City
Council and Liverpool Direct Ltd. for the past three years. He now
leads BT's involvement in the DTI collaborative project called SAPHE
(Smart and Aware Pervasive Healthcare Environment).
In this talk, Nigel will provide an overview of the Liverpool
trials and the experience that has been gained. It will be seen how
this work extends from social care into health care. An introduction to
the SAPHE project will show how a more integrated and pervasive
solution could better support people. It could also facilitate a move
to holistic care management encompassing social, health and lifestyle
wellbeing.
10.10 Speech Technology for E-Inclusion and Rehabilitation
Prof. Mark Hawley, Centre for Clinical Applications of Speech
Technology, University of Sheffield
Mark Hawley is Head of Medical Physics and Director of R&D at the
Barnsley Hopsital NHS Foundation Trust, and Visiting Professor at the
University of Sheffield. He heads a research group on Assistive
Technology and Telecare, studying and developing applications of
technology in assisting and rehabilitating disabled and older people.
In this talk, Mark will concentrate on the work of the Clinical
Applications of Speech Technology group, a joint research group between
the Hospital and the University. Speech technology is potentially of
enormous benefit to people with physical disabilities. Applications of
speech technology will be reviewed and described in the areas of
access, control, communication and rehabilitation, with particular
reference to speech technology developments for people with disordered
speech. This is a challenging area that requires multidisciplinary
research and development. To be successful, applications should
effectively take into account the needs of user groups and have the
ability to adapt to the needs of individuals.
10.40 Technology for Tailored Healthcare
Prof. David Marples, Chief Scientist, Telcordia
Dave Marples is Chief Scientist in the Network Systems Research Lab
at Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway New Jersey, where he has mostly
worked since 1999. He has also worked with Global Inventures Inc.,
where he was responsible for the management of the Open Services
Gateway Initiative (OSGi). He has overseen the development of the
Networked Appliance research programme at Telcordia, and is now working
in the field of vehicle telematics, automotive prognostics and
diagnostics. He is a Fellow of the OSGi, and is Honorary Professor of
Communications at the University of Stirling.
As we move towards bespoke healthcare tailored to the needs of the
individual, with a focus on non-invasive monitoring, the need arises
for an in-home computing platform which can be configured according to
the requirements of the individual being monitored. Such a platform
needs to highly reliable, long-lived, hacker-proof and highly
configurable. It needs to support a huge range of programs, not all of
which can be developed, or even conceived, at the time that the
platform itself is created.
The pluggable service architecture developed by the Open Services
Gateway Alliance Initiative has been created with exactly these needs
in mind. Developed for use in a wide range of different environments,
from the automobile through to the mobile phone, it is the ideal basis
for creating a homecare ecosystem into which individual components can
be plugged upon demand.
In this talk, Dave will discuss the fundamental underpinnings of
the OSGiA Service Platform. He will provide examples of how it can be
physically realised in a set-top box, a burglar alarm, or perhaps a
mobile phone.
11.10 Tea/Coffee
11.30 Isolation and social exclusion: How can technology help?
Prof. Andrew Monk, Centre for Usable Home Technology, University of
York
Andrew Monk is Director of the Centre for Usable Home Technology
(CUHTec) at the University of York. He is professor of Psychology and a
Fellow of the British Computing Society. His work has been concerned
with taking a user-centred approach to the design many kinds of
information and communication technologies. Most recently this has
taken the form of research on technological support for older people
who wish to live independently.
We all try to use technology in a way that puts the
user/client/patient at the centre of our considerations. In this talk,
Andrew will show how to view assistive technology and telecare as a
service to the user/client/patient. It will be suggested that a really
user/client/patient-centred approach gives isolation and social
exclusion a much more prominent priority. It will also be shown how
technology can help.
12.00 Technology as part of The Assessed Care Package - The
Challenges and The Champions
Linda MacPherson, Housing and Social Work Falkirk Council
Linda Macpherson is the Team Manager in Falkirk Council responsible
for the Community Alarm Service and its Mobile Warden Response team.
She manages a service where passive and assistive alarm technology have
been mainstreamed since 1991 and has helped develop a falls management
project using falls detection technology which was a national
award-winner in 2005.
In her talk, Linda will outline the importance of technology being
included in the assessment process, and will explain some of the
positive outcomes which can be achieved. She will discuss the
challenges of making technology-inclusive assessment a reality, the
ethical dilemmas this presents, and the training agenda for the future.
12.30 The Design and Evaluation of New Technologies to support People
with Dementia
Prof. Roger Orpwood, Bath Institute of Medical Engineering
University of Bath
Roger Orpwood is the Director of the Bath Institute of Medical
Engineering at Bath University, an engineering design and development
organisation with a major focus on assistive technology. The institute
has been involved for many years in the development of technological
approaches to supporting people with dementia, both in their own homes
and in care settings, with a recent interest in more directly
supporting quality of life.
Roger will discuss the development of new technologies to support
people with dementia. He will demonstrate the kinds of outcomes that
can be achieved with a sensitive, user-centred approach to design. The
talk will underline the importance of a team approach to design, where
end users, personal and professional carers all need to be involved -
in defining the issues to be explored, and in guiding the evolution of
new designs.
13.00 Lunch and Poster Sessions
13.45 Discussion Workshops
Participants will break into four groups to discuss and report back
on issues such as the following. Tea/coffee will be served during the
workshops.
* Acceptability of technological solutions to users and
professionals
* Requirements for technological solutions in home care
* Integrating technology into health and social care practice
* Relationship of MATCH to other current
projects/activities/initiatives
15.00 Reports from Workshops
15.45 Colloquium Summary
Prof. Ken Turner and Louise Bellin
16.00 Colloquium End
Colloquium: 21st March 2007, Glasgow
Teacher Building, 14 St Enoch Square, Glasgow, Scotland
Focus:
This event is endorsed and supported by the IET (Institution of
Engineering and Technology, formerly the IEE).
The colloquium will bring together practitioners from different
backgrounds and disciplines. It will explore some of the social and
technical challenges arising from these technologies. The goal is to
highlight some of the issues involved and to establish consensus on
approaches that minimise some of the difficulties.
The focus will be on how technologies can benefit existing care
procedures. The format will consist of invited presentations, coupled
with smaller informal discussion groups. The emphasis will be on health
and social care aspects, so a technical background will not be
required.
Target Audience:
The event is aimed at practitioners working in this area, including
those who are:
* involved in the delivery of home care
* implementing home care services that rely on technology
* interested in procedures and standards for supporting home care
through technology
* developing home care technologies.
Aims:
For home care in Scotland:
* to bring together for the first time an audience of those
involved in healthcare, social care, and policy-making for the relevant
technologies
* to establish partner networks and initiate dialogue on these
technologies
* to identify the scope and direction for technology development
and deployment.
Registration:
There is no charge for this event. To register, go to the MATCH
registration page and select this colloquium as something you wish to
register for.
Programme:
The colloquium will take place on Wednesday 21st March 2007. More
details of the event will be posted here in due course.
09.15 Welcome and Introduction to MATCH
Prof. Ken Turner and Louise Bellin, Computing Science and
Mathematics, University of Stirling
Ken Turner is professor of Computing Science at the University of
Stirling, and technical director of MATCH. His research interests
include home networks, service provision, and medical devices. Louise
Bellin is project manager of MATCH. She has over 15 years experience in
a variety of roles covering project management, business analysis,
marketing and communication.
In this talk, Ken and Louise will present the context in which
MATCH is operating, and will highlight some of the challenges that
integrated home care systems must meet.
09.40 From Telecare to Holistic Care: Experiences from Liverpool and
A SAPHE Future
Nigel Barnes, Pervasive ICT Research Centre, BT Group Chief
Technology Office
Nigel Barnes leads the Telecare research group within BT's
Pervasive ICT research centre at Adastral Park near Ipswich. He has
been involved in telecare research at BT for the last ten years,
focusing on the use of non-invasive monitoring to provide proactive
alarm and long term wellbeing monitoring solutions. He has led the
Liverpool Telecare Pilot that BT has been operating with Liverpool City
Council and Liverpool Direct Ltd. for the past three years. He now
leads BT's involvement in the DTI collaborative project called SAPHE
(Smart and Aware Pervasive Healthcare Environment).
In this talk, Nigel will provide an overview of the Liverpool
trials and the experience that has been gained. It will be seen how
this work extends from social care into health care. An introduction to
the SAPHE project will show how a more integrated and pervasive
solution could better support people. It could also facilitate a move
to holistic care management encompassing social, health and lifestyle
wellbeing.
10.10 Speech Technology for E-Inclusion and Rehabilitation
Prof. Mark Hawley, Centre for Clinical Applications of Speech
Technology, University of Sheffield
Mark Hawley is Head of Medical Physics and Director of R&D at the
Barnsley Hopsital NHS Foundation Trust, and Visiting Professor at the
University of Sheffield. He heads a research group on Assistive
Technology and Telecare, studying and developing applications of
technology in assisting and rehabilitating disabled and older people.
In this talk, Mark will concentrate on the work of the Clinical
Applications of Speech Technology group, a joint research group between
the Hospital and the University. Speech technology is potentially of
enormous benefit to people with physical disabilities. Applications of
speech technology will be reviewed and described in the areas of
access, control, communication and rehabilitation, with particular
reference to speech technology developments for people with disordered
speech. This is a challenging area that requires multidisciplinary
research and development. To be successful, applications should
effectively take into account the needs of user groups and have the
ability to adapt to the needs of individuals.
10.40 Technology for Tailored Healthcare
Prof. David Marples, Chief Scientist, Telcordia
Dave Marples is Chief Scientist in the Network Systems Research Lab
at Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway New Jersey, where he has mostly
worked since 1999. He has also worked with Global Inventures Inc.,
where he was responsible for the management of the Open Services
Gateway Initiative (OSGi). He has overseen the development of the
Networked Appliance research programme at Telcordia, and is now working
in the field of vehicle telematics, automotive prognostics and
diagnostics. He is a Fellow of the OSGi, and is Honorary Professor of
Communications at the University of Stirling.
As we move towards bespoke healthcare tailored to the needs of the
individual, with a focus on non-invasive monitoring, the need arises
for an in-home computing platform which can be configured according to
the requirements of the individual being monitored. Such a platform
needs to highly reliable, long-lived, hacker-proof and highly
configurable. It needs to support a huge range of programs, not all of
which can be developed, or even conceived, at the time that the
platform itself is created.
The pluggable service architecture developed by the Open Services
Gateway Alliance Initiative has been created with exactly these needs
in mind. Developed for use in a wide range of different environments,
from the automobile through to the mobile phone, it is the ideal basis
for creating a homecare ecosystem into which individual components can
be plugged upon demand.
In this talk, Dave will discuss the fundamental underpinnings of
the OSGiA Service Platform. He will provide examples of how it can be
physically realised in a set-top box, a burglar alarm, or perhaps a
mobile phone.
11.10 Tea/Coffee
11.30 Isolation and social exclusion: How can technology help?
Prof. Andrew Monk, Centre for Usable Home Technology, University of
York
Andrew Monk is Director of the Centre for Usable Home Technology
(CUHTec) at the University of York. He is professor of Psychology and a
Fellow of the British Computing Society. His work has been concerned
with taking a user-centred approach to the design many kinds of
information and communication technologies. Most recently this has
taken the form of research on technological support for older people
who wish to live independently.
We all try to use technology in a way that puts the
user/client/patient at the centre of our considerations. In this talk,
Andrew will show how to view assistive technology and telecare as a
service to the user/client/patient. It will be suggested that a really
user/client/patient-centred approach gives isolation and social
exclusion a much more prominent priority. It will also be shown how
technology can help.
12.00 Technology as part of The Assessed Care Package - The
Challenges and The Champions
Linda MacPherson, Housing and Social Work Falkirk Council
Linda Macpherson is the Team Manager in Falkirk Council responsible
for the Community Alarm Service and its Mobile Warden Response team.
She manages a service where passive and assistive alarm technology have
been mainstreamed since 1991 and has helped develop a falls management
project using falls detection technology which was a national
award-winner in 2005.
In her talk, Linda will outline the importance of technology being
included in the assessment process, and will explain some of the
positive outcomes which can be achieved. She will discuss the
challenges of making technology-inclusive assessment a reality, the
ethical dilemmas this presents, and the training agenda for the future.
12.30 The Design and Evaluation of New Technologies to support People
with Dementia
Prof. Roger Orpwood, Bath Institute of Medical Engineering
University of Bath
Roger Orpwood is the Director of the Bath Institute of Medical
Engineering at Bath University, an engineering design and development
organisation with a major focus on assistive technology. The institute
has been involved for many years in the development of technological
approaches to supporting people with dementia, both in their own homes
and in care settings, with a recent interest in more directly
supporting quality of life.
Roger will discuss the development of new technologies to support
people with dementia. He will demonstrate the kinds of outcomes that
can be achieved with a sensitive, user-centred approach to design. The
talk will underline the importance of a team approach to design, where
end users, personal and professional carers all need to be involved -
in defining the issues to be explored, and in guiding the evolution of
new designs.
13.00 Lunch and Poster Sessions
13.45 Discussion Workshops
Participants will break into four groups to discuss and report back
on issues such as the following. Tea/coffee will be served during the
workshops.
* Acceptability of technological solutions to users and
professionals
* Requirements for technological solutions in home care
* Integrating technology into health and social care practice
* Relationship of MATCH to other current
projects/activities/initiatives
15.00 Reports from Workshops
15.45 Colloquium Summary
Prof. Ken Turner and Louise Bellin
16.00 Colloquium End
