Projects
This is a searchable directory of the projects that were supported under the Healthy Ageing Challenge. You can explore projects by keyword, Healthy Ageing theme, region and workstream.
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AI enabled smart home assistant solution to combat social isolation and loneliness
HomeCare an AI, voice-enabled smart home assistant solution that assists older people in everyday tasks and helps them combat social isolation and loneliness by connecting family, friends, and support services together.
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Designing Homes for Healthy Cognitive Ageing (DesHCA)
Identifying scalable and sustainable design improvements to homes that provide support for healthy cognitive ageing, allowing people to continue living in their homes for longer.
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Developing ambient assistive technology to help social housing landlords manage their assets and empower their customers to live independently
Developing a dual functionality AAT (ambient assistive technology) tool that enables social housing landlords to manage their assets more effectively and empowers their customers to live.
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ElderEye
Bioadaptive (circadian) lighting has a myriad of well-documented health benefits. This project aims to develop an ‘in-home’ remote bioadaptive lighting solution to bring the healthy benefits of circadian lights, whilst enhancing on best-in-class by integrating sensing technologies to determine disease progression and/or abnormal behaviour.
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Exploring the feasibility of introducing a senior co-housing model to meet the future needs of older people
Exploring the feasibility of introducing a senior cohousing model to enhance their sense of wellbeing, reduce loneliness and isolation, maintain activity and engagement. Helping older people to stay healthier for longer and enjoy continued personal autonomy and independence.
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Flexible living to age in place
Well-designed homes that are adaptable and technology-enabled can help older people stay living independently longer within their community (i.e. to age in place). This partnership between Northumbria University and housing developers explores how adaptive building technologies and modern communication systems can be incorporated into both new-build and existing homes.
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Healthy Homes, Healthy Lives
Healthy Homes™, Healthy Lives: will design fair and affordable, person-centred financial products for homeowners 55 and over. Helping unlock their asset wealth and make their homes more age-friendly, including energy retrofit, access to renewables, smart technologies for energy monitoring and assistive technologies.
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Homes for living
A collaboration between E.ON, Newcastle University, Invisible Creations® and ADL Smartcare to support people to age well so they can stay in their own homes for longer, helping retain their independence and stay connected with their families.
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MySense: Connected care solution with predictive insight
Home based preventative health product supporting the older population to remain in their homes independently and reducing the need for clinical intervention and helping to change outcomes before health deteriorates.
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New model of self-care in continence management
An innovative and non-invasive incontinence monitor that remotely detects an episode and prompts a well-managed care response across the care system.
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Peoplehood
Working with citizens and partners to develop a menu of services and products which enable people to live independently, with a wide range of initiatives that help people maintain their health and wellbeing.
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Platform to ensure older adults get the care, products and services they need
Integrated Human-Centred Care Access for Older People: Creating the Care Access (CA) Platform to facilitate exchanges between older adults and organisations so that they get the care, products and services they need.
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PPP Taking Care Ltd
MOVE MORE LIVE MORE: Using a high-tech intervention to reduce the risk of falls and improve wellbeing for over 65s and deliver behaivour change techniques to create new habits of regular activity.
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Remote incontinence care innovation
Designed for Independence – a new model of (self)-care in medicines management among older people designed to be accessible by vulnerable populations is urban and rural areas, using assistive technology.
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Rural Design: Low cost, energy efficient, modular terraced housing for older residents of rural areas
Building desirable low cost, energy efficient, modular terraced housing for older residents of rural areas, creating capacity for older people to move into more appropriate accomodation.
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Sitekit: Improving the efficiency of health and care systems
ProjectCare: Disrupting the social care industry with a platform to consumer model that gives individuals choice and control over who cares for them and what tasks they do.
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SmpliCare: Self-care platform to predict, prevent, and manage common health issues
Smplicare Healthy Ageing as-a-service Platform (HaaS): Digital solutions designed to predict, prevent, and manage common health issues while empowering people to thrive at any age.
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Tech in Care: Providing care services technology in an effective, cost efficient way
Hospital to Home; an Extension into Intermediate Care and Universal Interoperability: Facilitating patient journeys from discharge to home assessment.
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Tendertec & Fitbees: Home sensors and wearable tech to motivate and support physical activity
FitBees: Combines AI home sensors and wearable technologies, motivational encouragement, and local community connections to support physical activity that engages ‘under-represented’ groups.
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Transitions Service
Developing an app based ‘transition service’ to help people prepare for and better navigate significant transitions in later life.