deb prytherch – research interests
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Deb Prytherch – Research Interests. Assistive Computing: Intelligent Systems for Healthcare. CardioNet. SimBaby. E-AR. Telehealth. Lee’s picture!. Telecare. Lee’s picture!. AGEING – the big ‘problem’, but. Telecare still not widely understood OR deployed - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Deb Prytherch – Research Interests
Assistive Computing: Intelligent Systems for Healthcare
CardioNet
E-ARSimBaby
Telehealth
• Lee’s picture!
Telecare
• Lee’s picture!
AGEING – the big ‘problem’, but
• Telecare still not widely understood OR deployed
• Need to understand the barriers to adoption• Eg silo thinking & service delivery• Eg unattractive technology (not objects of
desire)• Need proper understanding of the processes
of ageing, and what older people WANT
Technology pull and push
My directions
• A ‘lab’ to test hypotheses (with Christian)• Real testing community that matches target
(cf PEOPPLE project)• Can sensor technology be acceptable to older
people – how can it be made more so?• Exploring other means of realising
independence, eg NORC communities• Positioning aging as a disability that can be
ameliorated with technology rather than...
“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in.”
“I should have called it Something you somehow haven’t to deserve”
Robert Frost: Death of the Hired Man (1915)
As a hopeless dead end, as in