Projects that monitor the health of older people awarded funding to tackle the key impacts of ageing
Projects including special glasses that link to a smartphone to measure visual field loss and a smart sock with embedded sensors that records leg muscle…
Social interactions identified as key to encouraging physical activity in tech project
Learning disability charity Hft, in partnership with AI start-up Tendertec, has identified social connectivity as the most important factor in the next phase of FitBees,…
£2m research to explore age- and disability-related stigmas create additional barriers
New research, led by University of Stirling Housing Expert Dr Vikki McCall, exploring the impact of stigma on fuelling inequalities experienced by UK disabled adults…
£1.4m UKRI grant will help older people be more active with help of assistive tech
AI start-up Tendertec has won funding for an interesting £ million project to encourage sustainable physical activity in older people through the use of helpful…
Pioneering wearables study that helps prevent falls among elderly people receives £750k funding
An Edinburgh-based start-up using artificial intelligence (AI) to help older people live independently for longer has landed £750,000 in funding to explore the use of…
£1.3m awarded to help people to access regulated homecare through the healthy ageing challenge
Rachael Crook Lifted Co-Founder and Chief Executive Homecare platform Lifted has been awarded £ by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as part of its healthy…
£20m announced for assistive tech projects that support healthy ageing
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced £20 million for more than 25 projects to develop products and services that support healthy ageing, which include…
EXCLUSIVE: Cutting later life NHS dependency and the role of assistive tech in doing so
George MacGinnis, Healthy Ageing Challenge Director at UKRI George MacGinnis, Healthy Ageing Challenge Director at UKRI, discusses the many ways in which assistive technologies can…
£14m competition to create better services for older people so they remain independent
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a non-departmental public body that promotes innovation, has launched the £14 million Designed for Ageing competition. The aim of the…
Uni researchers trial innovative app to help over-50s remain independent for longer
A research project at the University of Strathclyde is exploring what helps the over-50s in Scotland stay active, healthy and independent for longer through the…