by U-Sentric, User researchers can engage better in interviews with people with dementia by doing what should seem obvious: treating them like any other normal human being. In the Carelink AAL* project, U-Sentric and Akademie Berlingen have...
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Wearables aren’t just about monitoring your vital signs. They can be of more practical use too. In Ireland, researchers have created a group called Carelink to create wearable technology for patients with dementia – something that affects more...
Read moreThe Carelink User Mapping Journey
From the outset, the Carelink team identified the importance of a user-centred approach as a core philosophical tenet of the design and development process. For this reason, a 2-sided approach to technology design and development planning has...
Read moreCarelink AAL second plenary meeting
“We have moved on from problem framing to problem solving.” Annita Beysen, u-sentric The second Carelink AAL consortium meeting took place in Smithfield, Dublin on 23/24 January. It was a very constructive and productive couple of days which is...
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Irish researchers seeking to develop ‘tracker’ for dementia sufferers A Waterford-based research team has secured funding to develop a “low cost” technological tool to help track dementia patients whose safety is put at risk by wandering from...
Read moreCarelink Press Release
To coincide with the second Carelink-AAL consortium meeting, a press release has been issued in Ireland promoting the vision and goals of this initiative. With dementia on the rise, there has been strong interest in this topic with a number of...
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Irish researchers looking to develop wearable device for dementia patients who wander AN IRISH TEAM has led a landmark dementia project that could design a revolutionary device for sufferers.The research team from the Telecommunications, Software...
Read moreCarelink attends AAL Forum 2017
Carelink, represented by TSSG and UNINOVA, attended the AAL Forum 2017 in Coimbra, Portugal where there were nearly 600 attendees discussing the various advancements in the AAL domain with regards to research, industry and market potential. The...
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