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Technology, care and ageing: enhancing independence
AKTIVE Final Conference 2014
8-9 April 2014, University of Leeds, UK
About the conference and the AKTIVE project
This conference brings together researchers, industry, voluntary
sector and local authorities interested in the role of telecare and
other technologies in supporting older people at home.
The conference is organised by the AKTIVE project (2011-2014). AKTIVE
has focused on understanding the impact telecare technology has on the
everyday lives of older people who are prone to falls or who suffer
from cognitive impairments (including dementia) and the people who
support them to live at home.
The conference will be the conclusion of the AKTIVE project and the
key findings of the project will be presented. We welcome this
opportunity to invite other experts and practitioners in this field to
contribute. As part of the final conference of this project, we are
seeking papers and presentations exploring the role of telecare and
other technologies, such as telehealth, in supporting older people at
home.
The conference programme will be focused not only on research done in
those areas but also on the application of the research in practice by
listening to experiences of organisations from the UK and abroad. The
objective of the conference is to share a wide range of perspectives
on the role of technologies in the lives of older people and to
provide delegates with guidance and inspiration for their operations.
The recruitment of conference contributors will take place through a
call for papers as well as targeted invitations for selected
organisations. If you think your organisation could contribute to the
discussion by sharing their experience with others on the day, please
get in touch with us directly for more information.
Call for papers
Papers/posters should focus on support arrangements for older people
to live independently. Papers/posters focusing on the role of
technology in supporting them, their carers (family, friends and
neighbours) and service providers who attend them are particularly
welcome. The AKTIVE project has been concerned with older people with
memory problem or at risk of falls, papers/posters on these themes are
encouraged.
Suggested topics might include but are not limited to:
1. Older people’s everyday lives. Coping with change, ageing
bodies and frailty. We welcome papers which explore methodological
issues when conducting research into older people’s needs.
2. Family and community support for older people. Loneliness,
social isolation and relationships.
3. Services to support older people and their caring networks.
New and emerging models of home care: where does technology fit in?
4. Telecare delivery models and systems. Assessment, referral,
installation, maintenance, monitoring and response.
5. Funding and business models for telecare and telehealth. Cost
/ benefits, private pay systems, charging policies and their impacts.
Integrating health and social care systems. Market opportunities.
6. Innovation, design and new products for ageing well. Managing
risk, freedom, surveillance and control.
Please submit a 250 word abstract, your name and affiliation by 1st
November 2013. For details of how to submit see
http://www.aktive.org.uk/callforpapers2014.html
Key dates:
1st November 2013: Deadline for call for papers / posters
22nd November 2013: Accepted papers / posters notified.
31st January 2014: Presenter registration closes
4th March 2014: Participant registration closes
8th to 9th April 2014: The AKTIVE conference in Leeds
Conference organising committee: Professor Sue Yeandle and Dr
Emma-Reetta Koivunen from CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on
Care, Labour and Equalities), School of Sociology and Social Policy,
University of Leeds, Professor Peter Buckle, Robens Institute and
Radka Bartosova, Inventya Ltd.
Financed by the Technology Strategy Board, the project is led by
CIRCLE (Centre for Care, Labour and Equalities) at the University of
Leeds, with partners Oxford Institute of Population Ageing at the
University of Oxford, Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Ltd and Inventya Ltd.
For further information about the conference or the AKTIVE project,
please sign up for our newsletter or contact us at:
phone: +44 (0) 113 343 5003
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web: www.aktive.org.uk
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With best regards,
Jana Javornik
Centre for International Research on Care, Labour & Equalities (CIRCLE)
School of Sociology & Social Policy
University of Leeds
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