Assisted Living Innovation Platform

The aim of the platform is to significantly advance the technology to meet the demand for independent living from people suffering from chronic long term conditions and in particular to meet the increasing demand from the increasing number of the elderly. Current care models are unsustainable, and major changes will be needed.  Funding will be provided by the Department of Health, the TSB, EPSRC, and ESRC. 

July 2008 Competition - Smart Care Distributed Environment

The competition focuses on communication technologies within a large population of users with multiple devices, and within a personalised health and care system. 

Technology priorities - short term R&D

  • Application of emerging wireless and fixed network technologies to assisted living technology
  • Implementation of more efficient, smaller IP based devices communicating over BT21CN type networks
  • Deployment of novel location services alongside existing location technologies
  • Novel applications of new broadcast technologies
  • Extend smart housing to smart care environments
  • User and behavioural studies

Technology priorities - basic research

  • Modelling of complex communications systems alongside the health and care system
  • Application of novel wireless techniques, cognitive radio, ad hoc mesh and reconfigurable networking using assisted living as an application

Timetable

  • Competition opens: 27 June 2008
  • Expression of Interest : 1 September 2008
  • Inform successful applicants: 6 October 2008
  • Full proposal submission: 20 January 2009
  • £5m to support between five and ten projects

For more information see A Smart Care Distributed Environment

 

2007 Competition

Overall Programme

  • User centered design
  • Economic/business models
  • Standards - tender to be issued
  • Large scale future technology demonstrator - tender to be issued

User Centered Design  - Delivering Innovation in Assisted Living - User Perspectives (DIAL-UP) 

 DIAL-UP is the first phase of work and its focus is short term R& D projects 

  • User centred design – usability issues, using the Inclusive Design toolkit - reference models including sensing devices
  • End-to-end systems modelling - critical threats, e.g. changes to all-IP networks
  • Home based intelligent processing - including aspects such as data mining, privacy and trust.
  • Wide area (Primary Care Trust/Local Authority, national) data collection and event management
  • Value added services for wellbeing and health management - the patient/care portal

Timetable

  • Budget: £6.5m
  • Launch: 8 November 2007
  • Expressions of Interest : 7 December 2007
  • Project Workshop: early January 2008
  • Full Proposal: 30 March 2008
  • Selection/notification of success: early May 2008

Longer term R&D 

  • Complex systems modelling, data mining, data fusion
  • Anytime, anywhere in heterogeneous communications environments 
  • Body wearable (demo, not PR) and implantable body sensor networks
  • Long-term social studies
  • Large scale preventative studies

 

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