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EPSRC Reference:	GR/S29058/01
Title:	Supporting independence. New products, new practices, new communities
Principal Investigator:	Barlow, Professor J
Other Investigators:	Hanson, Professor J Hawley, Professor M Arnott, Professor J
Researcher Co-Investigators:	Dr SC Bayer Mr R Curry Dr NA Hine
Project Partners:	Age UK Anchor Trust Care & Repair (England) Research Institute for Disabled Consumer Thomas Pocklington Trust Tunstall Telecom Ltd
Department:	Imperial College Business School
Organisation:	Imperial College London
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 October 2003	Ends:	31 March 2007	Value (£):	695,976
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Intelligent Measurement Sys.
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Healthcare
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Working with housing and care providers, the team will evaluate the deployment of a variety of telecare technologies in three contrasting housing settings - a large-scale care village, an extra-care facility and the mainstream private sector housing stock. Information from user-centred studies focusing on housing, health and social care needs will help to inform the type of telecare interventions that are made. Continuous data gathered through lifestyle monitoring and modelling will be integrated with expressed user needs and observed changes in the quality of life of users and carers to help identify where the intervention has made a difference. In parallel to the user-centred research, the team will also explore the impact of the interventions on the organisational processes of care delivery, drawing conclusions on the potential system-wide impact of telecare. The proposed research will therefore address a range of policy agendas relating to the prevention and alleviation of the problems of ageing and disability.
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