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Dr. Niamh Caprani and Michael Wilson attended and presented at British HCI this week. The 2015 British Human Computer Interaction Conference was held in Lincoln from 13th-17th July and organised by the University of Lincoln’s Social Computing (LiSC) research centre in conjunction with Open Lab at Newcastle University. The conference...

The Context of care All EU countries are experiencing an ageing of their populations, with a decrease in the number of people of working age and a corresponding increase in the number of retirees. The rising demand for care from a growing older population has cost implications for governments, for...

What: A warm welcome awaits friends, family carers and their loves ones experiencing memory difficulties or dementia. Where: At our Netwell Memory Café in Ruby’s Vintage Style Tea Rooms, Williamson Mall, Francis Street, Dundalk. When: Thursday, 21st May 2015, from 6 – 8pm. Why: Why not call in for a...

Louth Shedder’s John and Tom representing on the TV3s Seven O’Clock Show with Martin King and Lucy Kennedy. To see them click on the link below. Skip to 17mins in. http://www.tv3.ie/3player/mobile/723/92343/The-Seven-O%27Clock-Show More information Please contact the project coordinator, Eva Beirne. Phone: 0858895471 Email: eva.beirne@netwellcenter.ie

Congratulations to NetwellCASALA’s Cúltaca who were awarded the Age Friendly Community Innovation Award at a ceremony in the Cavan Crystal Hotel on January 20th. The ceremony recognised seven countrywide projects for innovative and creative approaches to enhancing age-friendliness in Ireland. From left Rob Bond, Anne Marron, Harry Conaty representing An Post, Sponsor and Dr. Lucia Carragher. Photo: Lorraine Teevan The inaugural Age...

Congratulations to NetwellCASALA’s Andrea Kealy who passed her PhD viva on December 15th. Andrea’s thesis is titled ‘Use of Ambient Sensors for the Longitudinal Profiling of the Nocturnal Behaviour of Older Adults in their Homes’. Andrea was supervised by Dr. John Loane and Dr. Kevin McDaid. Andrea’s thesis abstract: With an ageing population putting an increased demand on healthcare, an alternative means for employing regular...

On April 5th, Julie Doyle gave a talk at TEDx Fulbright Dublin entitled Empowering Health Ageing with Good Design. Empowering individuals to manage their own health and wellbeing will result in more cost-effective healthcare systems, improved health outcomes and will encourage healthy individuals to remain that way. With the advent of the quantified-self movement...