Assistive technology can help older adults, but many of the technologies developed are not successfully implemented in practice. How can we redesign the implementation process to bridge this implementation gap?
About this project
At a time when the number of caregivers is decreasing and the demand for care is increasing, assistive technology can provide solutions to increase the self-reliance and independence of older people. However, its impact remains limited, because much of what is developed does not reach the market. In addition, research into the use of technology in healthcare practice consistently shows that promising and successful technologies are often abandoned over time. For example, a lack of time and the high workload of healthcare staff are recurring obstacles to the implementation of new technologies in daily healthcare practice.
In this research project, Sanne studies how the implementation gap can be bridged to ensure the long-term benefits of technology in healthcare practice.
Karlijn in turn investigates the collaboration between researchers, entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals and the elderly themselves in the development of these technologies. How do we ensure that they find each other – from early development of technology to large-scale implementation in practice – to create better products and hopefully increase adoption?
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2025. Leveraging Co-design Activities in a Learning Community to Increase Technology Acceptance in Dementia Care. Dementia Lab Conference 2025.
2025. Mano: Designing for Tactile Experiences in Advanced Dementia Care. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25). https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713938
