Recent Developments in Housing, Health and Technology for Older People: Policy and Practice
10 June 2008
Programme
Recent Developments in Housing, Health and Technology for Older People: Policy and Practice
10 June 2008
Grosvenor House, Glengall Street, Belfast City Centre
The workshop is full and has a long waiting list we regret that we cannot accept any more registrations.
Programme
(provisional at 23 May 2008, speakers, titles and order may be changed)
9.30 Tea, Coffee, Scones and Registration
10.00 Welcome and Introduction , Dr. Roger O'Sullivan, Director, CARDI and Professor Peter Lansley, Director, SPARC
10.15 Session One: Housing
10.15 Introduction, Chair: Joe Frey, Head of Research, Northern Ireland Housing Executive
10.20 The Nestling Project , Dr Rodd Bond, Dundalk Institute of Technology
10.40 Retirement Villages, Fiona Boyle, Fiona Boyle Associates
11.00 Remodelling sheltered housing for Extra-care , Professor Julienne Hanson, University College London
11.20 Discussion
11.35 Tea and Coffee
12.00 Session Two: Health
12.00 Introduction, Chair: Dr James McKenna
12.05 Health, Happiness and Wealth - The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) , Professor Brendan Whelan, The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin
12.25 Developing the Design Audit Tool, Maria McManus, Dementia Development Centre for Northern Ireland
12.45 Discussion
1.10 Lunch and networking
2.15 Session Three: Technology
2.15 Introduction, Chair: Patrick Minne, Access to Benefits
2.20 Assistive Technology, Presentation 1 Dr David Craig, Queens University Belfast and Presentation 2 Dr Chris Nugent, University of Ulster at Jordanstown
2.40 TRIL Project - Technology for Independent Living, Professor Paddy Nixon and Seamus Small
3.00 Designing for Inclusion , Dr Russell Marshall, Loughborough University
3.20 Discussion
3.40 Concluding Remarks, Dr. Roger O'Sullivan, Director, CARDI
4.00 Tea and Coffee and Close
An Informal session largely for university based researchers:
4.30 Ageing research: opportunities and rewards , Professor Peter Lansley, Director, SPARC.
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