Participants wanted for survey into technology being used to support health and wellbeing in care homes
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) is running a survey to understand experiences of using technology in care homes to support residents’ health and wellbeing and/or health technologies that would be desirable to improve resident care.
Participants whose views are being sought include care home staff, managers and owners, and NHS/local authority staff working with care homes.
The health technologies that the researchers are interested in learning more about include devices, kits, apps, machines and tests that help to support, care for or monitor the wellbeing of residents, including:
- Falls detection and prevention devices.
- Devices to support hydration and nutrition.
- Continence aids.
- Wound management tools.
- Technologies that enable better communication with the wider health and social care team.
- Remote monitoring technologies.
Responses will be used to guide engineers, researchers, and industry collaborators when setting priorities about which technologies to make and evaluate for healthcare in care homes.
You can find out more and participate here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=kfCdVhOw40CG7r2cueJYFLdU5nwwju5Mr7Y0OQqOLSNURElYWjFWT0dBR1RMTEk3RkxYQVM3OE85RS4u