Projects
This is a searchable directory of the projects that were supported under the Healthy Ageing Challenge. You can explore projects by keyword, Healthy Ageing theme, region and workstream.
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Supportive environments for Physical and social Activity, healthy ageing and CognitivE health (SPACE)
Identify scalable and sustainable design improvements to homes that provide support for healthy cognitive ageing, allowing people to continue living in their homes for longer.
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Sustainable and nuTritious food Consumption for Older Adults (COAST)
Our service aims to improve the overall eating environment for older adults and reduce stigma by avoiding placing responsibility on an individual. We will work with food producers, suppliers to care-homes and the NHS, supermarkets, and consumers to change the availability, accessibility and acceptability of products that support the health of older adults.
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Sustainable Rehabilitative Medical Device: Custom-made orthotics and in the future prosthesis using 3D printing technology.
Custom-made orthotics and in the future prosthesis using 3D printing technology.
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Syrona: Creating digital therapeutics (DTx) solutions to support people experiencing menopause in the workplace
Understanding the experiences of those in the workforce going through menopause to create patient-centred digital therapeutics (DTx) solutions to support them throughout their journey.
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Tabletop Travel: immersive dining experiences to improve wellbeing and nutrition for older adults
Tabletop Travels aims to improve both the wellbeing and nutrition for older adults who are housebound or living in care settings. Tabletop Travels is an immersive dining experience focusing on diverse food cultures and places. It aims to both stimulate storytelling and widen the experiential possibilities for those with limited access to other cultures.
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Tackling the loneliness epidemic amongst older people
Tackling the loneliness epidemic amongst older people with a personalised, matching, introduction, and ongoing support service so lonely older people can rebuild their ‘sympathy group’ with meaningful friends of all ages.
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Talk-More: Device to monitor talking time for speech recovery after stroke
The ‘Talk-More’ device is a pedometer for talking. This will act as a means of monitoring talking time to motivate people to increase their talking time to improve their rehabilitation. The aim is for the device to be used by clinical speech and language therapists, researchers and stroke survivors and their families.
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TapTrack: Monitoring symptoms of Parkinson's disease to improve quality of life
TapTrack is a home monitoring device that accurately quantifies a common clinical test used in the management of Parkinson’s disease. Through a simple 30 second test, users can objectively monitor their current level of functional performance. The solution empowers people with Parkinson’s to choose how to live life optimally and identify when changes are necessary.
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Tech in Care: Providing care services technology in an effective, cost efficient way
Hospital to Home; an Extension into Intermediate Care and Universal Interoperability: Facilitating patient journeys from discharge to home assessment.
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Tendertec & Fitbees: Home sensors and wearable tech to motivate and support physical activity
FitBees: Combines AI home sensors and wearable technologies, motivational encouragement, and local community connections to support physical activity that engages ‘under-represented’ groups.
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The 3Scooter
A revolutionary, stunning mobility scooter that uses robotics technology to solve the inherent flaw in all scooters: a lack of stability, to support older users to stay active. 3Scooter self-levels, is light, affordable and sits riders at 90% of standing height, to provide safety and inclusion.
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The gut-sleep-brain axis: Non-pharmaceutical approaches to promote healthy ageing
Sleep problems are linked to both dementia and overall lower quality of life. This project builds on existing known interactions between sleep, gut health, and brain functions and aims to develop low-cost, individually tailored, and accessible alternatives to current treatments. These interventions are informed by home-based objective sleep assessment and involve non-pharmaceutical methods such as enhanced sleep education (e.g. behavioural techniques and mindfulness), dietary supplements targeting sleep quality, and gut health improvement in older people.
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The Shuffler
The “Shuffler®” is a portable, lightweight, affordable and easy to use piece of exercise equipment specifically designed to be used whilst seated. The product aims to transform mobility by expanding the opportunity for light exercise at home that can enhance mobility, independence and wellbeing for older users.
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The Tribe Project
Led by Bronze Software Labs, the mission of the Tribe project is to address national care inequality at the local level.
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The Tribe Project: Covid-19
The Tribe project is a collaboration between Broze Software Labs, Skills for Care, The TEC Services Association, Carers UK and others to stimulate local care economies.
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Theory of 30: Connecting people with local physical activity opportunities to improve health and wellbeing
Connecting those in the community, especially those at high risk of poor physical and mental health with movement/physical activity opportunities in their local area. Helping the community, individuals and local economy by helping small businesses focused on physical activity to get online for free.
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Transforming the lives of those living with dementia, their carers and families with music, using digital technology
Scaling digital technology into care homes and transforming the lives of those living with dementia, their carers and families with music.
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Transitions Service
Developing an app based ‘transition service’ to help people prepare for and better navigate significant transitions in later life.
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Translation of an innovative microgel technology for improving swallowing in the elderly
Dry mouth affects at least 10 million people in the UK, predominantly elders, adversely impacting their nutritional status and quality of life.
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Turning communities into caregivers
A digital platform that organises care for people in need, which includes a fundraising platform, coordinated task lists, patient-to-patient and caregiver-to-caregiver messaging and links to local and national product and service providers.
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Uber for Volunteering
onHand – Uber for Volunteering: Creating an uber or Airbnb for volunteering on a national scale – making it easier for vetted volunteers to give help, while making it quicker and cheaper for older people to receive help.