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4th IPA Long Term Care Colloquium – Focus on Technology and Robotics

Pre-Congress Program - Tuesday, 13 October

4th IPA Long Term Care Colloquium: Cutting Edge Technologies in Care of Older People

 

Long Term Care Colloquium participants will be introduced to the exciting and ‘cutting edge’ world of social robots, assistive technologies and telehealth care. Under the theme, “Cutting Edge Technologies in Care of Older People,” developers, health care professionals, and ethicists will discuss their experiences of developing, using and evaluating technologies with and for older people, with topics ranging from:

  • Robots and Technologies Maintaining Well-Being
  • Companion Robots - More than Cute and Cuddly
  • Ethics and Technologies
  • Innovative Technology and Robots in Older People Care
  • New Developments and Uses in Technologies

Download the 4th IPA Long Term Care Colloquium flyer here.

EACCME Accreditation

The 2015 IPA International Congress is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists.The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). www.uems.net

EACCME Credits
Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME credit system is based on 1 ECMEC per hour with a maximum of 3 ECMECs for half a day and 6 ECMECs for a full-day event.

4th IPA Long Term Care Colloquium: Cutting Edge Technologies in Care of Older People

Wendy Moyle, Chair (Australia) Robotic Seals – What do we know about their Impact on People with Dementia?
Stefanie Baisch (Germany) Acceptance of Social-Emotional Robotics: Do Elderly People like it better than Caregivers?
Glenda Cook (United Kingdom) Enhancing Social Interaction and the Network of Care in Sheltered Housing through an Advanced ICT System: Care Manager
David Conn (Canada) Telehealth and Older People
Alessandro Di Nuovo (United Kingdom) Toward Usable and Acceptable Elderly-Robot Interfaces: The Robot-Era Project Experience
Luc de Witte (Netherlands) Technology Supporting Independent Living Elderly Persons: From Walking Cane to Robot Companion
Heather Draper (United Kingdom)
Professor Tom Sorell (United Kingdom)
The Risks and Benefits of Robots and Assistive Technology
Cindy Jones (Australia) Using Emotion Recognition Video Coding to Determine Robotic Intervention Outcomes
Ray Jones (United Kingdom) Skype on Wheels in Care Homes: A New Design
Barbara Klein (Germany) Companion Robots
Anne Margriet Pot (Switzerland) Innovative Technology for People with Dementia and their Caregivers
Stephen Von Rump (Sweden) Integrating Mobile Telepresence into Telehealth Platforms for Home Care

Acknowledgements

Acadia Pharmaceuticals Avanir Pharmaceuticals Cambridge University Press
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