Phase: |
Workpackage |
Theme: | Technology for Maintaining Good Mental and Cognitive Health (WP6 TECH-MCH) |
Type: | Research |
Status: | Active |
Start Date: | 2015-04-01 |
End Date: | 2015-04-01 |
Project Leaders |
Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas Taati, Babak |
Project Overview
This team is developing innovative and affordable solutions to improve pain management in people with dementia who reside in long-term care facilities. This includes work toward an affordable and unobtrusive automated system that uses facial recognition technology and AI to monitor pain in people with severe dementia, app development/evaluation to facilitate assessments conducted by nursing staff, web-based training in cutting edge pain assessment for staff of rural and remote long-term care facilities and knowledge mobilization efforts using social media.
Award Term: April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2020
AGE-WELL NCE Investment: $ 560,070
Total Non-NCE Contribution: $ 570,589
Outputs