The University of Plymouth has led the creation of a city-wide partnership working to explore the impact of digital health technology within homes across Plymouth.
The Plymouth Living Lab project will see researchers from the University's Centre for Health Technology working closely with Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) and some of the residents living in its properties.
Set to be one of the largest initiatives of its kind in the world, it will also be developed by a network of local, national and global partners, including Livewell Southwest, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth City Council, NHS Devon, and Health Innovation Southwest.
The wider use of home-based technology supports the management of conditions and care in the community, prevents deterioration and reduces hospital admissions, offering better quality of life for individuals and reducing pressure on the NHS, supporting the local health system and its staff.
In line with that, the Plymouth Living Lab project aims to demonstrate whether and how home-based technologies can improve the health and wellbeing of older people with mild to moderate frailty.
Through the project, PCH residents will be provided with opportunities to help co-design technology, such as sensors in the home and wearable devices.
Piloting these devices, which aim to help residents remain independent in their own homes, will support the system shift of care delivery away from hospitals to care in people's homes.
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