Autumn 2011 Newsletter
Welcome to the Autumn 2011 edition of the TRIL newsletter. These newsletters will keep you informed of the latest news and developments at the TRIL Centre.
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TRIL commences research project with Pfizer
The TRIL Centre has recently commenced a collaborative research project with Pfizer. The project will explore potential technology solutions that aim to better monitor and manage Alzheimer's Disease patients in the home setting while providing additional support to their caregivers.
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TRIL features in Irish Times Special Report
Read John Holden's article published 24th August 2011 on how TRIL is using technology to help change the lives of older people "Longer life at the touch of a button"
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TRIL Researchers develop a new reliable and practical way of assessing an older person’s risk for frailty
A new assessment tool that provides a reliable and practical way of assessing an elderly person’s risk for frailty. Other tools have been available for a number of years but were generally not readily applicable in routine primary care practice.
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TRIL Care Companion: Supporting spousal carers of persons with Alzheimer's disease
TRIL are designing a technology intervention targeted specifically at helping carers deal with the challenges of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease. Read more
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Eric Dishman talks about Falls Prevention
In this video recorded for Alzheimer's Weekly recently, Eric Dishman, Intel Fellow and Director of Health Innovation, discusses how TRIL and Intel researchers are applying high technology to reduce and prevent falls by older people.
View video (4.22 mins)
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TRIL at the 1st International Conference on Age Friendly Cities
Visit the TRIL stand & see TRIL demos at the 1st International Conference on Age Friendly Cities, 28th - 30th September 2011, The Burlington Hotel, Dublin.
Learn more about the conference here
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Recent TRIL Publications
The effectiveness of two novel techniques in establishing the mechanical and contractile responses of biceps femoris
, Ditroilo, M., Hunter, A.M., Haslam, S., De Vito, G., Physiol. Meas. 32 (2011) 1315–1326 doi:10.1088/0967-3334/32/8/020
Psychosocial and functional correlates of nutritional status with community dwelling older adults in Ireland, Romeo-Ortuno, R, Casey, A. M., Cunningham, C., Kenny, R. A., Lawlor, B., Prendergast, D., Squires, S., The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging DOI: 10.1007/s12603-010-0278-4
Orthostatic haemodynamics may be impaired in frailty Romero-Ortuno, R., Cogan, L., Kenny, R. A., Lawlor, B., O'Shea, D., Age and Ageing 2011; 0: 1–8 doi: 10.1093/ageing/afr076
Psychosocial correlates of aspects of sleep quality in community-dwelling Irish older adults. McHugh, JE, Casey, AM & Lawlor, BA (2011)Aging & Mental Health DOI: 01080/13607863.2011.562180
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Researcher profile: Dr Joanna McHugh, TRIL Postdoctoral Researcher
Joanna McHugh, PhD, graduated from University College Dublin in 2006 with an honours degree in psychology. In 2010 she completed her PhD thesis in Trinity College Dublin under the supervision of Professor Fiona Newell. Her doctoral research focused on how social and emotional signals are perceived from crowds of people, specifically from a multisensory perspective.
Joanna began working with the Social & Mental Health Strand of TRIL Centre in April 2010. Within the TRIL Centre, Joanna is currently working on projects investigating the contributions of various psychological and cognitive factors to the nature of sleep quality and sleep disorders. She is also involved in a separate project examining the use of communicative technology as a preventative measure of social isolation in at risk populations, for example, caregivers of older adults with dementia.
Joanna's publications here
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Other TRIL News
Falls Awareness Day 21st June 2011
Quantitative assessment of Falls Risk using Timed Up and Go Test (TUG).
Mature Matters: Ageing. TRIL Researcher features in Independent Newspaper article
TRIL alumnus secures €200k investment for spin-out company
TRIL part of bid that sees Dublin shortlisted for World Design Capital 2014
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Industry News
Older Adults' Perceptions of Clinical Fall Prevention Programs: A Qualitative Study
The Future of Connected Health Devices
Games fail to train brains
Over-60s should be screened for Alzheimer's
New device predicting falls
Too Old to be Equal? (Report)
Commission's Recommendation on "More Years, Better Lives - The Potential and Challenges of Demographic Change"
Ageing and Intellectual Disability
'Silver Surfer' candidates sought
Positive Ageing Week 23rd Sept - 1st Oct 2011
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Dates for your diary
33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’11 ) ** Boston, 30 Aug - 3 Sept 2011
European Medial Physics and Engineering Conference, ** Trinity College Dublin, 1-3 Sept 2011
The International Psychogeriatric Association Conference 2011 (IPA2011), The Hague, 6-9 Sept 2011
Irish Gerontological Society Annual conference (IGS) **, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, 9-10 Sept 2011
US National Falls Prevention Day, 23 Sept 2011
Postive Ageing Week, Ireland, 23 Sept - 3 Oct 2011
AAL Forum 2011, Leece, Italy, 26 - 28 Sept 2011
1st International Conference on Age-Friendly Cities, ** Burlington Hotel, Dublin 28 - 30 Sept 2011
7th Congress of the EUGMS, Malaga, Spain, 28 SepT - 1 Oct 2011
21st International Day of Older Persons, Worldwide
Innovation for Digital Inclusion, ** Gdansk, Poland, 5 - 7 Oct 2011
Intel European Research and Innovation Conference, ** Leixlip, Ireland 12 - 14 Oct 2011
British Geriatric Society Scientific Autumn 2011 Meeting, Brighton, UK, 12 - 14 Oct 2011
2011 IEEE-AMA Medical Technology Conference: Healthcare IT,
Boston, Mass. 16 - 18 Oct 2011
10th Annual IEEE Conference on Sensors, ** Limerick, Ireland 28- 31 Oct 2011
Ageing Globally - Ageing Locally, CARDI conference, Dublin, 2 - 3 Nov 2011
CFP: Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable, University of the Basque Couty, Spain, 2 - 3 Nov 2011
American Anthropological Association, Montreal, Canada, 16 - 20 Nov 2011
Innovation Dublin, Dublin 17 - 18 Nov 2011
** TRIL will have presence at these conferences
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About TRIL
The TRIL (Technology Research for Independent Living) Centre is an international research centre set up to define and profile the ageing process, in order to develop technologies to allow more successful ageing. Founded in 2007, it has succeeded in raising the agenda for ageing research both nationally and internationally. The TRIL Centre seeks to enable people to live independently at any age by advancing the understanding of behavioural markers of disease, and how technology can be applied to produce positive interventions.
The TRIL Centre is a collaboration between Intel, GE Healthcare, University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin.
w: www.trilcentre.org e: info@trilcentre.org
tel: (+353) 1 716 5306
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