“Community Lab” model to include non-profits in development and testing of new caregiving technologies
Why It Matters
Canada has one of the fastest-growing populations of seniors. Community organizations that work with older adults are urging technology developers to include them in the initial phases of designing technology that serves this demographic.
Non-profits and community organizations that work with older people will be key to testing new technologies that might be applied in caregiving contexts.
Through a new fund dedicated to AgeTech – an acronym for technologies to help the elderly – non-profits will collaborate with technology providers and academic institutions, directly bringing new caregiving and medical technologies into community settings.
Traditionally, these technologies are tested in clinical or academic settings, said Christina Stergiou-Dayment, chief programs and clinical operations officer at the Alzheimer Society of Ontario – one of the non-profits involved in envisAGE’s first funding round.
Testing through a “community lab
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