Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare - CATCH

28/11/2023

NIHR Devices for Dignity MIC, hosted by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, awarded £3m for pioneering HealthTech Research Centre to support people with long term health conditions.

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Groundbreaking HealthTech Research Centre will play a key role in developing technologies for people with long-term conditions, including neurological conditions, diabetes, kidney care and rehabilitation.

14/11/2023

Professor Rebecca Palmer has been awarded a Fellowship to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

The RCSLT Awards are an opportunity to recognise the achievements of members and celebrate those who have supported and championed speech and language therapy and made a difference to the lives of service users. The Honours awards recognise leaders at all levels within and outside the profession who have made outstanding contributions for the benefit of service users and the profession itself.

Congratulations Rebecca!

10/10/2023

New publication by CATCH colleagues:

https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e46622n

Background: Regular physical activity (PA) is beneficial for enhancing and sustaining both physical and mental well-being as well as for the management of preexisting conditions. Computer-tailored health communication (CTHC) has been shown to be effective in increasing PA and many other health behav...

14/09/2023

CATCH member, Dr Kate Fryer, receives Faculty Early Career Research Prize for outstanding contribution to the Faculty.

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health appreciates the outstanding contributions as an early career researcher in any of the four categories: Leadership, Research, Teaching and Wider Participation.

Dr Kate Fryer developed a valuable PPI resource for the University of Sheffield as manager of the Deep End Research Alliance project. The impact of her work is national and very inspiring.

Quote from Kate “The Deep End Research Alliance is an amazing team to be a part of, and it is a great honour to receive this prize in recognition of my leadership within the team. I'm excited to continue developing my career in inclusive research with supportive colleagues.”

Congratulations to Dr Kate Fryer!

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31/08/2023

Telepresence Robotics Workshop, Friday 13th October, 10.00-4.00. Read more:

Workshop for health and social care professionals to learn about and test telepresence robotics.

31/08/2023

Social Robotics Workshop, Friday 15th September, 10.00-4.00. Read more:

Workshop for health and social care professionals to learn about and test social robotics.

31/08/2023

EMERGENCE Trailblazers Online Webinar - Tuesday 12th September, 10.00-12.30. See link below for more information:

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29/06/2023

The NIHR published an NIHR Evidence Collection on Digital technology in the NHS; reducing staff pressures, improving care.

This features CATCH research paper titled “Mobile technology and delegated work in specialist community services: the EnComPaSS Integration project”.

Using new technologies in the NHS could bring multiple benefits. They could save healthcare professionals’ time, increase the number of people a skilled professional can support, and enable more sustainable workforce models. At the same time, they can promote safer and more personalised care.

07/06/2023

CATCH INVITE study will be presented in a lightning talk at the Communication Matters conference in Leeds, 10-12 September 2023!

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The conference provides a unique forum to meet and exchange information with representatives from all disciplines associated with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), including AAC users, parents, personal assistants, professionals and suppliers of AAC equipment. Communication Matters e...

01/06/2023

CATCH member, Natalie Jones, has been honoured for her significant contribution to the Allied Health Profession!

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust website

04/04/2023

Robotics for Frailty Challenge Funding Call 2

Robotics for Frailty Challenge Funding Call 2 We are delighted to announce our second Robotics for Frailty Challenge funding call. We are looking to fund research-driven proposals that engage with the themes which have emerged from the network's requirement-gathering activities and which will

07/03/2023

Sheffield Robotics and CATCH Seminar
Care Robot Development - The Korean Experience

Won-Kyung Song, PhD, National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea

Date: Friday 24th March 2023
Time: 10.00am -11.00am
Location: Pam Liversidge Building, Floor A, Lecture Theatre 01 (located on the corner of Broad Lane and Newcastle Street)

Join remotely via: https://meet.google.com/gmk-ezrg-gwb

As the Korean population rapidly ages, there is an increasing demand for caregivers. This threatens to leave people with severe disabilities or elderly people with mobility problems without adequate support. To address this issue, we are identifying suitable types of care robots for care applications and conducting user participation research to develop future care robots. We have identified nine types of care robots that are suitable for Korean care demands. Through a public-private partnership model that includes user participation, we are conducting discussions with caregivers, care recipients, and other relevant stakeholders. We are developing care robot devices for transfer, posture change, toileting, and feeding with the cooperation of universities, companies, and hospitals. We recognize the importance of an environment conducive to successful care robot use and have created three smart care spaces at the National Rehabilitation Center in Korea. These spaces are used to evaluate the usability of various robots or devices, with different sizes and purposes. We have surveyed and analyzed various services, including public coverage, and are providing smart care space information to local governments that require help when installing similar spaces in the future. Finally, I will mention our new care robot 5-year plan that begins this year.

This seminar is supported by a joint Medical Research Council/Korea Health Industry Development Institute MRC-KHIDI Partnering Award “Robotics for health and social care in a multicultural perspective”, and by the EPSRC NetworkPlus “EMERGENCE: Tackling Frailty - Facilitating the Emergence of Healthcare Robots from Labs into Service” (https://www.emergencerobotics.net).

If you would like to talk with Dr. Song and his colleagues during his visit to Sheffield, please contact Stephen Potter (stephen.potter@sheffield.ac.uk).

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