Grants and Contributions:

Integrated Decision Support for Health and Safety

983111

$467,775.00

Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024

Healthy and safe aging in place requires a continuous assessment of well-being. Automating this assessment is a cost-effective solution that reduces the burden on family members and caregivers. This project proposes deploying ambient sensors in the home and using an integrated decision support system to combine the information from these sensors and assess the health and well-being of the home occupant. The system will monitor cough, vital signs (heart rate, breathing rate) and daily activities using data analysis, deep learning and machine learning methods. The result is an integrated decision support software system that can detect any decline in health conditions, help in the early detection of diseases and enable early intervention. The project will lead to a cost-effective approach to enable aging in place by providing high-quality healthcare, reducing the burden on family members, and reducing the need for long term care, in support of the NRC AiP program.

National Research Council Canada

In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1S 5B6

172-2021-2022-Q3-983111

Grant

Grants and Contributions

118838937

Academia

Carleton University

Ottawa Centre

35075

Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives

Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.

541710