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Title:
Evaluation of a shoe-integrated travel tracking tool to promote out-of-home participation of people with mild cognitive impairment and collaborative care delivery
Agreement Number:
1029584
Agreement Value:
$150,922.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 29, 2025 - Apr 15, 2026
Description:
The project aims to maintain, restore, or improve meaningful and safe participation outside the home (e.g., in community or public settings) for people living with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage dementia (PTCLD). The Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5 technology solution consists of a smart insole with location and activity tracking capabilities, allowing PTCLDs and care partners to define personalized safe zones and guidance and assistance protocols. The solution includes a chipset integrated into a shoe insole, a background IoT platform, and a mobile app to enable the user to interact with the device. As part of the project, a dementia-friendly web interface and user experience will be designed, integrated, and iteratively evaluated through a mixed-method case study (n = 8–10 in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia, 3–5 months/case, in home and public settings). The project will promote the commercial maturity and relevance of the smart insole solution, foster partnerships between government and communities (with a view to the subsequent TRL 6 project), and generate scientific evidence on the technology and out-of-home participation for PTCLDs and their care ecosystem.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:

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.

Location:
Montreal, Quebec, CA H2L 4M1
Reference Number:
172-2025-2026-Q1-1029584
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
141690743
Recipient Type:
Academia
Recipient's Legal Name:
Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal
Federal Riding Name:
Laurier--Sainte-Marie
Federal Riding Number:
24037
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Program Purpose:

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.

NAICS Code:
541710