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Preventing avoidable blindness through smart home-monitoring of vision

Pete Jones, PhD Competition Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation Glaucoma is the second leading cause of irreversible blindness. It affects 1 in 50 people over 40 years old, all of whom must currently travel to hospital once or twice a year for vision checks. Over 1M such “monitoring” assessments…

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Leveraging digital phenotyping to monitor and support patients with vision loss beyond the clinic

Lee Jones, PhD, and Kishan Devraj Competition Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation Glaucoma is among the top three causes of irreversible visual impairment in the UK and Worldwide. The impact of sight loss in glaucoma is complex, affecting aspects of daily functioning, mobility, and quality of life. Glaucoma cannot…

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Co-Developing a Peer-to-Peer Mentorship Program (P2MP) for People Living with Dementia

Laura Booi, PhD Competition Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation In the UK there are 850,000 people living with dementia (PLWD). Half of all PLWD receive insufficient post-diagnostic support, suffering from high rates of social isolation, loneliness, and low quality of life. With increasing rates of dementia, PLWD have highlighted a…

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AI-enabled Portable Incontinence Management Device

Srinjoy Mitra, PhD, Kianoush Nazarpour, PhD, and Susan Shenkin, MD Competition Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation An overactive bladder is a common medical condition, particularly among the elderly. It leads to urinary incontinence (UI) and influences the quality of life for around 40% of those above 75 (>6million people…

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A Career Pipeline for 50+ Service Leavers

Matt Flynn Competition Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation Every year, ~1,200 veterans leave the military after the age of 50 and look for civilian work that they value. However, many struggle to navigate the civilian job market and may spend years in low paid or precarious work before they find…

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Counselling People with Dementia: a feasibility study investigating the potential for accessible therapy delivered through a social enterprise model

Gillian Matthews, PhD, and Heather Wilkinson, PhD Competition Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation We want to test an accessible, community-based, counselling model to help meet the emotional health and well-being needs of people with dementia.
There is a clear gap in counselling for people with dementia (PwD) and carers.…

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Re-dressing Ageism in Fashion

Hannah Swift, PhD Competition Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation Ageism in the fashion industry is widespread and costly to businesses, consumers and wider society. Consumers feel excluded from mainstream fashion because ageing is not reflected positively, if at all, in the industry or in the imagery we see in…

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Active Ageing Environments

Nick Hamilton, BEng, and Maxine Gregory, BSc Competition Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation Physical activity has been engineered out of our lives; mechanization, automation and digitization have left us sedentary, indoors and tied to our screens. Physical inactivity adversely effects health, mental wellbeing and quality of life at all ages…

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ReViewing Physical Activity in Older Adulthood

Fiona Gillison, PhD, Elisabeth Grey, PhD, and Julie Barnett, PhD Competition Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation Increasing physical activity in older age helps to reduce, delay or even reverse the development of chronic diseases, and can improve mobility, enhance wellbeing and reduce social isolation. However, most older adults don’t…

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Co-developing a sustainable, meaningful, digital platform to enhance mobility and active ageing of community dwelling older adults (>75 years).

Khalid Ali, PhD, Henglien Lisa Chen, PhD, and Sally Fowler Davis, MEd Competition Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation Remaining mobile is important to older people in enabling them to participate in meaningful social, cultural, and physical activities, accessing neighbourhood facilities, and belonging to a community. The adverse impact of limited…

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