MONTREAL — MEDTEQ+ and AGE-WELL, two leaders within the AgeTech sector, are happy to announce the second cohort of 20 collaborative initiatives chosen as a part of envisAGE, an initiative that permits mature AgeTech improvements to be examined and evaluated in real-world settings throughout Canada with the goal of accelerating their commercialization.
“AGE-WELL congratulates the groups behind at this time’s venture announcement. AGE-WELL is dedicated to advancing AgeTech options to boost the well-being and independence of older adults whereas supporting caregivers and healthcare professionals. Via envisAGE, we’re bringing AgeTech to communities throughout Canada, driving commercialization and empowering Canadian innovators to steer within the AgeTech market,” mentioned Bridgette Murphy (pictured), performing CEO, AGE-WELL.
The improvements chosen tackle precedence wants related to supporting high quality growing older for Canadians, together with autonomy and independence, cognitive well being and dementia, wholesome existence and wellness, sustaining social connections, supportive houses and communities, well being care and well being service supply, mobility and transportation, monetary wellness and employment.
This second cohort of collaborative initiatives provides to the 15 different initiatives introduced final yr and consists of 20 SMEs, 19 Neighborhood Labs (real-world implementation settings), 7 Beachheads (professional analysis centres), and three Innovation Hubs (centres of excellence), all mobilized to enhance the standard of lifetime of older adults via technological improvements from throughout Canada.
“We’re impressed by the spectacular response from Canada’s AgeTech ecosystem and its mobilization via envisAGE. These collaborative initiatives deliver collectively stakeholders from six totally different provinces with a standard purpose of enhancing the standard of lifetime of older adults and serving to professionals and caregivers. By mobilizing business, academia, medical and neighborhood sectors, and older adults and caregivers, envisAGE is propelling modern options to market to assist high quality,” mentioned Sabrina Boutin, government director of envisAGE, vice chairman of technique and world partnerships at MEDTEQ+.
The funding for the second cohort of initiatives totals greater than $23 million together with as much as $6 million in funding from the envisAGE initiative which is supported by the Authorities of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund, and roughly $1.6 million from the Quebec authorities’s Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie.
The initiatives chosen for the second cohort embody:
Related clock and Idem pillbox: implementation and analysis of advantages within the context of dwelling assist for older adults
Eugeria, the Centre intégré de santé et de providers sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal and le Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM) are collaborating to implement a expertise combining a wise clock and a related pillbox. The analysis will assess the innovation’s impression on the autonomy of seniors receiving dwelling care.
AI as a conversational companion for older adults dwelling in an institutional setting
An AI-powered companion created by Amical, an SME specializing in synthetic intelligence (AI), can be assessed in collaboration with the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de providers sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale and Groupe Santé Arbec.
Alternative nurse name system for administration of fall prevention, undesirable exits, and an infection management in a long-term care setting
St. Michael’s Lengthy-Time period Care Centre (LTC) and Acute Care Alberta will consider longer-term impacts of Tenera Care administration platform as a alternative nurse name system.
Wearable machine in persevering with care houses for resident monitoring, response time, fall prevention, and discount of hurt
AgeCare, and Acute Care Alberta will assess the impression to resident security via the Fallyx wearable sensor with superior fall detection and placement monitoring expertise.
TAKECARE: optimizing care and well-being in older adults’ residences
To reveal the adaptability and applicability of a cutting-edge monitoring device for a variety of wants, Options Greybox is partnering with the Appartements du Sq. Angus and the NIM Intelliance/CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal Innovation Centre.
Air-Sequr inflatable hip protector for older residents vulnerable to falling in long-term care
A partnership between Azimut Médical, CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (Montreal Chinese language Hospital) and Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal – CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal will recruit residents on the Montreal Chinese language Hospital Lengthy-Time period Care residence to evaluate inflatable hip gadgets.
AMBA sensible room: enhancing resident security and predictive care in long-term care via passive monitoring and AI-driven insights
Led by Amba Well being and Care Canada Ltd., in collaboration with Donald Berman Jewish Eldercare Centre, and OROT / CIUSSS Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, this initiative will deploy sensible room expertise to automate resident monitoring, detect early well being dangers and optimize nighttime care.
Soins de Vie Plus: the care safety program that promotes the autonomy of seniors at dwelling via AI
The Soins de Vie Plus venture, led by Equinoxe in collaboration with OROT- CIUSSS Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, will assess a wise distant monitoring answer permitting seniors to reside safely at dwelling.
Ambulation and retraining mobility mechanism, to enhance resident mobility and independence, and workers efficiencies
BISEP Improvements Inc., The Brenda Strafford Basis, CLIQ and Acute Care Alberta associate to judge the implementation, feasibility and impression of a tool to connect to wheelchairs to assist affected person transfers and ambulation in a seamless care setting.
Dementia dwelling operations monitoring evaluation venture (DHOMA)
Josephine Care, NIM Intelliance Innovation Centre – CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal and MedicAlert Basis Canada will assess the usage of passive in-home monitoring to assist older adults dwelling with dementia and their care companions to scale back the stress associated to managing evolving and altering behaviours related to the development of dementia and dementia-related wandering.
Evaluating the effectiveness of clever companion dolls in decreasing social isolation and loneliness in long-term care residents, enhancing resident high quality of life, and decreasing care supplier burnout
VanTech Med, in collaboration with Broadmead Care and the McMaster Institute for Analysis on Getting older (MIRA), are conducting a venture to judge the impression of Sundae Doll, an AI-powered companion doll on older adults’ well-being and social engagement.
Integrating AI into pharmacy workflows to boost effectivity, scale back remedy errors, and enhance affected person security
Asepha, in collaboration with MediSystem and Bruyère Well being, is implementing an AI-powered remedy reconciliation device to automate this course of.
SAGE powered by iMatr: empowering older adults utilizing democratic expertise (DemTech) – Your Voice Issues
IMtar Canada Inc. companions with Dawn Senior Residing (Burlington) and McMaster Institute for Analysis on Getting older (MIRA) to evaluate the impression of SAGE (Seniors’ Consciousness and International Occasions) to allow older adults to remain knowledgeable, focus on present occasions, and interact straight with their communities and elected representatives.
Taebo Reboot CogniFlow: an immersive method combining bodily train and cognitive stimulation for energetic growing older
Taebo Reboot CogniFlow is an initiative led by XPR Labs that goals to combine cognitive stimulation right into a confirmed immersive bodily train platform in partnership with OROT – CIUSSS Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal and the Douglas Psychological Well being College Institute – Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de providers sociaux de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal).
Neighborhood screening app for atrial fibrillation in older adults
Braver, Université Laval and Fondation AGES collaborate to extend early detection of atrial fibrillation and enhance therapy adherence to stop stroke.
AI-powered monitoring and real-time alerts for responsive behaviours and wandering prevention in long-term care
NeuraVue, in collaboration with Langley Lodge, Centre for Expertise Adoption for Getting older within the North (CTAAN), and Sensors and Analytics for Monitoring Mobility and Reminiscence (SAM3), is implementing an AI-powered actual time monitoring programs to boost resident security and caregiver assist in long-term care environments. This modern answer detects and alerts caregivers about responsive behaviours, comparable to aggression, verbal escalations, and wandering/elopement dangers.
Mance-AI: clever detection and alert answer to boost older adults’ security at Sentiom, Habitations Bordeleau and IVADO are teaming as much as enhance the security and high quality of providers in older adults’ residences via a real-time evaluation and alert platform linked to sensors to observe older adults.
Built-in pharmacy-based tiered major care mannequin
A collaboration between Cridge Pharmacy, Care2Talk, and Centre for Expertise Adoption for Getting older within the North (CTAAN), introduces an modern pharmacy-based digital care mannequin that integrates in-person pharmacist consultations, digital healthcare visits, and on-site nurse practitioner (NP) care.
NurseGPT: Enhancing resident care in long-term care via AI-enhanced nursing documentation
Centre for Expertise Adoption for Getting older within the North (CTAAN), Broadmead Care and Carecorp Seniors Providers are collaborating to judge NurseGPT, an modern AI-powered documentation answer designed particularly to extend direct care hours supplied to residents in long-term care (LTC).
Integrating sensor expertise and multidisciplinary care to make sure secure, safe and wholesome unbiased growing older
The collaboration between Sensors and Analytics for Monitoring Mobility and Reminiscence (SAM3), Thriving.ai, and Generations goals to redefine unbiased growing older via modern expertise which screens, detects dangers, and facilitates communication.
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“MEDTEQ+ is proud to co-lead this initiative which, in simply two years, already helps 35 collaborative initiatives aimed toward enhancing the standard of lifetime of older adults and their caregivers via technological innovation. I want to congratulate the funded groups for his or her dedication and creativity. We deeply worth the contributions of all our companions within the Canadian AgeTech ecosystem, together with AGE-WELL and the assorted ranges of presidency for his or her important assist,” mentioned Annie-Kim Gilbert, president and CEO, MEDTEQ+.
About envisAGE
MEDTEQ+, a frontrunner in accelerating innovation and supporting entrepreneurs within the Canadian MedTech business, and AGE-WELL, Canada’s main analysis and innovation community in AgeTech, have joined forces as co-leads in envisAGE. This massive-scale pan-Canadian five-year initiative brings stakeholders collectively to supply assets and assist to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to combine applied sciences that tackle the challenges of growing older and construct Canadian management within the AgeTech market. The envisAGE initiative is funded via the Authorities of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund, with further contributions of 4.5 million from the Authorities of Quebec, business, non-profits, and different companions. www.envis-age.ca
About MEDTEQ+
MEDTEQ+, a pan-Canadian industrial analysis and innovation consortium, is devoted to serving to healthcare expertise corporations deliver their improvements to market, speed up financial progress and contribute to enhancing the well being of the inhabitants. Via its distinctive experience and collaborative method, MEDTEQ+ presents assist providers throughout the innovation continuum, validation and integration of technological options in real-life environments, financing and networking with key ecosystem companions to speed up the commercialization of modern healthcare applied sciences. MEDTEQ+ additionally helps the envisAGE initiative, which goals to catalyze the AgeTech ecosystem and stimulate technological growth in supporting growing older. MEDTEQ+ depends, amongst others, on monetary assist from the Authorities of Quebec, the Authorities of Canada, the non-public sector and complementary companions to foster analysis and business relations. www.medteq.ca
About AGE-WELL
AGE-WELL is Canada’s Expertise and Getting older Community. As a dynamic pan-Canadian community with world attain, AGE-WELL has mobilized an unlimited neighborhood of researchers, older adults, caregivers, associate organizations, and future leaders to speed up the supply of technology-based options that make a significant distinction within the lives of older Canadians and their caregivers. AGE-WELL serves as a catalyst for technological innovation that helps wholesome growing older whereas driving Canada’s rising AgeTech sector. www.agewell-nce.ca
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