{"id":24,"date":"2016-01-21T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T17:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/agingtech\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2016-04-10T20:35:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T20:35:54","slug":"push-for-innovation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/agingtech\/chapter-1\/push-for-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Push for Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIf there is no response for care needs, for example, and this is one area where there is a lot of pressure on the federal government to design a care strategy for Canada, a lot of people will suffer, that\u2019s for sure&#8221; &#8211; Nicole Bernier, Research Director of the Faces of Aging program, IRPP.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s mandate letter to the Minister of Health, Jane Philpott, Trudeau highlights the importance for innovation in health care. He writes\u00a0that the Minister is to, \u201cadvance pan-Canadian collaboration on health innovation to encourage the adoption of new digital health technology to improve access, increase efficiency and improve outcomes for patients.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-document su-u-responsive-media-yes\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?embedded=true&url=http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/agingtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HealthMandateLetter.pdf\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"su-document\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While the new Liberal government has yet to act on this plan, Stephen Harper\u2019s Conservative government created a program called <a href=\"http:\/\/agewell-nce.ca\/\">AGE-WELL<\/a>. AGE-WELL stands for Aging Gracefully Across Environments Using Technology to Support Wellness Management, Engagement and Long Life. The federally-funded program launched in March 2015 and is funded by the Networks of Centres of Excellence program until February 2020. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr. Andrew Sixsmith is the Scientific Director of AGE-WELL. Sixsmith says\u00a0AGE-WELL was created for two reasons: Canada is going to have an old population very soon and there is a need for innovation, and it is filling a gap that has existed in health care in this country for the past 10 to 15 years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cCanada is probably in the developed world, over the next couple of decades, going to have one of the more rapid growth in seniors within the population. So there needs to be response to that,\u201d Sixsmith says. \u201cWe&#8217;ve got to be able to respond to the growing need, so that means that we have to use our resources in a smarter way.\u201d But it doesn\u2019t stop there. \u201cSimilarly with long-term care, we need to develop options which are going to perhaps offset the needs of people to enter long-term care which is again an expensive option. We&#8217;re addressing a gap that has always existed, we&#8217;ve not been very smart in terms of the support that we give to older people. There&#8217;s always going to be long-term care, residential facilities around, but that shouldn&#8217;t be the mainstay of the care that we provide. We need to have better services in the community that are going to help seniors and caregivers to live independently.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The services that Sixsmith mentions are plentiful. AGE-WELL is currently researching many ways in which Canada\u2019s elderly can be accommodated through modern information and communication technologies. One of them, is wearable tech.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sce.carleton.ca\/faculty\/chan\/\">Adrian Chan<\/a> is a\u00a0Professor at Carleton University in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering. Chan&#8217;s current research, biomedical signal quality analysis, investigates the collection of data from wearable technology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Biomedical signal quality analysis can alert operators of issues arising during data collection and inform them how to resolve them,&#8221; reads Chan&#8217;s website. Chan is well versed in wearable technology.\u00a0Chan defines the supportive role of wearable technology and the need for seniors to &#8220;age in place.&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-no\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQhQmJBp05g?autohide=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;mute=0&amp;controls=0&amp;fs=0&amp;loop=0&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;theme=light&amp;wmode=&amp;playsinline=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>PREVIOUS: <a href=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/agingtech\/chapter-1\/canadas-healthcare-spending\/\">See how Canada spends its health care dollars.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEXT: <a href=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/agingtech\/chapter-two\/the-history-of-wearable-tech\/\">Explore the wonders, benefits and disadvantages of wearable technology. 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