UBC IDEA Lab
Could robots be companions in dementia care?
We work alongside older people, family partners, clinicians, engineers, and health systems to develop ethical, inclusive innovations that improve older adults’ lives and transform care.
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University Partners Across 12 Countries
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Tools we build
The WhatMatters App
See how a simple digital tool helps hospital teams learn what matters to a person living with dementia — their routines, their history, the things that settle them — and use it at the bedside.
Teaching & learning
The ENRICH framework
Six practical tips for student placements in long-term care. ENRICH shapes richer learning for students and builds real inter-generational relationships with residents.
Land acknowledgement
IDEA Lab acknowledges that we are situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people.