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      • Virtual Reality Program in Long Term Care
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      • TV Study: TV Programs Tailored to People Living With Dementia
      • Tochie – A Smart Audio Device
      • Virtual P.I.E.C.E.S.
      • Overcoming Loneliness
      • Dementia-Friendly Communities
      • PHAC: Dementia-Friendly Environment Project 
      • Virtual Chair Yoga
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      • Happy2Eat
      • Paro: A Social Robot
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  • Team-Based Virtual Care

    Team-Based Virtual Care: Striving for Seamless Care Virtual care facilitates patients’ and families’ inclusiveness in care planning, which improves the transition experience. This Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)-funded program adopts a Patient-Oriented Research (POR) and Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) approach via the diverse engagement of older adults, families, staff and policy-makers in all stages […] Read More

  • Learning Health Systems

    Learning Health Systems: Exploring Together What an Evolving and Collaborative Healthcare System Can Look Like Learning Health Systems is a concept where researchers and healthcare stakeholders including patients, families, healthcare providers, and health leaders work collaboratively and continuously to learn with/from each other, to improve healthcare delivery and research. The concept seems easy to understand […] Read More

  • CALM Robot

    CALM Robot Anxiety is a prevalent mental health condition that is caused by various psychological stressors. Deep breathing is identified as an effective practice for stress management. Practicing diaphragmatic breathing can help manage chronic pain, decrease muscle tension, and reduce stress and anxiety. CALM Robot is a project that is involving a co-design of a […] Read More

  • Lovot Robot

    Lovot Robot: A New Mobile Social Robot to Improve the Quality of Life for Persons With Dementia Approximately 50 million people worldwide are living with dementia. Social robots have been developed and tested to determine whether they improve the quality of life for persons with dementia. A new mobile social robot, LOVOT has advanced artificial […] Read More

  • Aether Robot

    Aether Robot: A Collaborative Service Robot, Supporting Independence, Safety, Privacy and Happiness Aether is a collaborative service robot, designed for staff and residents working and living in care homes to support independence, safety, privacy and happiness. This project will build on previous work accomplished by JDQ Systems Inc. and the Developmental Disabilities Association (DDA), and academic partners under previous […] Read More

At IDEA lab, we connect health system planners, researchers, patients, and students to create innovative solutions:

We improve patient outcomes through
patient-oriented research

We apply innovative technology for the betterment of healthcare

Project Highlights

  • Virtual Reality Program in Long Term Care
    Virtual Reality Program in Long Term Care Poster Youtube Links Our Team Principal Investigator: Dr. Lillian Hung Lab members: Jim Mann, Mona Upreti, Alisha Tumar, Winnie Kan and David So Project Co-lead: Sonia Hardern (Regional Practice Lead, Research and Knowledge Translation) GlobalNews Interview: Watch us on Global News (December 19th, 2022)! VCHRI Feature: Check out […]
  • TV Study: TV Programs Tailored to People Living With Dementia
    TV Study: TV Programs Tailored to People Living With Dementia This project explores the use of a TV program that consists of videos tailored to people living with dementia’s needs and interests. This project investigates how this program may be used as a resource improving the quality of life and psychosocial well-being of residents living […]
  • Paro: A Social Robot
    Interaction with PARO, a robotic pet seal, can have positive psychological, physiological, and social effects on users. Our research aims to investigate how PARO can be used meaningfully and effectively in hospitals for patients with dementia and delirium.

Events

  • Designing For People
    Designing For People At the Designing For People (DFP) event, lab members from our many different projects presented posters! Look below for each projects’ members presenting their posters. Thank you to DFP UBC for having us! Below are photos from our lab members presenting our […]
  • VCHRI: Celebrating 20 Years of Research
    VCHRI: Celebrating 20 Years of Research IDEA Lab joined Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) to celebrate their 20 years of research innovating and continuously striving for better, more effective, evidence-based healthcare. VCHRI support has been instrumental in many of our research projects promoting the […]
  • Relationship between physical health and dementia
    Relationship between physical health and dementia New research from the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle suggests that older women who experienced the greatest drop in muscle function were several times more likely to develop dementia than their counterparts. Clinical professor Dr. Roger Wong and UBC Nursing’s […]
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