In progress
Current projects
Studies and tools the lab is actively running with hospital and long-term care partners.
- Implementing the WHO-ICOPE Framework in Canadian Primary Care: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study
- The WhatMatters App: A digital solution to support person-centred care for people with dementia
- SmartLittle Dolls
- 3D Interactive Immersive Experience in Hospital and Long-Term Care
- Co-Designing a VR Learning Tool for Dementia Care
- Ethical Considerations of VR
- Person Centred Care Gamified Learning App
- Building a Learning Community to Improve Dementia Care Transitions
Wrapped up
Completed projects
Finished work, with findings and resources still available to read.
- Silent Disco Headphones
- PARO in Long-term Care
- C2 Healthy Aging
- Exploring Intergenerational Interactions with Tiny Social Robots
- Cultural Perspectives of Ageing: Intercontinental Alliance for Integrated Care (IAIC) Inaugural Project
- Uke Connect: A music-based connection with the community
- Digital Companionship: Exploring the deployment of an AI digital companion in a care setting
- Joy in Caregiving
- Indigenous Art and Storytelling in Virtual Reality
- Towards an Age-Friendly University: Insights from Culturally Diverse Community-Dwelling Older Adults
- Students and AI in Academia: Exploring Students’ Perspectives on the Use of AI-Enabled Services, such as ChatGPT, in Academia
- Cycling Game: Exploring the Acceptability and Use of Gamified Rehabilitation Exercise for Older Adults in Long-Term Care
- Sleepsense: Implementing SleepSense Technology for Hospitalized Older Adults
- Co-Create Virtual Reality in Long Term Care
- Co-Create Virtual Reality/Learning Innovation System (LIS)
- Team-Based Virtual Care
- Learning Health Systems
- CALM Robot
- Lovot Robot: A New Mobile Social Robot to Improve the Quality of life for Persons with Dementia
- Aether Robot
- PHAC: Dementia-Friendly Environment Project
- Virtual Reality Program in Long Term Care
- TV Study: TV Programs Tailored to People Living With Dementia
- Online Chair Yoga for People with Dementia
- The iPad Project
- Overcoming Loneliness
- Tochie – A Smart Audio Device
- Virtual P.I.E.C.E.S.
- Happy2Eat
- Paro: A Social Robot
- Telepresence Robot Project
- The Ventilator Project









































