Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare - CATCH

28/11/2023

NIHR Devices for Dignity MIC, hosted by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, awarded £3m for pioneering HealthTech Research Centre to support people with long term health conditions.

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Groundbreaking HealthTech Research Centre will play a key role in developing technologies for people with long-term conditions, including neurological conditions, diabetes, kidney care and rehabilitation.

14/11/2023

Professor Rebecca Palmer has been awarded a Fellowship to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

The RCSLT Awards are an opportunity to recognise the achievements of members and celebrate those who have supported and championed speech and language therapy and made a difference to the lives of service users. The Honours awards recognise leaders at all levels within and outside the profession who have made outstanding contributions for the benefit of service users and the profession itself.

Congratulations Rebecca!

10/10/2023

New publication by CATCH colleagues:

https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e46622n

Background: Regular physical activity (PA) is beneficial for enhancing and sustaining both physical and mental well-being as well as for the management of preexisting conditions. Computer-tailored health communication (CTHC) has been shown to be effective in increasing PA and many other health behav...

14/09/2023

CATCH member, Dr Kate Fryer, receives Faculty Early Career Research Prize for outstanding contribution to the Faculty.

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health appreciates the outstanding contributions as an early career researcher in any of the four categories: Leadership, Research, Teaching and Wider Participation.

Dr Kate Fryer developed a valuable PPI resource for the University of Sheffield as manager of the Deep End Research Alliance project. The impact of her work is national and very inspiring.

Quote from Kate “The Deep End Research Alliance is an amazing team to be a part of, and it is a great honour to receive this prize in recognition of my leadership within the team. I'm excited to continue developing my career in inclusive research with supportive colleagues.”

Congratulations to Dr Kate Fryer!

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31/08/2023

Telepresence Robotics Workshop, Friday 13th October, 10.00-4.00. Read more:

Workshop for health and social care professionals to learn about and test telepresence robotics.

31/08/2023

Social Robotics Workshop, Friday 15th September, 10.00-4.00. Read more:

Workshop for health and social care professionals to learn about and test social robotics.

31/08/2023

EMERGENCE Trailblazers Online Webinar - Tuesday 12th September, 10.00-12.30. See link below for more information:

When and Where?

29/06/2023

The NIHR published an NIHR Evidence Collection on Digital technology in the NHS; reducing staff pressures, improving care.

This features CATCH research paper titled “Mobile technology and delegated work in specialist community services: the EnComPaSS Integration project”.

Using new technologies in the NHS could bring multiple benefits. They could save healthcare professionals’ time, increase the number of people a skilled professional can support, and enable more sustainable workforce models. At the same time, they can promote safer and more personalised care.

07/06/2023

CATCH INVITE study will be presented in a lightning talk at the Communication Matters conference in Leeds, 10-12 September 2023!

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The conference provides a unique forum to meet and exchange information with representatives from all disciplines associated with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), including AAC users, parents, personal assistants, professionals and suppliers of AAC equipment. Communication Matters e...

01/06/2023

CATCH member, Natalie Jones, has been honoured for her significant contribution to the Allied Health Profession!

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust website

04/04/2023

Robotics for Frailty Challenge Funding Call 2

Robotics for Frailty Challenge Funding Call 2 We are delighted to announce our second Robotics for Frailty Challenge funding call. We are looking to fund research-driven proposals that engage with the themes which have emerged from the network's requirement-gathering activities and which will

07/03/2023

Sheffield Robotics and CATCH Seminar
Care Robot Development - The Korean Experience

Won-Kyung Song, PhD, National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea

Date: Friday 24th March 2023
Time: 10.00am -11.00am
Location: Pam Liversidge Building, Floor A, Lecture Theatre 01 (located on the corner of Broad Lane and Newcastle Street)

Join remotely via: https://meet.google.com/gmk-ezrg-gwb

As the Korean population rapidly ages, there is an increasing demand for caregivers. This threatens to leave people with severe disabilities or elderly people with mobility problems without adequate support. To address this issue, we are identifying suitable types of care robots for care applications and conducting user participation research to develop future care robots. We have identified nine types of care robots that are suitable for Korean care demands. Through a public-private partnership model that includes user participation, we are conducting discussions with caregivers, care recipients, and other relevant stakeholders. We are developing care robot devices for transfer, posture change, toileting, and feeding with the cooperation of universities, companies, and hospitals. We recognize the importance of an environment conducive to successful care robot use and have created three smart care spaces at the National Rehabilitation Center in Korea. These spaces are used to evaluate the usability of various robots or devices, with different sizes and purposes. We have surveyed and analyzed various services, including public coverage, and are providing smart care space information to local governments that require help when installing similar spaces in the future. Finally, I will mention our new care robot 5-year plan that begins this year.

This seminar is supported by a joint Medical Research Council/Korea Health Industry Development Institute MRC-KHIDI Partnering Award “Robotics for health and social care in a multicultural perspective”, and by the EPSRC NetworkPlus “EMERGENCE: Tackling Frailty - Facilitating the Emergence of Healthcare Robots from Labs into Service” (https://www.emergencerobotics.net).

If you would like to talk with Dr. Song and his colleagues during his visit to Sheffield, please contact Stephen Potter (stephen.potter@sheffield.ac.uk).

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26/01/2023

NIHR Alert: Virtual home assessments may allow people to be discharged from hospital more quickly as well as cutting down on staff costs.

CATCH researchers worked with service users and professionals to evaluate the pros and cons.

You may also be interested to read:

https://perspectivesblog.sagepub.com/blog/health-and-nursing/guest/remote-home-visits-the-future-for-occupational-therapists?rq=Jennifer%20read

https://the-sra.org.uk/SRA/Blog/Creatinghumanconnectednessinadigitalspace.aspx

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9kCweaznXZI&feature=youtu.be

New guidelines could help people carry out virtual home assessments, which could reduce the need for costly in-person visits.

10/01/2023

Smart about Ageing

Awarded and funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust, TELLAB (Technology Enabled Living Lab for Ageing Better) aims to develop smart technologies for supporting older people to live independently and well. The funding supports academic researchers, working with community organisations and older people themselves, to undertake an innovative programme of study.

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Smart About Ageing - Astraline 4​ January 2023 Astraline and Johnnie Johnson Housing are working with CATCH (Centre for Assistive

04/01/2023

New publication by CATCH PhD student!

The CFHealthHub Learning Health System: Using Real-Time Adherence Data to Support a Community of Practice to Deliver Continuous Improvement in an Archetypal Long-Term Condition

CFHealthHub is a learning health system active in over 50% of adult CF Centres in England, supporting people with CF to develop habits of self-care around adherence to preventative inhaled therapy. This is achieved through the delivery of a behaviour change intervention, alongside collection of obje...

20/10/2022

We are delighted to announce our Robotics for Frailty Challenge funding call. We are looking to fund research-driven proposals that engage with our findings and advance the state of the art of robotics towards being capable of transforming community health and care, with an emphasis on real-world adoption and deployment.

For more information, background and full details relating to the Robotics for Frailty Funding Call read our Information for Applicants.

21/09/2022

EMERGENCE Event to find out about our upcoming EPSRC Network+ funding call to facilitate the emergence of robots from the lab into service!

An event to find out about our upcoming EPSRC Network+ funding call to facilitate the emergence of robots from the lab into service

21/09/2022

CATCH member, Dr Alice Spann, and colleagues have an article published in the Journal Community, Work and Family:

Most people with dementia (PwD) are cared for by unpaid family carers, many of whom must balance caring with paid work. This regularly entails dealing with care-related emergencies (CRE). This stud...