Steven Haigh, Executive Director of Primary Care Sheffield, speaks at CATCH July Networking Lunch

Members of the CATCH community and collaborators gathered for the July Networking Lunch on 21 July with guest speaker Steven Haigh. Steven spoke about the challenges of ageing in Sheffield.

New paper published: Provision of powered communication aids in the United Kingdom

CATCH Researchers Simon Judge and Professor Pam Enderby have just published a paper in the journal of Augmentative and Alternative Communication entitled: "Provision of powered communication aids in the United Kingdom".

You can read the full article here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07434618.2017.1347960

Researcher Becky Field gives presentation at Royal College of Occupational Therapy Conference 2017 and wins the 2017 Early Researcher award!

I recently gave an oral presentation at this year’s Royal College of Occupational Therapy conference, which took place in Birmingham June 2017.

My talk was called “Identifying influences on take up of a community occupational therapy intervention for people with dementia and their family carers”.

ADHD: Is there an app for that?

This month Lauren Powell attended the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress 2017 in Edinburgh. 

Here she presented a poster that showcased a project conducted by Lauren Powell, Miss Naomi Robertson (University of Sheffield Psychology student), Dr Jack Parker and Dr Val Harpin (Sheffield Children's Hospital consultant paediatrician). 

New paper: Informing the Design of “Lifestyle Monitoring” Technology for the Detection of Health Deterioration in Long-Term Conditions: A Qualitative Study of People Living With Heart Failure

A new paper, whose authors include three CATCH academics has been published in the JMIR.

Entitled: "Informing the Design of “Lifestyle Monitoring” Technology for the Detection of Health Deterioration in Long-Term Conditions: A Qualitative Study of People Living With Heart Failure", Dr Sarah Hargreaves, Prof Mark Hawley and Prof Pam Enderby aimed to report in this paper the findings of a study aimed at identifying changes in activity indicative of important changes in health in people with long-term conditions, particularly changes indicative of exacerbation, by exploring the relationship between home activities and health among people with heart failure.

You can read the full article here: http://www.jmir.org/2017/6/e231/

Sustainable care network announced to identify solutions to UK social care crisis

A new research project led by academics at the University of Sheffield will examine potential sustainable solutions to the ongoing crisis within the UK’s social care system.

With an ageing population, shortages of staff in home and residential care, and growing reliance on unpaid carers, the question of how to resource and deliver social care is a critical issue facing society today.

We used Lego to involve children with ADHD and their parents in our research!

Children and young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can encounter a number of difficulties including finding it difficult to concentrate at school, finding it difficult to communicate with others, struggling with change and school life, finding it challenging to form and retain friendships with others…the list goes on!

There are also some really great things about having ADHD such as often having a great sense of humour, being very creative, and when managing their condition in the correct way, can go on to lead extremely successful lives. 

6th IN-LIFE meeting takes place in San Sebastian

The 6th IN-LIFE meeting took place on the 20-21st June in San Sebastian, Spain.

IN-LIFE is a multidisciplinary European project to promote independence for people living with cognitive impairment using ICT’s. 

CATCH academic joins celebrations as part of International Women in Engineering Day 2017

Last Friday, Dr Heidi Christensen joined a packed programme as part of the "Celebrating Women in Engineering and Computer Science" event on International Women in Engineering Day 2017.

The event, which took place at King Edward VII School in Sheffield brought together 80 female students from across South Yorkshire with an interest in pursuing a career in Engineering or Computer Science.

UK Robotics Week @The University of Sheffield

As part of UK Robotics Week, Sheffield Robotics and CATCH will be hosting open labs on Monday 26th June.

Come and explore robotics research at the University of Sheffield, and how robots could impact on our everyday lives. 

Sheffield Occupational Therapy Clinical Academics Meeting

Last week a number of occupational therapists from South Yorkshire gathered together for a “Mock Royal College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference” #COT2017.

BMedSci Student Jae Wyld to join ScHARR for eight weeks this summer

BBC Radio Sheffield - the role that robots are playing in our lives

Dr Ana MacIntosh, Manager of Sheffield Robotics at the University of Sheffield, discusses the University’s research into how people with dementia can benefit from robotics. Professor Tony Prescott, Director of Sheffield Robotics, also discusses the possibilities of having personal relationships with robots ahead of his talk on the subject as part of this month’s Pint of Science festival in Sheffield.

Listen again here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0528wv4#playt=0h37m0s

CATCH Academic Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award

CATCH Academic, Professor Ade Adebajo has been awarded a lifetime achievement award by his specialist society, the British Society for Rheumatology.

AAATE2017 Draft Programme now available – book your place!

The AAATE2017 Congress will address the global challenge of meeting the needs of the increasing number of people who could benefit from Assistive Technology.

We are pleased to publish the Draft Programme for the AAATE2017 Congress. Please click here to have a look at the Draft Programme.

The Inauguration of THULSI

As part of our international project “a mobile diagnostic and screening toolkit for urban slums settings”, an inauguration event was held in Bangalore, India for the first phase of the toolkit THULSI (Toolkit for Healthy Urban Life in Slums Initiative). 

Join us on Monday 15th May in the CATCH Home Lab

On Monday 15^th May, join us for tea and cake, any time from 12.00 – 14.00 to discover how you can use this realistic and welcoming facility in your next research project.

Robot dog that recognises faces and likes to be stroked could be the future of elderly care

MiRo, built by Consequential Robotics and the University of Sheffield could be used to help the elderly or those with learning difficulties.

Read the full article from The Mirror here: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/robot-dog-recognises-faces-likes-10258456

Falls now the most common type of major trauma in England and Wales report reveals

In a press release published by the University of Sheffield last week, falls from a standing height are now the most common cause of major trauma, the first national report on major injury in older people has revealed.

CATCH staff join eldercare breakfast meeting with Westfield Health

On Friday 31st March, CATCH Director Professor Mark Hawley and Centre Manager Simon Butler were invited to attend a breakfast meeting around eldercare by Westfield Health at their impressive new building, Westfield House.