EQUAL Research Network Meeting 19th September 2002
Revised Programme
(5.9.2002)
Designing
for Safety and Competence
A workshop organised by the EPSRC funded network to support Research for Extending Quality Life (EQUAL)
Hosted by the Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University
Event
organised by
Professor Kevin Morgan, Loughborough University and
Ms Verity Smith, EQUAL Research Network Coordinator
Date:
Thursday 19 September
Venue:
Loughborough University; Room JJ004 (Ann Packer Building)
Programme
09.00 |
Arrival, Registration Coffee, Croissants & Pastries |
09.40-10.00 |
EQUAL Update: Professor Peter Lansley, Director EQUAL Research Network Welcome and Introduction: Professor Kevin Morgan, Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University |
10.00 |
Session 1 Chair: Dr Roger Haslam, Director, Health and Safety Ergonomics Unit, Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University |
10.00-10.30 |
"Please let me introduce you to HADRIAN" (Helping product designers design for ALL people) Professor Mark Porter, Department of Design and Technology, Loughborough University |
10.30-11.00 |
"Falling for Design" (Design considerations in preventing slips, trips and falls at home) Dr Roger Haslam, Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University |
11.00-11.15 |
Coffee |
11.15-11.45 |
"A View from the Chair" Mr David Hudson |
11.45-12.00 |
Discussant |
12.00-12.30 |
Open Discussion |
12.30-14.00 |
Buffet Lunch in the Department of Human Sciences |
14.00 |
Session 2 Chair: Professor James Lindesay, Foundation Professor of Psychiatry for the Elderly, and Head of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Leicester. |
14.00-14.25 |
"Designs on the outside world: accessible neighbourhoods for people with dementia" Dr Elizabeth Burton & Lynne Mitchell, Oxford Centre for Sustainable Development, Oxford-Brookes University |
14.25-14.50 |
"Designing for quality of life in long-term care" Professor Kevin Morgan, & Judith Torrington on behalf of the Design in Caring Environments Research Team based at Loughborough and Sheffield Universities |
14.50-15.15 |
"How can Smart Home technology support people with dementia?" Dr Roger Orpwood, Bath Institute of Medical Engineering, Bath University (n.b.this is a very large pdf file) |
15.15-15.30 |
Tea |
15.30-15.55 |
"Designing a Computer Interactive Reminiscence and Conversation Aid: the CIRCA Project" Dr Arlene Astell, Department of Psychology, St Andrews University |
15.55-16.15 |
Discussant: Ted Freer, Alzheimer's Society, Quality Research in Dementia (QRD) Consumer Network, Trent Region Coordinator |
16.15-17.00 |
Open Discussi |
17.00 |
Co-ordinator's Comments, Verity Smith, Coordinator EQUAL Research Network |
17.10 |
Close |
Venue: Loughborough University (http://www.lboro.ac.uk/about/findus.html); Room JJ004 (Ann Packer Building)
This is a special workshop to explore recent advances in approaches to improving the quality of life of older people and disabled people, especially those who are very frail or have dementia. The workshop will be of interest to health care practitioners, charitable and government bodies concerned with older and disabled people, planners, and industry as well as researchers and academics from engineering, social sciences, medical and health care disciplines.
There is no charge for attendance just an enthusiasm and interest in extending the quality of life of older people and disabled people through informed user-focused multidisciplinary research and its application.
Travel :
Travelling to Loughborough
University
Loughborough is at the heart of England in the northern most part of the county of Leicestershire and being centrally placed it is well served by
road, rail and air.
Main line road and rail networks link Loughborough directly with the rest of the country
and the town itself is served by excellent bus services. Loughborough University is less than 2 miles away from junction 23 of the
M1motorway.
London is one-and-a-half hours away by train, Birmingham one hour and Manchester
and Leeds two hours. Regular Intercity services operate between Loughborough and other main line towns.
Once at Loughborough's railway station you are just ten minutes away from the campus. There is a
regular bus service which operates every twenty minutes. Taxis are normally available from the station. The journey to the university takes approximately 10
minutes and should cost around £4.
There are regular scheduled flights from UK, European and international destinations
to East Midlands Airport 4, only 7 miles away.
More Information can be found at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/about/findus.html
Overnight Accommodation :
STOP PRESS : Overnight accommodation in Loughborough is proving a little difficult - so if you have any problems please phone the Loughborough Tourist Office tel 01509 218113 for advice.
The University has an impressive residential/short course centre - Burleigh Court - but this has been reported as being full. However it may be worth checking on +44 (0)1509 211515.
Information about local hotels can be found at:
http://www.s-h-systems.co.uk/loughbor.html
http://www.hotels-england.co.uk/leics/loughborough.htm
http://www.hotels.uk.com/loughborough.htm
Location of the Workshop
General campus map- http://www.lboro.ac.uk/about/map/index.html
More detailed map- http://www.lboro.ac.uk/about/map/pages/east-park.html
The meeting is in the building coded JJ.
On entering the campus via Epinal Way, visitors must stop at the gatehouse, take first left down past the All Weather pitches and PE centre. Continue along this road heading for the Towers high rise block. When the Towers is on your left, Towers Dining Room and Bar is immediately on your left and the Ann Packer Building is the next one
along. There is ample parking on the opposite side of this road (beware of builders'
lorries), and the entrance to Ann Packer building faces the road. Room JJ004 is on the ground floor and will be signposted on the
day.
Disabled vehicle parking - a space can be reserved on the small car park to the side of the building. If you do
require this, let us know and we'll organise it with security.