Technology

Technology and innovation are important means for creating solutions to problems faced by older adults and their caregivers in Canada. Our research focuses on the engagement of older adults, community members, and stakeholders who will use, or be affected by, innovative technologies in Canada. Click on the images below to learn more about our technology related research.

Connectivity During Understanding and supporting social connections and digital connectivity of older Canadians during and after the COVID-19 pandemic This project, funded by the University of Waterloo’s Network for Aging Research, will investigate the roles that digital connectivity and technology have played in supporting the social connections of older Canadians during the COVID-1i pandemic. We seek to promote older adults’ use of technology to maintain social connections during the pandemic by informing, inspiring, and supporting. Picture of older woman looking at iphone
Agewell: Health systems, practice, policy and regulatory issues. This project examines current policy and regulatory frameworks and developments that are relevant to the licensing, approval, regulation, reimbursement and evaluation of new technologies and innovations resulting from age-well. Reccomendations will be made for how innovation in health technologies for older adults can be accommodated and stimulated within existing policy and regulatory frameworks, as well as how these frameworks might be modified to support safe adoption of promising and effective technologies. Logo for AgeWell Canada's technology and aging network