Wednesday 1 October 6pm at the Bevy Community Pub as part of the Healthy Ageing Festival, Brighton.
Speaker: Dr Theo Fotis
Discover how 'Living Labs' are helping older adults shape digital tools for better health and independence. Dr Theo Fotis shares real-life stories, co-designed solutions, and practical tips to help you explore the technologies that support wellbeing in later life.
More and more, health services and technologies are being designed wit people rather than for them. Co-design in healthcare, where patients, carers, professionals, and communities work together, is now widely recognised as the best way to develop services that truly meet people’s needs.
This presentation explores how we innovate together with older adults in real life settings, called ‘Living Labs’, to co-create and test digital health solutions. These ‘labs’ allow us to learn from the lived experiences of older people and use their insights to shape better tools for selfcare, healthy ageing, and independent living.
Theo will share stories from these collaborations, showcase how everyday technology can support wellbeing in later life, and offer ideas on how to explore and identify the right digital tools that work for individuals.
Dr Theo Fotis is a Reader in Digital Health and Innovation Research and leads a number of community based Digital Health Living Labs across the South East, focusing on codesign and real world testing of digital health solutions.