Smart House Tek™
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Smart House Tek ™ Project
The NBCC Mobile Technology initiative (MFTi) collaborated with Saint John, New Brunswick company Senior Watch Inc to develop a novel and proprietary technology to aid families and care givers in providing in-home care for seniors.
Research topics
home first, mobile ICT for seniors
Smart House Tek™ is a comprehensive, proprietary model of mobile services for supporting the care of vulnerable people – typically seniors -- living at home or in isolated areas developed by Senior Watch Inc, a company based in Saint John, New Brunswick. Their model is a proprietary design based on the company's 25+ years of providing home care services and training.
MFTi has developed several prototypes for Senior Watch Inc that implement fundamental elements of the Smart House Tek™ model. The overall goals of this research for MFTi are to address the need for innovations that enable aging as a positive experience and foster age-friendly communities.
NBCC Team
- Rezk Bouras & Patrick Glenn, NBCC Research Technicians & Alumni, Saint John & Moncton.
- Dennis Metcalfe, NBCC Instructor of Information Technology, Moncton.
Client–Collaborator
- Jean Mowatt, CEO of Senior Watch Inc., Saint John, New Brunswick
Funders
- National Research Council of Canada – Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC–IRAP)
- National Sciences and Engineering Research Council - Industrial Research Chair for Colleges
Project contact
William McIver Jr.
