{"id":6378,"date":"2023-05-16T10:58:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/?page_id=6378"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:57:18","slug":"enabling-independence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/projects\/active-projects\/enabling-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling Independence: Assessing activities of daily living to inform safety standards for built environments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Enabling Independence: Assessing activities of daily living to inform safety standards for built environments\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n
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\n Table of Contents\n <\/h2>\n
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\n \n 1.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Project Summary\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 2.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Funding\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 3.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Project Team\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 4.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Project Partners\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 5.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Publications\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 6.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Final Reports\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 7.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Contact\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Project Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This project will explore innovative ways to integrate technologies that assess people\u2019s daily living activities within built environments with the goals of improving safety and facilitating higher degrees of independent living. \u201cSmart homes\u201d are increasingly a part of everyday life, with technologies that monitor security, ventilation, temperature, and lighting. Smart home technologies are developing quickly and reducing in cost, presenting an opportunity to serve the needs of persons with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will ask how technology can be used both to detect problems that arise in the home and to identify risk factors early to prevent problems before they occur. How do a person\u2019s activities reveal their wellness status? How can the monitoring of daily activities be used to flag existing and developing health issues and facilitate early interventions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Accessibility Institute applied for and received $450,000 in funding over three years from Accessibility Standards Canada through the Advancing Accessibility Standards Research Program.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boris Vukovic, Co-PI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rafik Goubran, Co-PI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruce Wallace, Research Advisor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brady Laska, Research Lead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Ault, Project Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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