BestBuy Health

Ashleigh Beltempo, Tessa Murchison, Jannah Mustafa, Charles Prévost, Ayman Yaaqoubi, Hajer Chalghoumi, Emily Jones Joanisse, Rachel Sturm, Sara Aghvami, Laura Laird, Bruce Wallace, Heidi Sveistrup, “Evaluation and Comparison of an Online and an In-Person Digital Literacy Program”, AGEWELL AGM, 2025

Frank Knoefel, Heidi Sveistrup, Emma Daoust, Cassandra Druken, Noel de Sasio, Marla Calder, Krista Whitney, “Usability of a New Supportive Smart Home Technology Readiness Assessment Tool: Perspectives of Occupational Therapists”, AGEWELL AGM, 2025

F. Knoefel, K. Milne, C. Wiley, C. Andrews, S. Aghvami, N. Thomas, B. Wallace, R. Goubran, K. Whitney, “Development of a technology readiness tool prior to installing Best Buy Health Canada’s technology bundles for older adults”, AGE-WELL AGM, 2023.

C. Azuelos, K. Powell, F. Knoefel, B. Wallace, H. Sveistrup, K. Whitney, “Measuring kitchen activity in older adults through the use of videos”, AGE-WELL AGM, 2023.

F. Knoefel, B. Wallace, N. Thomas, H. Sveistrup, R. Goubran, and C. Laurin, “Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place”, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2023

Link to Publisher Page Also available on Indigo Amazon Barnes and Noble MacOdrum Library

F. Knoefel, R. Ma, M. Hamza, L. Ault, B. Wallace, H. Sveistrup, K. Whitney, R. Goubran, N. Thomas, “Best Buy Assured Living: Understanding the data”, AGE-WELL AGM, 2022.

B. Wallace, L. Ault, K. Whitney, J. Larivière-Chartier, R. Goubran, Neil Thomas, F. Knoefel, ” Assessing the Best Buy Assured Living Sensor Security System to Promote Aging in Place for Older Adults”, Canadian Association on Gerontology 2022.

Almhairat, S., Wallace, B., Larivière-Chartier, J., El-Haraki, A., Goubran, R., Knoefel, F., “Supportive Smart Home Systems: Utilization Assessment for Internet Service Provider Networks”, 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2021.

Link to paper

B. Wallace, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, J. Kaye, N. Thomas, “Comparison of Bed-Sensors for Nocturnal Behaviour Assessment”, The Twelfth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine (eTELEMED 2020), 2020.

Link to conference Paper PDF

Project 2: Understanding OT Role is Technology Adoption and Building Practice Guidelines

2022 – 2023

Project goals:

Understand the role occupational therapists can play in providing consumer technology recommendations to support older adults to age at home and its potential impacts;
Understand how consumer technology recommendations can be integrated into the current occupational therapists’ home assessment guidelines;
Understand how older adults are using the recommended consumer technology;
Understand any barriers and benefits older adults experience when using the recommended consumer technology; and
Design a toolkit/guideline for Occupational Therapists’ (OT) regular practice.

PI: Frank Knoefel

Students:

Other Funding: AGE-WELL NCE

NEWS

Ashleigh Beltempo, Tessa Murchison, Jannah Mustafa, Charles Prévost, Ayman Yaaqoubi, Hajer Chalghoumi, Emily Jones Joanisse, Rachel Sturm, Sara Aghvami, Laura Laird, Bruce Wallace, Heidi Sveistrup, “Evaluation and Comparison of an Online and an In-Person Digital Literacy Program”, AGEWELL AGM, 2025

Frank Knoefel, Heidi Sveistrup, Emma Daoust, Cassandra Druken, Noel de Sasio, Marla Calder, Krista Whitney, “Usability of a New Supportive Smart Home Technology Readiness Assessment Tool: Perspectives of Occupational Therapists”, AGEWELL AGM, 2025

Hajer Chalghoumi, Emily Jones Joanisse, Rachel Sturm, Sara Aghvami, Laura Laird, Bruce Wallace, Heidi Sveistrup, “Emotional Barriers to Digital Technology Avoidance Among Older Adults”, AGEWELL AGM, 2025

New research study explores ways to boost digital literacy for older Canadians

A story about the Digital Literacy work we are doing in SAM3.

Solutions for aging in place have never been more important in Canada

Article about our work with Best Buy. Canadian Healthcare Technology – Aug 31, 2023 Reaching 40 million in population calls for a celebration in Canada! …

AGE-WELL SAM3 Book on Supportive Smart Homes

Link to Publisher Page About this book Significant health-industry human resource needs increase the reliance on family and friends to support older adults hoping to …

Best Buy, Carleton, Bruyère work on aging at home

Coverage of SAM3 by Canadian Healthcare Technology link to article Best Buy Health, the Bruyère Research Institute, and AGE-WELL are partnering on new research into …

Using technology to keep seniors in their homes longer – CBC Radio Moncton

Here the story of our work in this CBC Radio Interview.

Smart Homes for Health Monitoring – Throwback 2021 Online Panel Recording

Link to the recording of the event With more than a fifth of all Canadians projected to be aged 65 or older prior to 2030 …

Dr. Frank Knoefel Appointed as Chair in Primary Care Dementia Research

Link to original story With an aging population in Canada, we can expect the number of older adults who will experience dementia will increase, making …

Best Buy Health, AGE-WELL, Bruyère Research Institute and Carleton University Partner on Aging in Place Research

Best Buy Health and AGE-WELL are partnering with the Bruyère Research Institute and Carleton University in new research that will help older adults continue to …