Prof. Dr. Hoff and Bill Pottharst (M.A.) presented the work of the research institute
"Health, Ageing and Technology" (GAT) at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing at the University of Oxford in a well-attended online seminar entitled "Challenges of using assistive technologies in home care for older people" on March 4, 2021.

The focus was on the contribution of assistive technologies to improving home care in view of the growing number of people in need of care in Germany and the increasing living distance between older and younger family members, which is increasingly calling into question the previous care model of the family providing the main care for people in need of care.

The GAT Institute informs the public about this with the web-based VATI technology navigator and in the AAL laboratory in the Frauenburgkarree in Görlitz, where interested parties can try out the technology for themselves. Both were met with great interest by the seminar participants in Oxford. Following the lecture, both GAT researchers engaged in intensive discussions with their Oxford colleagues and international guests from Argentina, Brazil, China, Japan, Spain, South Africa, the U.S., etc. about the risks and opportunities of using assistance technologies.

You can find information about the lecturehere.