Loneliness in ageing population tackled through smart clothing and furniture

The Housing LIN is delighted to be an industry partner in a new research project on loneliness in ageing population tackled through smart clothing and furniture.

The 3 year EPSRC/NIHR funded DELONELNESS project, a collaboration between King’s College London and the University of Chester, aims to design a smart monitoring and communication system with multifunctional electronics built into textiles used as wearables and home furniture to measure loneliness in older people.

It will help understand the conditions of being lonely and develop a smart system to measure and monitor loneliness. We look forward to supporting the academic team recruit housing partners and also share the learnings from the resultant research.