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With support from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Institute for Medical Ethics (UK), it is with great pleasure to extend a warm invitation for an implementation workshop as part of the SNSF NRP-77 Project: SmaRt homES, Older adUlts, and caRegivers: Facilitating social aCceptance and negotiating rEsponsibilities (RESOURCE).

The Institute for Biomedical Ethics (University of Basel) is organizing "Technologies for Older Persons: Proximate and Distance Care" Workshop to be held from April 13th-14th, 2023. Esteemed international experts in caregiving, gerontology, transnational migration, and biomedical ethics will come together to discuss the emerging field of smart home technologies that are widely available and can be used for the care and promotion of well-being of older individuals and their caregivers.

The concrete aims of the workshop are:

• To situate the use of smart home health technologies in the discussion of caregiving and well-being for older adults at home
• To understand the challenges and dynamics of family caregiving for older persons, both proximate and at a distance
• To uncover potential research gaps for future collaboration and networking opportunities amongst participants

The organizers are:

• Ms. Yi Jiao (Angelina) Tian, PhD Candidate, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel
• PD Dr. Tenzin Wangmo, Senior Researcher, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel
• Ms. Nadine Felber, PhD Candidate, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel
• Prof. Dr. Delphine Roulet Schwab, La Source School of Nursing, Lausanne
• Prof. Dr. med. Bernice S. Elger, Head of the Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel.

For more details on schedule and list of speakers

Please note that the Workshop will take place in English.

To register for in-person or online attendance: please send an email to angelina.tian@unibas.ch latest before April 10th.