Our Research Framework
CONSOLIDATE is structured around three interconnected pillars—Enhance, Support, and Manage—which together reflect the continuum of dementia progression and guide our needs-led, responsible and person-centred innovation approach.
Enhancing Everyday Function
Exploring how technology can help people living with dementia stay socially, mentally and physically engaged—maintaining or even improving the activities, skills and routines they value most.
- Tools to support social, mental & physical engagement
- Approaches that promote cognitive and functional activity
- Early-stage interventions that preserve independence
- Co-designed experiences shaped by lived priorities
Supporting Changing Needs
Developing technologies that anticipate changing needs and offer the right level of support—without reducing autonomy. Solutions are co-designed to reflect evolving real-world challenges.
- Assistive technologies adaptable to individual needs
- Digital tools for carers and community support
- Inclusive, equitable and accessible design processes
- Clinical partnerships to ensure safe and appropriate use
Managing Later-Stage Needs
Integrating technology into home and community environments to support the management of daily functions, routines, symptoms and safety as dementia progresses.
- Intelligent home systems & safety monitoring
- Robotics and ambient technologies for support
- Responsible, ethical frameworks (EPSRC AREA)
- Solutions that protect autonomy and dignity
