Cork County Council are working with UCC on a study on using mobile sensing to detect loneliness.
UCC are currently running a pilot study where they are looking for 30 older people (> 65) to participate in
the study, wearing a fitness tracker they provide and using their smartphone to capture data on themselves
from which UCC then learn their behaviour and with the help of a questionnaire UCC can assess their
loneliness level. UCC are interested in learning how well the approach works with older people and to learn
which behavioural traits people exhibit when they feel lonely. This helps family or caregivers to understand
from the relevant ethics board and GDPR committee in UCC.
UCC are looking for help to reach older people’s groups so they can recruit older people who may be
interested in helping them with this study and helping to make a difference to the loneliness issues,
which has increased a lot since Covid.
If you are interested in partaking in this survey can you give Cork County Council your consent to share
your name and email address with UCC for the purpose of this study.
To consent to this, please respond to this email by saying “Yes I confirm my consent to
Cork County Council sharing my contact details with UCC for the purposes of the older persons study”
Aisling O’Sullivan | Age Friendly Co-Ordinator | Municipal District Operations
& Rural Development
Cork County Council | County Hall | Cork, T12R2NC Ireland
Mobile: 085-8050848
e Aisling.OSullivan@CorkCoCo.ie | www.corkcoco.ie
Customer Portal: www.yourcouncil.ie
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