Simulation Facilities
Research infrastructure and simulated facilities
To drive innovation and shape the future of integrated care, we’ve built state-of-the-art simulation facilities across three sites: the Healthy Futures Hub in Seaford, the Bayside Health Mornington Centre, and Monash University’s Peninsula campus.
These purpose-built environments enable us to test, refine, and accelerate new healthcare approaches – fast-tracking discoveries into real-world community impact. Featuring translational clinics and advanced simulation “test beds,” the facilities are designed to develop and evaluate next-generation care models, with a strong focus on technologies that support in-home and community-based care.
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Advanced assisted living and treatment environments
At the core of the facilities are high-tech simulation spaces that replicate real-world settings in rehabilitation, aged care, and independent living – allowing us to rigorously assess technology performance and user experience where it matters most.
Access to cutting-edge simulation facilities
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Intergenerational Playground
This environment will support specific programs and general community activities promoting physical and mental health, intergenerational engagement, educational and community development outcomes.
Smart Ward
Bayside Health ward environments retrofitted with enhanced sensory technologies to measure patient and staff interactions. This data will help inform better approaches to hospital room design to prevent hospital-acquired conditions.
Digital Library
A video library of interactions with older people to generate new knowledge for better communication, informing clinician training, and developing innovative approaches to support healthy ageing.
Ageing Well Clinics
Testing innovative services for healthy ageing whilst providing opportunities for research and improving staff and student training.
Independent Living Laboratory & Mobility Garden
Identifying ways to assist people to thrive at home by understanding how they interact with built environments as they age.
Multipurpose Research Facility
Studying movement, gait, balance, and physical rehabilitation in older people. Inform the development of new educational and training materials for aged care provision.
Chair of the Infrastructure and Simulated Environments Working Group
Professor Terry Haines
Professor Terry Haines is Head of the School of Primary and Allied Health Care at the Monash University. He has a professional background in physiotherapy and health economics, and has worked in research roles embedded within health services for over 15 years before commencing as the Head of School in 2017. His primary research interest is in improving the allocation of health care resources to better meet emerging community needs and reducing waste.