Ageing Well in the Digital World

Products and services that use innovative digital technologies to support older people to participate fully in social life     The AAL Programme, in collaboration with Nesta’s Challenge ...

Funding for ICT projects on assisted living remains important   According to the European Commission, the mid-term review of the Active and Assisted Living (AAL) funding initiative confirmed the ...

What does it mean to be old today? Researchers lead to the evidence that ageing is connected with loneliness and social isolation.  It is remarkable that in the UK population 3.5 million people aged ...

The AAL Programme announces the new challenge-led Call for Proposals which will be published in February 2018   As part of the work-programme, the AAL Programme intends to launch a new ...

The AAL Forum 2017, Europe’s premier event in the field of active and healthy ageing, took place in the beautiful Convento de São Francisco in Coimbra, Portugal, bringing nearly 800 delegates ...

Shortly before launching the 2nd edition of this successful prize, we interviewed the last winner to understand what was the impact of this competition     Last October, the Belgian company ...

The European Commission launched a public consultation on how Europe should promote digital innovation in health and care, for the benefits of citizens and health systems. The input received will ...

New toolkit released to support AAL projects to strengthen their Business Model!   The AAL Programme has recently published the  “AAL project Business Model development toolkit”. The toolkit, ...

Bringing with her the perspective and knowledge of a first-hand career, Brigitte Bührlen, founder and chair of We! Foundation of Caring Relatives, is sure to provide an interesting perspective during ...

The AAL Call 2017 entitled “AAL packages/integrated solutions: Packages integrating different solutions based on ICT to support active, healthy and independent living of older adults,” closed on May ...