CARE@HOME

Care@Home involve continuous, automatic and remote monitoring (e.g. by mobile phone/wireless / fixed sensors) of real time emergencies and lifestyle changes over time in order to manage the risks ...

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Objectives

Care@Home

Care@Home is about enabling empowerment, wellness and social care services to the home of the elderly through interactive multimedia SmartTV. The idea is to enclose the social support system for the elderly and carry this as a personalised communication and service channel in their home. Whereby the technology provide a two-way communication for family, friends and care givers as well as entertainment and services for household, shopping and community information.

Expected results and impact

The progress beyond to the state-of-the-art of Care@Home project is that relevant technology regarding sensors, wireless networks, communication and multimedia is to be integrated in community driven products and services for the elderly, which are highly personalised and easy-to-use. Because of the easy accessible ‘design platform’ of Philips SmartTV, development new applications and services are in reach of many organisations and companies.

Partners

Partners involved in the Care@Home project

Organization Type Country Website
Delft University of Technology R&D Netherlands www.tudelft.nl
Philips Consumer Lifestyle Large Industry Netherlands www.philips.com
Singular Logic Romania / INTRAROM Large Industry Romania www.singularlogic.eu
Healthcare over Internet Protocol Community Interest Company SME United Kingdom www.hoip.eu
The Building Research Establishment R&D United Kingdom www.bre.co.uk
Mextal BV SME Netherlands www.mextal.com
National Elderly Foundation End User Netherlands www.ouderenfonds.nl
Living Lab Foundation End User Netherlands www.livinglab.nl
Actimage SME Luxembourg www.actimage.com
Bournemouth Borough Council End User United Kingdom www.bournemouth.gov.uk
  • Project name: CARE services advancing the social interaction, health wellness and well-being of elderly people AT HOME Care@Home
  • Website: www.careathome-project.eu
  • Coordinator: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 21.11.2011
  • Total budget: € 3.907.881,34
  • Public contribution€ 2.033.585,95

Contact

Jan-Marc Verlinden

E.: jan-marc@medvision360.com

T.: +31653785650

BANK4ELDER

Bank4Elder project will develop and validate new interfaces for existing ways of banking. Each mode and technology will be: Web: Building new web pages will allow end users to choose between normal ...

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Objectives

Bank4Elders is a project thought to help elder people using new banking modes: web, automated teller machine (ATM), TV and mobile phone just defining a new framework. Target users will be active European people aged over 50. As elderly people cannot enjoy these services with usually complex interfaces, we will develop new smart interfaces able to be customised and adapted to each user satisfying functional, accessibility, usability and aesthetic needs previously detected in different work groups with this elderly people.

Expected results and impact

We expect to exploit these interfaces/services  in four countries: Spain, Portugal, Italy and Germany;  moreover, as it is said, the interfaces will be easily adaptable to other banks so  they could be sold to any European bank. Thus, we have a potential market of 3900 banks and 76.5M elderly potential users. Brief estimated sales summary: 1st year – 6 banks and 76530 users; 2nd year – 12 banks and 229590 users; 3rd year – 24 banks and 382650 users; 4th year – 36 banks and 765300 users. However, due to the characteristics of banking sector, a more accurate estimation will be done next years.

Partners

Partners involved in the Bank4Elders project

Organization Type Country Website
VECTOR SF Large Industry SPAIN www.vectorsf.com
INSTITUTO DE BIOMECANICA DE VALENCIA R&D SPAIN www.ibv.org
NUROMEDIA SME GERMANY www.nuromedia.com
NEW AMUSER SME ITALY www.newamuser.it
DIGINTEL SME ITALY www.digintel.it
FEDERACION PROVINCIAL DE UDP DE VALENCIA End User SPAIN www.valenciaudp.org
ASSOCIAÇAO REDE DE UNIVERSIDADES DA TERCEIRA IDADE R&D PORTUGAL www.rutis.com
  • Project name: Innovate Ways of Banking Designed for and by the Elderly / BANK4ELDER
  • Website: www.bank4elder.eu
  • Coordinator: Vector SF, Spain
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.10.2011
  • Total budget: 1,723,108 €
  • Public contribution: 974,644 €

Contact

Jaime González Martín

E.: jagonzalez@vectorsf.com

T.: +34 911 830 654

ELDERHOP

ELDERHOP is creating a solution which runs on existing and future open source mobile and IP connected TV platforms. Mobile platforms and devices (both tablets and smartphones) will be selected based ...

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Objectives

ELDERHOP wants to provide a complex easy-to use solution to improve the quality of life of elderly people. The objective is to develop, test, and make available a suite of open-source mobile and TV applications, which supports people above 65 in their important daily activities like shopping, using public transport, etc. The envisioned end product will facilitate the outdoors activity and navigation capabilities of the elderly, while decreasing their anxiety and stress levels. Our goal is to launch the service at the end of 2013, and reach 2% of the target population within 24 months after finishing the project.

Expected results and impact

The project intends to develop a complete end-to end solution to help elderly people in their daily activities outside of their homes. The solution will be available from app stores, and it will increase the sense of security, comfort, and self-esteem of elderly people through providing them easy-to use technologies. Further expected benefits include the increased digital inclusion of the elderly through user-friendly interfaces adapted to their needs, and the assistance provided to the elderly in the search for special deals and discounts (helping them to save money).

Partners

Partners involved in the ELDERHOP project

Organization Type Country Website
Mobility and Multimedia Coordination Office Nonprofit Ltd. SME Hungary www.mmklaszter.com
KIBU Innovation Nonprofit Ltd. SME Hungary www.kitchenbudapest.hu
HomeSys Media Ltd. SME Hungary hybridbox.tv
Center for Usability Research and Engineering R&D Austria www.cure.at
COOSS Marche End User Italy www.cooss.marche.it
Create-mediadesign GmbH SME Austria www.create.at
Intergrasys SA SME Spain www.integrasys-sa.com
  • Project name: Solution Assisting the Shop Hopping of Elderly – ELDERHOP
  • Website: www.elderhop.com
  • Coordinator: Mobility and Multimedia Coordination Office Nonprofit Ltd.
  • Duration: 24 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.09.2011
  • Total budget: € 1.777.488
  • Public contribution: € 1.029.910,12

Contact

Barnabas Malnay

E.: barnabas.malnay@mmklaszter.com

T.: +36 30 930 3415

ENTRANCE

The ENTRANCE project gathers leading European research institutions, user organisations and SMEs. It focuses on the development of the ENTRANCE platform, which comprises a home terminal and a ...

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Objectives

ENTRANCE is a multidisciplinary project with 8 partners from 4 European countries. The consortium consists of 2 research institutions, 2 user organisations and 4 SMEs. ENTRANCE will develop an innovative platform for trip planning, indoor and outdoor navigation and Internet service use. The platform will comprise a home terminal with a serious game and a multi-sensory mobile interface for navigation and way finding. The home and mobile technology will be usable and accessible. It will also help older adults maintain and develop their cognitive abilities. The technology will be tested in France and Austria.

Expected results and impact

The ENTRANCE platform will give more independence to older adults when using e-booking services and when navigating outdoors and indoors. It will not only be useful, usable and accessible, but will also help its users maintain and develop their cognitive abilities. The ENTRANCE platform will be tested with about 90 users aged 50 or more, at two test locations in Austria and France. The tests will be done iteratively, both in laboratory and in the field. The project will have a duration of 3 years, for an effort of 525 PM. The ENTRANCE platform could be brought to the market at the end of 2015.

Partners

Partners involved in the ENTRANCE project

Organization Type Country Website
Commisariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives R&D France www-list.cea.fr
Paris Lodron University of Salzburg R&D Austria www.icts.sbg.ac.at
Autonom’Lab End User France www.autonom-lab.com
50Plus GmbH End User Austria www.50plusgmbh.com
Geomobile GmbH SME Germany www.geomobile.de
GFTH Ltd. SME Hungary www.gfthu.com
Idées-3com SME France www.idees-3com.com
Splitted-Desktop Systems SME France www.splitted-desktop.com
  • Project name: Enabling Elderly People travel and Internet Access – ENTRANCE
  • Website: www.entrance.fr
  • Coordinator: CEA LIST, France
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.09.2011
  • Total budget: € 4.385.128
  • Public contribution: € 2.096.042

Contact

Margarita Anastassova

E.: margarita.anastassova@cea.fr

T.: +33 1 69 08 02 20

FEARLESS

As elderly often refuse to wear any additional sensors to activate alarm calls, FEARLESS will visually and acoustically detect and handle risks by contacting the relatives or care taker organisation ...

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Objectives


FEARLESS is a project designed to detect a wide range of risks with a single sensor unit, enhancing mobility and enabling elderly to take active part in the self-serve society by reducing their fears. Another main focus of this project is the lack of expertise at the supplier side and thus the integration of important parts of the supply chain (i.e. network of electricians and electric shops).

It will utilise the flexibility of vision based sensors and combine it with acoustic event detection. This combination will significantly enhance the reliability of the overall system. The potential dangers, which can be detected with FEARLESS include smoke/fire, flooding, falls or sudden changes in daily life caused by a deterioration of the health condition. The overall aim of this project is the reduction of barriers (i.e. fears and concerns), which impedes the mobility of elderly people, often suffering from dementia or light loss of cognitive activities.

Expected results and impact

The social alarm technology is increasingly deployed to provide non-institutionalised care and to promote an independent lifestyle for the elderly population. The actual low penetration of the technology is expected to offer growth opportunities to information and communications infrastructure providers, social alarm equipment suppliers as well as community service providers.

The following technologies are proposed in the actual market:

  • First-generation Alarms: These devices consist of a simple telephone unit and a pendant with a button that can be triggered when help is required by the user. The monitoring centre systems receive the call, which displays the caller’s identity and location, thereby enabling care staff to provide immediate response based on the level of urgency.
  • Second-generation Alarms: This segment, otherwise known as telecare refers to the use of sensors such as smoke, fire and flood detectors, among others, which enable the care staff to respond to a crisis by providing immediate response in case of emergencies.
  • Third-generation Alarms: This refers to a more advanced type of telecare service, which collects activity data automatically through various sensors on a continuous basis through the detection of various movements.

At present, the most mature market in the field of ICTs and ageing concerns social alarms (first generation). FEARLESS is an enrichment of the current home care services covering the third generation alarms market.

Partners

Partners involved in the FEARLESS project

Organization Type Country Website
CogVis GmbH R&D Austria www.cogvis.at
Vienna University of Technology R&D Austria caa.tuwien.ac.at
University of Bamberg End User Germany www.uni-bamberg.de
TeSAN End User Italy www.tesan.it
i2CAT Technological Center End User / R&D Spain www.i2cat.net
InfoKom GmbH End User / SME Germany www.infokom.de
Linkcare Health Services R&D Spain www.ipk.fraunhofer.de
Fraunhofer IPK R&D Germany
Samariterbund Wien End User Austria www.samariterbund.net
Medical University of Vienna R&D Austria www.meduniwien.ac.at
  • Project name: Fear Elimination As Resolution for Loosing Elderly’s Substantial Sorrows FEARLESS
  • Website: www.cogvis.at
  • Coordinator: CogVis GmbH, Pulverturmgasse 3, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.07.2011
  • Total budget: € 2.680.777
  • Public contribution:

Contact

DI Michael Brandstötter, MSc

E.: brandstoetter@cogvis.at

T.: +43 1 997 1594 0

 

GOLDUI

A key concept to GoldUI is the development and maintenance of a cloud-based secure user profile, which is intended to be maintained by a trusted relative or carer. The profile indicates the user’s ...

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Objectives

GoldUI

The concept of GoldUI is focused on empowering the older individual, enabling them to access online “self serve” services and therefore to benefit from the digital world by using the familiar home technologies of domestic radio, TV and telephone augmented by a mobile smartphone interface when away from home.

By using content adaptation and personalisation techniques GoldUI will provide the elderly with access to a wide range of online services considering individual’s abilities and needs.

Expected results and impact

GoldUI impact is ensured through 1) Involvement of partners from Spain, UK and Italy, 2) Clustering with other projects and 3) Expected elderly potential market. The target market, 65-75 year-old people, is considered a potential market in continuous.

12-18 months after the end of the project, there will be a commercial launch. During this time, the prototype system will be upgraded such that “soft launch” will be feasible earlier to allow business partners to test the system.

Partners

Partners involved in the GoldUI project

Organization Type Country Website
HI-Iberia Ingeniería y Proyectos S.L. SME Spain www.hi-iberia.es
XIM Ltd SME United Kingdom www.xim.co.uk
Tiscali Italia S.p.A. Large Industry Italy www.tiscali.it
Fundación para la eSalud (FeSalud) End User Spain www.fesalud.org
  • Project name: Adaptive Embedded Human Interfaces designed for older people
  • Coordinator: HI-Iberia Ingeniería y Proyectos S.L.
  • Duration: 24 Months
  • Starting Date: 18.07.2011
  • Total budget: € 1.537.726,76
  • Public contribution: € 807.656

Contact

Inmaculada Luengo

E.: iluengo@hi-iberia.es

T.: +34 91 458 51 19

HOST

The partners of the project will develop a digital infrastructure of the social housing and a gateway to their services. Within the project, the proposed idea is (i) to raise awareness of independent ...

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Objectives

HOST

The aimed solution is to provide easy-to-use technologies and services in social housing flats to allow a better quality of communication and a better access to package services from the elders; by experimenting a European model of “connected flats” for elder people, characterised by specific equipment enabling easier relations with, family, service providers and housing operators, through enriched supports (images, text, voice, documents) the host project should:

  • Bring more comfort of living to the elders
  • Reinforce social inclusion (with friends, family, administrations, social operators…)
  • Allow a longer stay in their house

Expected results and impact

The expected impacts on a European scale will be:

  • An overall assessment (technology, usages, interface, contents, communication…) of  such a device to capitalised on the project management
  • Experimentation of business models for service providers, social housing operators and elderly tenants (what kind of opportunities induced by mutualisation?)
  • A cross fertilisation process between different countries and different practices that could contribute to a long term “share of experiences”
  • The sketch of a standard architecture to help the spreading of related projects

Partners

Partners involved in the HOST project

Organization Type Country Website
OPAC du Rhône End User France www.opacdurhone.fr
FINABITA SME Italy www.legacoopabitanti.coop
Nottingham Community Housing End User United Kingdom www.ncha.org.uk
ADAMA/ AVIZEN SME France www.avizen.fr
National Research Council Construction Technologies Institute R&D Italy www.itc.cnr.it
Conseil Général du Rhône / ERASME R&D France www.erasme.org
Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1 R&D France www.ujf-grenoble.fr
Triple Play SME United Kingdom www.tripleplay-services.com
BIO RESULT SME Italy www.bioresult.it
University of Valencia/ Polibienestar R&D Spain www.polibienestar.org
  • Project name: Smart technologies for self-service to seniors in social housing
  • Website: www.host-aal.eu
  • Coordinator: Françoise ABRY Responsable Qualité de Service et Gestion du Peuplement
  • Duration: 30 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.05.2011
  • Total budget: € 4.774.086,57
  • Public contribution€ 2.290.680

Contact

Françoise ABRY

E.: fabry@opacdurhone.fr

T.: +33 (0)4 78 95 51 05 / +33 (0)6 48 26 52 32

InS

InclusionSociety provides a preventive health solution for senior citizens at home & in institutions by providing a management portal with an overview of Service Users condition and data ...

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Objectives

Inclusion Society is a connected service system which will support organisations delivering an improved community care service. The aim is to help people adapt their lifestyle, improve their health, and feel connected. InS aims to encourage a change in behaviour by applying motivational techniques and thinking. The client uses a tablet PC & records health data via smart sensors. Social interaction with family, friends & care provider is supported by a network of cloud ‘portals’. InS will provide preventive health care for senior citizens at home and institutions, improving their security and quality of life.

Expected results and impact

InclusionSociety development will deliver 4 modules, where at an early stage homePad and the friends & family portal can be installed. The system will grow with their demands to cover the demands of care by bridging the homePad to Care Management System at the Service Provider’s centre. Further, when there will be a demand for medical support, the nursePad will be linked to follow up in home or in institutions for senior citizens.  InclusionSociety will meet the goals to give senior citizens an opportunity to stay longer at home with a higher quality life as well as improving utilisation of the municipality facilities.

Partners

Partners involved in the InS project

Organization Type Country Website
Hospital Organiser AS SME Norway www.hospitalorganiser.no
Mediq AS SME Denmark www.mediqdanmark.dk/
Alloy LTD SME United KIngdom www.thealloy.com
ViVit AS SME Norway www.vivit.no
  • Project name: InclusionSociety- improving usability of the municipal health services and opening up access to the self- serve society
  • Website: www.inclusionSociety.com
  • Coordinator: Hospital Organiser AS Lysker w/ Oslo, Norway
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.03.2012
  • Total budget: € 1.583.790
  • Public contribution: € 813.839

Contact

Thorhallur Gudmundsson

E.: tg@hospitalorganiser.no

T.: 00 47 913 43 943

LILY

Lily project focuses on well-being services for self-serve supporting environment according to third age people needs from the viewpoint of ICT and taking account the whole human life-cycle. The ...

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Objectives

LILY is focusing on the improvement of the quality of life, autonomy, participation in social life, skills and employability through a transportable adapted home environment for a self serve of daily living activities. LILY aims at putting the technology at the service of three dimensions of users: the single individual older persons, persons in direct contact with their professional care and social workers as well as family members, together with the institutions and private organisations paying and enabling services that are public sector, social security or insurance companies.

Expected results and impact

LILY will prototype the needed products and services. Pre-industrial prototypes of the products, validated in 2 pilot sites will be available at the end of the project. The expected benefits: for older persons, the increase of the quality of life, independent living and better decision taking ability. For the helpers: communication efficiency, increase cost-benefit standards. For the SMEs and service providers: advanced products demanded by users and a big market opportunity. As an outcome a set of business models are created which are easy to replicate to new sites.

Partners

Partners involved in the LILY project

Organization Type Country Website
University of Oulu R&D Finland ratoy.oulu.fi
Oulu University of Applied Sciences R&D Finland www.oamk.fi
Technical University of Vienna R&D Austria www.aat.tuwien.ac.at
Siperia Systems Oy SME Finland Pandora--Service.Management.Software.for.Elderly.Care.pdf
VISAGE Camera-Contact SA SME France camera-contact.com/offre.html
The Districal Joint Municipal Authority of Health Care in Raahe, Siikajoki, Pyhäjoki and Vihanti End User Finland www.ras.fi
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Creuse area End User France www.cci-creuse.com
  • Project name: Advanced Support for Independent Living; Human Life Cycle Approach in Senior Housing – LILY
  • Website: http://www.aal-europe.eu/projects/lily/
  • Coordinator: University of Oulu, Raahe unit, Finland
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.12.2011
  • Total budget: € 1.937.854
  • Public contribution: € 1.333.553

Contact

Pekka Ala-Siuru

E.: pekka.ala-siuru@oulu.fi 

T.: +358 40 1977688

NoBits

Reminiscing is a pleasurable activity for seniors and can improve their well being by providing rich opportunities for communication with peers and family. The Nostalgia Bits (NoBits) project aims at ...

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Objectives

The Nostalgia Bits project aims to provide a platform where tangible artefacts of an elderly person’s life experience can be uploaded to a web site and become a significant resource for use by other generations, and a means for connecting the elderly users with members of own generation. The user base is expected to go beyond the elderly user and their families, to include peer group members whose life experiences and memories intersect and extend to community elements such as schools and colleges. This will allow elderly users to combat feelings of isolation, and low self esteem.

Expected results and impact

Nostalgia Bits will have a direct, positive impact on the quality of life of elderly people by offering them a medium to transmit their memories into activity, as well as connect to peers who share and can relate to their life experiences. The pursuit will not only engage them cognitively, it will motivate them to advance their computer skills and significantly broaden their social spheres. Additionally, participants will be acting as a valuable resource for young people interested in learning about different periods in history.

Partners

Partners involved in the NoBits project

Organization Type Country Website
Mobility and Multimedia Nonprofit Ltd. SME Hungary www.mmklaszter.com
Virgo Systems Ltd. SME Hungary www.virgo.hu
GFTH Ltd. SME Hungary www.gfth.hu
Kalvin Janos Presbiteri Mission, Arany Alkony elderly homes End User Hungary www.aranyalkony.hu
Market Logic Software AG SME Germany www.marketlogicsoftware.com
University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland R&D Switzerland www.heig-vd.ch
Atlantis Consulting SA SME Greece www.atlantisresearch.gr
Istituto Auxologico Italiano R&D Italy www.auxologico.it
FIMI S.R.L. Large Industry Italy www.barco.com
  • Project name: Nostalgia Bits
  • Website: www.nobits.eu
  • Coordinator: Mobility and Multimedia Nonprofit Ltd.
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 03.05.2010
  • Total budget: € 3.469.730
  • Public contribution: € 2.112.125

Contact

Mr. Barnabas Malnay

E.: barnabas.malnay@mmklaszter.com

T.: +36-30-9303415

 

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