Objectives
Lifestyle monitoring can reduce caregiver’s distress and thereby extend the period that the informal caregiver can sustain the care and support needs for the PwD. With lifestyle monitoring, carers have insight in the daily pattern of a person with dementia and thereby communication between both can be enhanced. Nevertheless, lifestyle monitoring is unidirectional without the PwD in the communication loop. To support integrated person centred care, we add social robotics to lifestyle monitoring in the European eWare project to support bidirectional communication. Furthermore, the lifestyle monitoring sensors add context awareness to the social robot and the social robot provides an interface between the PwD and the (in)formal carer. With increasing context awareness, the social robot can provide context relevant suggestions to the PwD.
The main project goals of eWare are focused on outcomes:
- reduce subjective stress of the informal carers and the patient community,
- enhance quality of life of the informal carer and person with dementia,
- support communication and information between formal and informal careers.
The technology and services used in eWare consist of existing lifestyle monitoring or life pattern monitoring connected and integrated with novel support robots.
The eWare eco-system is characterised by the integration of two technologies: the lifestyle monitoring of Sensara (motion sensors and open/close sensors) and the social robotic technology of Tinybots. To realise the eWare eco-system and integrate these technologies, three developments need to take place:
- eWare Cloud that hosts core data
- eWare mobile application for the caregivers
- eWare API enables the Sensara technology and Tinybot technology to interface with the newly developed eWare eco-system.
Expected results and impact
Expected Impact on quality of life For people with dementia
Living an active and meaningful life with support of eWare can initiate activities for the person with dementia, while the formal- and informal carer can monitor the daily activity level and act accordingly. The informal carer can be reassured by the lifestyle monitoring in the house and the communication in such a way that he/she can give the person with dementia more space to life. The communication possibilities will trigger the person with dementia to become active without the necessary involvement of communication with others, and enable people with dementia to stay in contact with others. Lifestyle monitoring provides insight into the short- and long-term life patterns of a person with dementia, whereby it can result in better knowledge of the person’s specific – and eventually unserved – needs and how the formal and informal care can be adjusted accordingly.
Expected Impact on quality of life
For informal and professional carers, eWare will reduce stress and care burden. The goal is to optimise these effects.
Build resilience
The current in use lifestyle monitoring technology can build resilience among informal carers, as shown in practice in several projects across The Netherlands and Italy with people with dementia and their informal carers.
Improve quality, efficiency and effectiveness of care
The improvement of quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the care can be met by early warning for crisis situations (e.g. restlessness during the night, excessive toilet use indicates a possible bladder infection, prolonged inactivity in the kitchen which may indicate decreased food intake, etc.) provided by the lifestyle monitoring.
Expected impact on the market
eWare will contribute to a large(r) use of ICT/technology for people with dementia and their supporting community. Lifestyle monitoring is in use at the target group but in limited numbers. The planned developments in combination with large-scale trials in four countries – varying in geographical location from northern Europe to the south – with varying cultures and care financing systems – brings it a leap further.
We further foresee more European collaboration, including end-users, industry and other stakeholders in the value chain. eWare creates new European cooperation and is fully aware of the need for the European dimension, in particular in respect to creating a sustainable business model that can be applied across Europe. We further expect savings for the social/care system as people with dementia live in their homes for longer, thus delaying the move to institutionalised care. Currently available results show a positive trend that the current in use lifestyle monitoring technology can postpone the nursing home admission, but can also detect possible health problems at an early stage. The planned developments have the goal to strengthen this effect.
Partners
Partners involved in the eWare project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilans, national expert enter for the long-term care for The Netherlands | R&D | The Netherlands | www.vilans.nl |
| Sensara B.V. | SME | The Netherlands | www.sensara.eu |
| Tinybots B.V. | SME | The Netherlands | www.tinybots.nl |
| ZZG Zorggroep | End User | The Netherlands | www.zzgzorggroep.nl |
| INRCA | R&D | Italy | www.inrca.it |
| Universita Politecnica Delle Marche | R&D | Italy | www.univpm.it |
| JEF S.r.l. | SME | Italy | www.jef.it |
| terzStiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| NTNU | R&D | Norway | www.ntnu.edu |
| ASCOM | Large Industry | Norway | www.ascom.com |
| Stjørdal Kommune | End User | Norway | www.stjordal.kommune.no |
- Project name : Early Warning (by Lifestyle Monitoring) Accompanies Robotics Excellence
- Website: http://aal-eware.eu
- Coordinator : Vilans
- Duration : 36 Months
- Starting date : 01.06.2017
- Total budget : mi €2.2
- Public contribution : mi €1.3
Objectives
Frailty leads to reduced competence in activities of daily living, independence, as well as secondary health problems and threats, e.g. falls, depression, anxiety and isolation. Frailty in persons with dementia interacts within a “vicious circle”, promoting physical decline.
CO-TRAIN will develop a coaching system for functional exercise training of frail people with dementia, consisting of training programs, a mobile sensor system with software for movement analysis and tracking, a web-based coaching portal and guidelines for motivating training instructions and online feedback on a smartphone.
Expected results and impact
Coaching system for functional exercise training of frail people with dementia including: Server software for physiotherapists, Android app with user interface for guiding the exercises and automatic feedback, motion sensors and mobile software for movement analysis in 3D.
Results of field trials: Test data from 60 participants in 3 countries, validated prototype.
Business idea: Software system for physiotherapists marketed by CareCenter Software GmbH, CREAGY AG, Synappz NVand distribution partners.
Partners
Partners involved in the CO-TRAIN project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | R&D | Austria | www.ait.ac.at |
| CareCenter Software GmbH | SME | Austria | www.carecenter.at |
| CREAGY AG | SME | Switzerland | www.creagy.ch |
| Movisie | R&D | The Netherlands | www.movisie.nl |
| terzStiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| De Wever | End User | The Netherlands | www.dewever.nl |
| MAS Alzheimerhilfe | End User | Austria | www.alzheimer-hilfe.at |
| Synappz Mobile Health | SME | The Netherlands | www.synappz.nl |
| Kepler Universitätsklinikum GmbH | Large Industry | Austria | www.kepleruniklinikum.at |
- Project name: Coaching system for functional exercise training of frail people with dementia
- Website: www.cotrain.eu
- Coordinator: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
- Duration: 27 months
- Starting date: 01.03.2017
- Total budget: 2.66 mi €
- Public contribution: 1.55 mi €
Objectives
Vizier strives to improve the lives of the elderly by providing them with the tools to live healthy and independently for a long period. It aims to design and develop an innovative solution for elderly users to close the digital divide and empower elderly users to fully benefit from the latest technological innovations to improve the management of their daily lives and to stay physically, mentally and socially active. Through an intuitive and natural user interface, the envisaged intelligent system solution aims to support the elderly in their daily lives and to promote behaviour change.
Expected results and impact
Vizier aims to develop an “open architecture”, which facilitates the development of an ecosystem and the possibilities for setting up partnership agreements that renders the product and services more commercially viable and scalable. Vizier will achieve a high commercialisation value, with the inclusion of existing proven technologies in combination cutting edge research solutions. The project strives to have a working prototype validated and evaluated in two countries at the end of the project. Vizier’s time-to-market perspective is estimated to be two years after the project end, where MyHomecare and its subcontractor Salaso, an experienced business partner in the domain, will strive to commercialise the product.
Partners
Partners involved in the Vizier project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.unige.ch |
| Dublin City University | R&D | Ireland | www.dcu.ie |
| Servisource Healthcare Ltd T/A Myhomecare | End User / Large Industry | Ireland | www.myhomecare.ie |
| NetUnion sàrl | SME | Switzerland | www.netunion.com |
| Verhaert New Products & Services NV | SME | Belgium | www.verhaert.com |
| Acapela Group S.A. | SME | Belgium | www.acapela-group.com |
| Familiehulp vzw | End User | Belgium | www.familiehulp.be |
| VIVA Association | End User | Switzerland | www.association-viva.org |
| Salaso Health Solutions Ltd (subcontractor of Servisource) | SME | Ireland | www.salaso.com |
- Project name: The Elderly Friendly Interface to Modern Online Services and Internet of Things Appliances
- Website: http://www.aal-vizier.eu/
- Coordinator: University of Geneva
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 01.01.2017
- Total budget: 3,7 mi €
- Public contribution: 1,8 mi €
Objectives
The elderly often have large amounts of free time and high skill in specific areas. TSBank aims to give the elderly a way to use their time and skills in a way that is useful to society, enabling them to be active and feel needed, contributing to their well-being and reducing their dependency on care giving. To this end, TSBank will develop, validate, and deploy an online platform that allows the elderly to volunteer their skills and time to perform work on a set of areas. People looking for support can then consult the platform to look for volunteers that match the sought needs, and the platform puts both parties in contact.
Expected results and impact
TSBank will develop and validate a web-based service that will match volunteer elderly work with specific work needs, as well as prepare the exploitation of that service post-project. TSBank impact will include, among others:
- improve the quality of life of the participant elderly by giving them a way to help others and use their time productively, which will increase their happiness and self-esteem;
- reduce the stress on care-givers and family by giving the elderly a way to use their time;
- develop an innovative matching service that serves as model for future similar services.
Partners
Partners involved in the TSBank project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| IncreaseTime, SA | SME | Portugal | www.increasetime.pt |
| Ana International Foundation | End User | Romania | www.brainaging.ro |
| University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland | R&D | Switzerland | www.supsi.ch |
- Project name: Time and Skill Bank for Active Aging
- Website: http://www.tsbank.eu
- Coordinator: Increase Time, S.A.
- Duration: 24 months
- Starting date: 01.06.2016
- Total budget: 723,000.00 €
- Public contribution: 621,900.00 €
Objectives
The CAMI project offers a fully integrated AAL solution at the overlap of tele-care and health, smart homes and robotics by offering services for social care, health care, home care and mobility. This solution consist of:
- (1) a viable solution for a next generation robotic framework that offers intelligent user-, context- and environment aware services with natural and comfortable interfaces for older adults;
- (2) a set of personalized practical services, ranging from well-being and comfort to social interaction, and to health care;
- (3) visible demonstrations of the CAMI system through extensively tested and validated pilot.
Expected results and impact
CAMI will offer a Core System Component, offering different services to the user:
- (1) the capability of health, home and environment monitoring and management;
- (2) an intelligent, informed, friendly collaborator, taking orders, giving advice or reminders and ready to help, and get help, when needed;
- (3) a platform that offers a personalized, intelligent and dynamic program management also reporting and communication to health professionals;
- (4) telepresence for communication (video, voice) with caregivers, family, friends through multi-modal interfaces.
Partners
Partners involved in the CAMI project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest | R&D | Romania | www.upb.ro |
| Centrul IT pentru Stiinta si Tehnologie | SME | Romania | www.citst.ro |
| CNet Svenska AB | SME | Sweden | www.cnet.se |
| Mälardalen Universit | R&D | Sweden | www.mdh.se |
| Ecotopias | End User | Denmark | ecotopias.dk |
| Aliviate Development ApS | SME | Denmark | www.aliviate.dk |
| ECLEXYS Sagl | SME | Switzerland | www.eclexys.com |
| Knowledge Society Association | End User | Poland | www.ssw.org.pl |
- Project name: Artificially intelligent ecosystem for self-management and sustainable quality of life in AAL – CAMI
- Website: www.camiproject.eu
- Coordinator: University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2015
- Total budget: € 2.675.528,73
- Public contribution: € 2.028.517,28
Objectives
The STAGE project aims to provide elderly people with an easy and affordable online access to live cultural events (i.e. theatre, operas, museums) worldwide. Being an older person is finally the moment when people can spend more time on activities they might not have enjoyed in the past because of a busy working life. The project’s ambition is to overcome limitations connected to health, economic situation, mobility and accessibility that the elderly often face and through an IT platform allow them to comfortably access cultural events anywhere, at any time improving their quality of leisure and social participation.
Expected results and impact
- Engagement, targeting thousands of elderly people in Europe via end user associations;
- Network of about 100 involved cultural stakeholders in business alliance;
- 24 months’ time-to-market;
- Standard channel for tickets’ sales, allowing everyone to purchase a theatre, concert or exhibition event for streaming vision at home;
- Proactive participation in self-determining own leisure time and daily lifestyle;
- Self-confidence and commitment to expand own education and culture.
Partners
Partners involved in the STAGE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNR ITC - National Research Council, Construction Technologies Institute | R&D | Italy | www.itc.cnr.it |
| CEDEO di Chiariglione Leonardo EC | SME | Italy | www.cedeo.net |
| Accademia Nazionale Cultura Sportiva | End User | Italy | www.ancs.it |
| SIVECO Romania SA | Large Industry | Romania | www.siveco.ro |
| Georama LLC | SME | Cyprus | www.geoimaging.com.cy |
| ASM Market Research and Analysis Centre Ltd. | SME | Poland | www.asm-poland.com.pl |
| Pannon Business Network Association | End User | Hungary | www.pbn.hu |
| InfomatiX Hungary | SME | Hungary | www.infomatix.net |
| Materia | End User | Cyprus | www.materia.com.cy |
- Project name: Streaming of Theatre and Arts for old aGe Entertainment
- Website: www.stage-aal.eu
- Coordinator: National Research Council, Institute for Construction Technologies
- Duration: 30 months
- Starting date: 01.03.2016
- Total budget: 1.887.824 €
- Public contribution: 1.203.072 €
Objectives
Nowadays a real digital divide exists between people with low and high computer literacy. The restricted access to computer services can be a serious handicap for the less skilled. Therefore, the PALETTEv2 project aims at providing a web platform helping seniors with low computer literacy to stay socially, economically and physically active. The platform will provide a simplified access to many online services such as communication, lifelong learning, working services and well-being in order to promote the participation of everyone to the digital society and hence to society as a whole.
Expected results and impact
The PALETTEV2 will break the digital divide suffered by the less skilled seniors by fostering their active involvement in social and economic activities through ICT services. The user centred approach will ensure the adequacy and accessibility of our platform on any devices as well as a fully personalised experience. To avoid ghettoisation we will ensure the compatibility with many existing applications. The final product and services of PALETTEV2 will be commercialised to different customers and stakeholders such as older adults, local government agencies, service providers and health insurance institutions.
Partners
Partners involved in the PALETTEv2 project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.hug-ge.ch |
| SC SIVECO Romania SA | Large Industry | Romania | www.siveco.ro |
| Stichting Reflexion | R&D | The Netherlands | www.re-flexion.eu |
| Knowledge Society Association | SME | Poland | www.gb.pl.ssw.org.pl |
| The Prava poteza Institute | SME | Slovenia | www.prava-poteza.si |
| VILANS | SME | The Netherlands | www.vilans.nl |
| Stichting Smart Homes | End User | The Netherlands | www.smart-homes.nl |
| KempenLIFE | End User | The Netherlands | www.kempenlife.nl |
| University of Bucharest | End User | Romania | www.unibuc.ro |
- Project name: PALETTEv2 – Participative Activity and Learning Environment offering Targeted ICT Tools for the Elderly
- Website: http://www.palettev2.eu/
- Coordinator: University Hospitals of Geneva
- Duration: 30 months
- Starting date: 01.04.2016
- Total budget: € 2’014’440.00
- Public contribution: € 1’366’051.50
Objectives
The NOAH project aims at developing innovative continuous monitoring techniques, based on non-intrusive home sensors and on advanced data analytics techniques.
By monitoring behavioural features in daily living activities, user-specific activity profiles are worked out. Changes (either abrupt or slowly developing), possibly related to health or wellness issues, can thus be detected in a fully automatic fashion, relieving the caregiver from the sensor-data interpretation burden. Differentiated feedbacks are given to the end-user, the caregiver and the care system.
Expected results and impact
NOAH is expected to provide the end-user and his relatives with more detailed insights and awareness, with the ability of early detecting meaningful trends or events. To the formal caregiver and the care providers, the augmented knowledge about users’ current needs can profitably integrate into care routines, providing prioritising tools and alerts coming from continuous monitoring. To the healthcare system, continuous monitoring and early anomaly detection should support effective prevention strategies, resulting in avoiding or reducing hospitalisation and improving end-user’s quality of life.
Partners
Partners involved in the NOAH project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Parma | R&D | Italy | www.unipr.it |
| AICOD s.r.l. | SME | Italy | www.aicod.it |
| PROGES s.c.a r.l. | Large Industry / End User | Italy | www.proges.it |
| Transilvania University of Brașov | R&D | Romania | www.unitbv.ro |
| VISION SYSTEM S.r.l. | SME | Romania | www.vision-systems.ro |
| University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM | R&D | Austria | www.fh-joanneum.at |
| Arzt und Labor EDV A. Günzberg GmbH | SME | Austria | www.alag.at |
| TRiAS architecten B.v.b.a | SME / End User | Belgium | www.triasarchitecten.be |
- Project name: Not Alone at Home
- Website: http://www.noahproject.eu/
- Coordinator: University of Parma
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 01.06.2016
- Total budget: € 2.039.316,60
- Public contribution: € 1.122.463,38
Objectives
Delivering Virtual Assistant “Anne” as an assistance for the daily life of elderly people.
Integration with Home automation systems.
The My Life, My Way project will provide a Personal Virtual Assistant that enables large groups of people to live independently longer by giving them an easy-to-use, most natural way to interact with supporting technology. The Personal Assistant (PA) is the result of a reliable and innovative technology. It is able to learn autonomously from its users, their personal preferences and needs. While the technology in the background is quite complex, for the end users the PA is a friendly, human-looking avatar on their screen (be it computer, tv , tablet or smart phone). They can speak to the PA using natural language (speech recognition).
Expected results and impact
A seamless working Virtual Assistance software for elderly anytime- anywhere availale for caregiver organisations and individual elderly.
Home automation system(HAS) integration V.A. as an interface between Human -HAS.
Developing new features based on end-user input on existing V.A. software.
A B2Market commercial product development.
Partners
Partners involved in the MLMW project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGIE Services Zuid Nederland BV | Large Industry | The Netherlands | www.engie-services.nl |
| Virtual Assistant BV | SME | The Netherlands | www.virtask.nl |
| Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts / iHomeLab | R&D | Switzerland | www.hslu.ch |
| Bonacasa | End User | Switzerland | www.bonacasa.ch |
| Senior Living Group | End User | Belgium | www.srliving.be |
| UC Leuven-Limburg | R&D | Belgium | www.ucll.be |
| Trivium MeulenBelt Zorg | End User | The Netherlands | www.triviummeulenbeltzorg.nl |
| HAN University of applied Sciences | R&D | The Netherlands | www.han.nl |
| Municipality of Deventer | End User | The Netherlands | www.deventer.nl |
- Project name: MyLifeMyWay
- Website: http://www.mylifemyway-aal.eu
- Coordinator: ENGIE
- Duration: 42 months
- Starting date: 01.03.2016
- Total budget: €2.077.178
- Public contribution: €1.067.079
Objectives
The Kith&Kin project tackles the problem of the progressive social isolation of older adults living alone and in far distance from their family members. It offers a solution for technology illiterate older adults to foster the communication and interaction with their family and friends by designing a new product which is based on well-known communication and interaction patterns. The innovative core of Kith&Kin is the tangible/haptic user interaction capability extending a standard tablet PC. The basic concept provides new ways of communication, gaming and sharing.
Expected results and impact
Kith&Kin will be based on clearly identified user wishes and needs, wants to support connectedness and enable older adults to participate in social life (crucial for personal satisfaction, well-being and quality of life). Kith&Kin wants to motivate to use and integrate ICT-based products in everyday life routines. It follows a strong user-centred/participatory design approach and will profoundly involve 20 user pairs. At the end of the project a concept prototype with simple interaction patterns is expected which can be brought to the market as an accessible (ease of use) and affordable (costs) solution within 2 years.
Partners
Partners involved in the KnK project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | R&D | Austria | www.ait.ac.at |
| New Design University | R&D | Austria | www.ndu.ac.at |
| Wetouch | SME | Austria | www.wetouch.at |
| Hochschule Luzern - Technik & Architektur – iHomeLab | R&D | Switzerland | www.hslu.ch |
| soultank AG | SME | Switzerland | www.soultank.ch |
| terzStiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| YoooM bv. | SME | The Netherlands | www.yooom.nl |
| CMO Flevoland | End User | The Netherlands | www.cmo-flevoland.nl |
- Project name: Kith&Kin – connects you with your beloved ones
- Website: www.kithnkin.eu
- Coordinator: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 01.04.2016
- Total budget: 3,0 mi €
- Public contribution: 1,8 mi €
Contact
Mr. Andreas Stainer-Hochgatterer
E.: andreas.stainer-hochgatterer@ait.ac.at
T.: +43.664.6207689