INSPIRATION
The Inspiration project will apply state of the art development processes. The coordinator YouPers with u-sentric and its associated experienced development partners, will introduce its user centred ...
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The goal of INSPIRATION is it to help older adults living a healthier life to stay mentally and physically fit. Our digital coach will motivate them to be active – every day!
INSPIRATION provides health tips and motivates to perform recurring movement exercises. A daily planner schedules activities and also integrates health tips into shopping lists. Activities are recorded and displayed in a health agenda, where reading rights can be granted to relatives, friends and caregivers. Pressing the done button and the awareness of the performed activities become the main motivators.
Expected results and impact
INSPIRATION will deliver a comprehensive working prototype for mobile applications, which will be validated with end-users in Switzerland and Belgium.
The systems main results will be: (1) a unified and intuitive user interface that appeals to people who are not familiar with technology, (2) provision of content regarding daily live activities and nutrition, (3) provision of inspiration management including agendas and reminders and (4) basic information for third partners to display health status for caregivers and friends.
Partners
Partners involved in the INSPIRATION project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouPers AG | SME | Switzerland | www.youpers.ch |
| CREAGY AG | SME | Switzerland | www.creagy.ch |
| Romus AG | SME | Switzerland | www.romus.ch |
| Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Engineering & Architecture CEESAR - iHomeLab | R&D | Switzerland | www.iHomeLab.ch |
| terzStiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| u-sentric | SME | Belgium | www.u-sentric.com |
| Alternatief VZW | End User | Belgium | www.alternatiefvzw.be |
| OpenSky Data Systems | SME | Ireland | www.openskydata.com |
| Waterford Institute of Technologie – Telecommunications Software & Systems Group | R&D | Ireland | www.tssg.org |
- Project name: INSPIRATION
- Website: www.youpers.ch
- Coordinator: YouPers AG
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.08.2013
- Total budget: € 2.749.960,00
- Public contribution: € 1.457.480,00
Contact
Urs Baumeler
E.: urs.baumeler@youpers.com
T.: +41 79 479 72 56
Objectives
Project partners and end-users co-design a reciprocal exchange-service for an engaged senior life. The service addresses a market opportunity and releases an unexploited societal potential for solving tasks predominantly under the public sector realm. Behind the need and opportunity are societal macro trends as well as documented positive effects of seniors’ prolonged professional activity and voluntary work. Give&Take empowers seniors, by improving occupational lifestyle through a reciprocal exchange-service to maintain societal engagement as a key to mental, social and physical fitness.
Expected results and impact
The project will have important impact for European societies in the area of welfare and quality of life for senior citizens. Through social and digital media innovation the Give&Take project will 1) release a currently unexploited societal potential for tasks currently under the public sector realm, 2) increase empowerment of independent living of seniors and 3) strengthen quality of life of seniors through occupation and social engagement as a key to mental, social and physical fitness – and by this further (indirect) effects on welfare state by delaying the need for intensive public care.
Partners
Partners involved in the Give&Take project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT University of Copenhagen | R&D | Denmark | www.itu.dk/en/ |
| Socialsquare | SME | Denmark | www.socialsquare.dk |
| TakeTheWind | SME | Portugal | www.takethewind.com |
| Technical University of Vienna | R&D | Austria | www.tuwien.ac.at/en/ |
| Frederiksberg Municipality | End User | Denmark | www.frederiksberg.dk/da/Borger/Information-in-English.aspx |
| Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design | R&D | Denmark | http://kadk.dk/en/ |
- Project name: Give&Take: Designing a reciprocal exchange service for a good and engaged senior life
- Website: www.givetake.eu
- Coordinator: IT University of Copenhagen
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2014
- Total budget: € 1.601.762
- Public contribution: € 1.080.545
Objectives
Over 5% of the world’s population suffer from a disabling hearing loss. Profoundly deaf people can be helped with a cochlear implant, and for milder losses a bone conduction implant can bring relief. These devices are rather complex containing many advanced features, i.e. connectivity solutions. This project aims at developing a telehealth platform empowering senior users in their daily life. It provides a communication channel with clinicians and manufacturers offering counselling and troubleshooting information, training and hearing assessment, and device use and fitting services.
Expected results and impact
Deafness is very disabling causing social isolation and is possible linked to accelerated cognitive decline. Hearing implants are not always available, as the devices are expensive and the after care is intensive requiring regular travel to the clinic, audiological centre or the speech therapist. The proposed telehealth system intends to increase the quality of the hearing therapy (e.g. less down time, better information and training, optimal hearing in everyday environment), reduce the cost of ownership (e.g. less need for specialist consultations) and empower the hearing implant recipient.
Partners
Partners involved in the SHiEC project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochlear Technology Centre | Large Industry | Belgium | www.cochlear.com |
| Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions | Large Industry | Sweden | www.cochlear.com |
| Otoconsult | SME | Belgium | www.otoconsult.com |
| Vrije Universiteit Medical Center | R&D | The Netherlands | www.vumc.nl |
| Onafhankelijk Platform voor Cochleaire Implantatie | End User | The Netherlands | www.opciweb.nl |
- Project name: Supporting Hearing in Elderly Citizens -SHiEC
- Website: www.shiec.eu
- Coordinator: Cochlear Technology Centre
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2014
- Total budget: € 4.306.577
- Public contribution: € 1.958.418
Objectives
The project brings together 3 universities and 5 companies active and experienced in R&D of assistive devices to specify the full-body personal mobility, reaching, and grasping requirements of elderly persons allowing them to continue managing their daily activities related to voluntary occupation (maintaining gardens or carrying groceries of more needy people) , as well as participating in local social activities while preserving their health and providing motivation to remain active and independent. Basic products comprising upper-, lower- and full-body assistive exoskeletons will be designed, developed, and validated.
Expected results and impact
The AXO-SUIT integrates recent advances in assistive technology to study and design exoskeletons and to meet the challenges in helping elderly workers. The results will include novel exoskeletons consisting of modules to allow integration to realise prototype upper-, lower- and full-body assistive suits. They will comprehensively supplement the strength of elderly persons with effective and affordable exoskeletons and improve directly their quality of life. The exoskeletons could also be extended to more aged persons, weak or disabled adults, or elder employees as their needs are similar.
Partners
Partners involved in the AXO-SUIT project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aalborg University | End User | Denmark | www.aau.dk |
| University of Gävle | End User | Sweden | www.hig.se |
| University of Limerick | R&D | Ireland | www.ul.ie |
| Welldana A/S | End User | Denmark | www.welldana-innocare.com |
| Bioservo Technologies AB | Large Industry | Sweden | www.bioservo.se |
| MTD Precision Engineering Ltd | SME | Ireland | www.tooling.ie |
| COMmeto bvba | SME | Belgium | www.commeto.be |
| Hjälpmedelsteknik Sverige | End user | Sweden | www.hjalpmedelsteknik.se |
- Project name: Assistive exoskeleton suitable for elderly persons / AXO-SUIT
- Website: www.axo-suit.eu
- Coordinator: Aalborg University, Denmark
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.10.2014
- Total budget: € 2.788.762
- Public contribution: € 1.641.470
Objectives
The project ANIMATE born with the aim of using new technologies to address one of the main problems of generational relay: the loss of knowledge by a lack of adequate transmission of experience among the older generations and younger generations. ANIMATE also seeks to solve a problem that affects people of a certain age: the feeling of not being useful, due to be jobless or have a job that does not conform to their current abilities and interests, leads to absence of ambition and a sedentary lifestyle. Moreover ANIMATE aims to help the development of the manufacturing sector across Europe.
Expected results and impact
ANIMATE is designed to maximise the recuperative and preventive effects of occupation on health and well-being. The solution highlights the important role of qualified older adults in the labour market and targets the preservation of their extended knowledge. The ANIMATE project aims to create a European wide community of intergenerational knowledge transfer which will bring together older and younger generations across the continent for the exchange of expertise and know-how.
Partners
Partners involved in the ANIMATE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| HI-Iberia Ingenieria y Proyectos SL | SME | Spain | www.hi-iberia.es |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.qol.unige.ch |
| Thurrock Council | End User | United Kingdom | www.Thurrock.gov.uk |
| e-learning Studios Ltd. | SME | United Kingdom | www.e-learningstudios.com |
| Biomedical Research Institute for Health in Lleida | End User | Spain | www.gss.cat/es |
- Project name: ANIMATE – intergenerAtioNal communIty for coMpAny knowledge TransfEr
- Website: www.animate-aal.eu
- Coordinator: HI-IBERIA INGENIERIA Y PROYECTOS SL
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.04.2014
- Total budget: € 2.136.512
- Public contribution: € 1.170.685
Objectives
TOPIC aims to support informal carers in their daily needs with a CarePortfolio. It is an integrated set of shared spaces and services to support the physical and mental care ability of informal carers by enabling learning and orientation about care, by offering a platform for cooperation with formal carers, by improving, integrating, and making (mobile) multimodal communication easier and accessible for informal carers to connect with other informal carers, friends, or family members. We claim that we can help informal carers to alleviate stress and increase independence and efficiency.
Expected results and impact
Our consortium will first define technical infrastructure, where as user requirements will be gathered with help of user organisations and seniors. Prototypes will be developed by consortium partners and empirical tests will be done with seniors. Through iterations in prototyping CarePortfolio including all necessary web services and interfaces for user interaction in all scales (computer/tablet-based, mobile, iTV-based) will be integrated to an open customisable system of services, which can be easily composed to other useful products for care giving and self-caring.
Partners
Partners involved in the TOPIC project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna University of Technology | R&D | Austria | www.tuwien.ac.at |
| ilogs mobile software GmbH | SME | Austria | www.ilogs.com |
| SOZIAL GLOBAL Aktiengesellschaft | End User | Austria | www.sozial-global.at |
| University of Siegen | R&D | Germany | www.uni-siegen.de |
| SOPHIA Franken GmbH & Co KG | End User | Germany | www.sophia-franken.de |
| AVINOTEC GmbH | SME | Germany | www.avinotec.de |
| Technology University of Troyes | R&D | France | www.utt.fr |
| E-Seniors | End User | France | www.eseniors.eu |
| Webinage | SME | France | www.webinage.fr |
- Project name: The Online Platform for Informal Caregivers
- Website:
- Coordinator: Vienna University of Technology, Assoc. Prof. Hilda Tellioglu
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2013
- Total budget: € 745.095,00
- Public contribution: € 558.821,00
Contact
Assoc. Prof. Hilda Tellioglu
E.: hilda.tellioglu@tuwien.ac.at
T.: +4315880118716
Objectives
The NITICS project designs and builds a holistic platform that is expandable and offers advanced ICT services including monitoring and navigational support for the mobility of elderly and disabled persons in their home during their daily activities. Furthermore, it also brings suitable services for elderly and people with diseases or disabilities (mobility handicaps, cognitive disabilities and mental diseases) that can keep their cognitive capability (at both physical and mental levels) intact.
Expected results and impact
NITICS will provide a major impetus to the development of AAL types of services, by taking away many of the hurdles that developers are facing. Thus, NITICS-enabled services will have two major effects: on one hand it will improve the freedom and independence of the elderly, and on the other hand it will lead to cost savings when fully embedded in the health care system. Care costs can be reduced through the appropriate use of technology and hospital admissions can be delayed and even avoided.
Partners
Partners involved in the NITICS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECLEXYS SAGL | SME | Switzerland | www.eclexys.com |
| SSW, Knowledge Society Association | End User | Poland | www.ssw.org.pl |
| CITST | End User | Romania | www.citst.ro |
| Warsaw University of Technology | R&D | Poland | www.ire.pw.edu.pl |
| Siemens | Large Industry | Romania | www.siemens.com |
| MKS Electronic Systems Ltd. | End User | Slovenia | www.mks.si |
| VisAge Living Lab | SME | France | www.visagell.com |
| SAPHYRION Sagl | R&D | Switzerland | www.saphyrion.ch |
| Eeleo | SME | France | www.eleo.com |
- Project name: Networked InfrasTructure for Innovative home Care Solutions
- Website: www.eclexys.com
- Coordinator: ECLEXYS SAGL
- Duration: 27 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2013
- Total budget: € 4.155.944
- Public contribution: € 2.458.145
Contact
Angelo Consoli
E.: angelo.consoli@eclexys.com
T.: +41 91 600 00 00
Objectives
The mission of MOTION is to increase the life expectancy, independence and quality of life of older adults through a novel holistic ICT-based service for remote multi-user physical training of older adults at home by specialised coaches, thereby enabling a totally new level of physical training effectiveness.
Expected results and impact
The direct result of the MOTION project will be the overall MOTION service supported through a dedicated ICT platform. Ideally the consortium wishes to commercialise the service within a few months after the project.
Furthermore, MOTION is expected to have a substantial impact on public health and associated costs. Physical activities allow the older adults to stay at home longer and thereby substantially decreased costs for assistance.
Partners
Partners involved in the MOTION project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siel Bleu | End User | France | www.sielbleu.org |
| NEOLINKS S.A.R.L. | SME | France | www.neolinks.com |
| COMETE | R&D | France | http://urlmetriques.com |
| M3 Connect GmbH | SME | Germany | www.m3connect.de |
| CUP 2000 S.p.A | Large Industry | Italy | www.cup2000.it |
| CRP Henri Tudor | R&D | Luxembourg | www.tudor.lu |
| SCHULTHESS KLINIK | R&D | Switzerland | www.schulthess-klinik.ch |
| University Bologna | R&D | Italy | www.unibo.it/it |
| Arx iT SA | SME | Switzerland | www.arxit.com |
- Project name: Remote Home-Physical Training for Seniors
- Website: www.sielbleu.org
- Coordinator: Siel Bleu
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.09.2013
- Total budget: € 4.100.000
- Public contribution: € 2.300.000
Objectives
DALIA (Assistant for Daily Life Activities at Home) will provide an integrated home system that supports older adults as primary end-users, offers support to their informal carers as secondary end-users, and can be extended to interface with services of formal care and medical services. DALIA will hide the technical complexities of the DALIA platform behind a Personal Virtual Assistant (PVA), a human-looking avatar endowed with speech recognition and speech capabilities. Both the older adults and their informal carers will be able to interact through the PVA user interface with the DALIA platform – and are intended to grow the PVA as their “best friend at home”.
Expected results and impact
DALIA supports elder people in every situation of their lives and will break the barrier between elder people and new technology. By the use of common technology the costs can be reduced enormous. The old person can talk to the avatar and DALIA can access different sensors to tell the result to the customer to help them, thereby elder people get more independent. Informal carers have access to the same avatar, which can tell them what they have to do in different situations or just to talk with the person cared for. DALIA will revolutionise the way clients interact with the virtual world by bringing together the temporal and spatial distances between elderly and younger relatives, caregivers and other society members.
Partners
Partners involved in the DALIA project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exthex GmbH | SME | Austria | www.exthex.com |
| Virtual Assistant bv | SME | The Netherlands | www.virtask.nl |
| TP Vision Belgium | Large Industry | Belgium | www.tpvision.com |
| Graz University of Technology | R&D | Austria | www.iaik.tugraz.at |
| Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts / iHomeLab | R&D | Switzerland | www.ihomelab.ch |
| Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences / Institute of Applied Health and Social Sciences | R&D | Austria | www.fh-linz.at |
| Volkshilfe Steiermark – gemeinnützige Betriebs GmbH | End User | Austria | www.stmk.volkshilfe.at |
| terzStiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| Woonzorg- en dienstencentrum´t Dijkhuis | End User | The Netherlands | www.hetdijkhuis.nl |
| Steftung Hellef Doheem | End User | Luxembourg | www.shd.lu |
- Project name: Assistant for DAily LIfe Activities at Home
- Website: www.dalia-aal.eu
- Coordinator: Exthex GmbH (Austria)
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.04.2013
- Total budget: € 2.840.748
- Public contribution: € 1.576.876
ChefMySelf
Target groups: Independent older people with no severe illnesses or disabilities, but not excluding elderly with some mobility impairments or mild cognitive limitations. To assure the success of the ...
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ChefMySelf project main goal is to develop a customisable and extensible (ICT) service ecosystem built around an automatic cooking solution to support older people in preparing meals and maintaining healthy eating habits. A food processor with an accessible interface, specially tailored for the elderly, will encourage them to self-care, accordingly to their particular nutrition requirements, and a social network focused on the topic of healthy ageing and eating, will become a tool to motivate them to be active and maintaining existing social relationships and creating new ones.
Expected results and impact
ChefMySelf will support elderly in developing culturally appropriate guidelines for healthy eating, contributing to reduce risk factors associated with major diseases and increase factors that protect health throughout the life course .
The solution proposed by ChefMySelf Project is going to be applicable all around Europe and will be culturally appropriate and adapted to the user tastes. So solution will feed needs of one of the most increasing collectives of Europe: health elderly people living alone.
Partners
Partners involved in the ChefMySelf project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundación Cetemmsa | R&D | Spain | www.cetemmsa.com |
| Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani | End User | Italy | www.inrca.it |
| POLNE, S.L (Taurus Group) | Large Industry | Spain | www.group-taurus.com |
| Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research | R&D | Portugal | www.fraunhofer.pt |
| Unie KBO | End User | Netherlands | www.uniekbo.nl |
| ASM Market Research and Analysis Centre Ltd. | SME | Poland | www.asm-poland.com.pl/en |
| ME.TE.DA. s.r.l. | SME | Italy | www.meteda.it |
- Project name: Assistance solution for improving cooking skills and nutritional knowledge for independent elders
- Website: www.chefmyself.eu
- Coordinator: Fundación Cetemmsa
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2013
- Total budget: € 1.696.215,40
- Public contribution: € 1.085.108,80
Contact
Ana Villacampa
E.: avillacampa@cetemmsa.com
T.: +34 937419100