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
Objectives
The aim of the HEREiAM project is to promote elderly people’s independence and active participation, by developing an user-friendly ICT platform able to help them during daily activities. Our ICT solution consists of an open, modular and interoperable platform that, taking into account the specific needs and preferences of the elderly, allows them to access a number of services and information directly from their own TV. The choice of a TV-based system ensures full participation and high user acceptance, overcoming the refuse of technology for digital divide affecting most of the aged people.
Expected results and impact
HEREiAM will contribute to the development of an innovative platform capable to help people with age to live independently for longer. If successful, the project will have a significant impact in improving the quality of life of older people. The platform will offer the possibility: a) to support elderly in the management of daily activities, b) to monitor their health status by integrating care processes, c) to prolong their active participation in society, d) to ensure their personal safe and comfort by generating alarm and warnings when needed.
Partners
Partners involved in the HEREiAM project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Università degli Studi di Cagliari | R&D | Italy | eolab.diee.unica.it |
| Dedalus SpA | Large Industry | Italy | www.dedalus.eu |
| Remedus BVBA | SME / End user | Belgium | www.remedus.be |
| TeamNet International SA | Large Industry | Romania | www.teamnet.ro |
| Skylogic SpA | Large Industry | Italy | www.skylogic.com |
| Stichting Smart Homes | SME | The Netherlands | www.smart‐homes.nl |
| KempenLIFE UA | End User | The Netherlands | |
| Comune di Cagliari | End User | Italy | www.comune.cagliari.it |
| Kritayuga GCV | SME | Belgium |
- Project name: HEREiAM: An interoperable platform for self care, social networking and managing of daily activities at home
- Website: www.hereiamproject.org
- Coordinator: Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2013
- Total budget: € 3.343.766,00
- Public contribution: € 1.742.093,00
DIET4Elders
The project comprises entities from different sectors like universities, telecare companies, food providers companies and ICT SMEs. The technology that will be used in the DIET4Elders project will be ...
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The DIET4Elders system proposes the development of new older adults diet support service models which bring together the main factors responsible for establishing a long term healthy self-feeding for older adults. Beneficiaries: (I) The nutritionists and clinicians – which will dynamically define and adjust the appropriate die. (II) Older adults – which will use the defined support services to self-manage their daily life activity of self-feeding. (III) Food providers – which will allow the automate selection and composition of their food so that the right combination of meals that fit best with both nutritionist recommended diet and older adults preferences is delivered.
Expected results and impact
The results of the project will be a set of tools (hardware and software) to monitor, advise, an provide services in daily activities of self-feeding for the older adults ranging from food delivery to nutrition counselling and guidance. DIET4Elders will bring quantitative, qualitative, social and economic successful results after putting on the market the application. The tools will considerable decrease the older adults malnutrition cases, as well as the costs of Public Health, for managing the malnutrition effects.
Partners
Partners involved in the DIET4Elders project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISOIN | SME | Spain | www.isoin.es |
| Tunstall Healthcare Ltd. | Large Industry | United Kingdom | www.tunstall.co.uk |
| COESCO DEZA S.L. | End User | Spain | www.cocinaculinaria.com |
| Kings College London | R&D | UK | www.kcl.ac.uk |
| Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | R&D | Romania | www.utcluj.ro |
- Project name: Dynamic nutrItion bEhaviour awareness sysTem FOR the Elders
- Website: www.diet4elders.eu/en
- Coordinator: ISOIN
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2013
- Total budget: € 2.005.433,00
- Public contribution: € 1.324.701,60
Objectives
The target of CaMeLi. Is to create an ICT based solution for supporting the elderly in his daily in-house activities, minimising the need for formal and informal carers’ interventions. The CaMeLi services will be provided in the most natural form of interaction, and namely as an human avatar able to interact with natural language, recognise the emotional state of the elderly and express emotions in guiding the elderly in his daily tasks.
Expected results and impact
The Project will provide a system simulating human interaction and conversation. The user will interact intuitively with the system having the illusion of communicating with a real human who understands behaviour and emotion and assists the user appropriately. The system will provide benefits on a practical, psychological and social level enabling the user to feel self confident to remain longer active and independent at home improving well being.
Partners
Partners involved in the CaMeLi project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIEMENS AG | Large Industry | Germany | www.siemens.com |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | http://iss.unige.ch |
| ORBIS Medical & Care Group | End User | Netherlands | www.orbisconcern.nl |
| Instituto Pedro Nunes | R&D | Portugal | www.ipn.pt |
| NetUnion SA | SME | Switzerland | www.netunion.com |
| ViVa Association | End User | Switzerland | www.association-viva.org |
| Noldus Information Technology | SME | Netherlands | www.noldus.com |
| Citard Services Ltd* | SME | Cyprus | www.citard-serv.com |
- Project name: Care Me for Life
- Website: www.cameli.eu
- Coordinator: Siemens AG, Markus Dubielzig
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2013
- Total budget: € 3.455.319
- Public contribution:€ 1.898.932
Contact
Markus Dubielzig (Coordinator)
E.: Markus.dubielzig@Siemens.com
T.: +49 52 51 60 61 45
Prof. Dimitri Konstantas (tech. Coordinator)
E.: Dimitri.Konstantas@unige.ch
T.: +41 (22) 379 0237
understAID
The understAID project focuses on easing the lives of informal caregivers and directly addressing their currently unmet needs for accessible educational support. The solution will be based on new ...
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The project will build an application to help informal caregivers of demented people (typically a spouse or an adult child) understand and aid their demented relatives and help them manage their new life situation.
Expected results and impact
understAID will significantly improve the quality of life of informal caregivers by providing accessible information and relevant support. The services will increase the quality of care and caregivers’ confidence in performing care and help to reduce the physical, psychological and financial burden of dementia on caregivers. The total estimated worldwide costs of dementia were €465 billion in 2010. The consortium will mobilise resources and key stakeholders, possibly large players with strong market access, to bring the solution to these markets.
Partners
Partners involved in the understAID project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIA University College | R&D | Denmark | www.viauc.com |
| Sekoia Assisted Living ApS | SME | Denmark | www.sekoia.dk |
| The Centre of Supercomputing of Galicia – CESGA | R&D | Spain | www.cesga.es |
| Balidea Consulting and Programming | SME | Spain | www.Balidea.com |
| Poznan University of Medical Sciences | R&D | Poland | www.pums.ump.edu.pl |
| Danish Alzheimer Association | End User | Denmark | www.alzheimer.dk |
| The Gerontological Complex La Milagrosa – UDP A Coruña | End User | Spain | www.centrolamilagrosa.org/lamilagrosa |
| Ortopedyczno-Rehabilitacyjny Szpital Kliniczny nr 4 im. W. Degi | End User | Poland | www.orsk.ump.edu.pl |
| Skanderborg Municipality | End User | Denmark | www.skanderborg.dk |
- Project name: A platform that helps informal caregivers to understand and aid their demented relatives.
- Website: www.understAID.com
- Coordinator: VIA University College, Denmark
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 11.04.2013
- Total budget: € 1.526.217
- Public contribution: € 962.846
HELICOPTER
Bad life habits play a major role in developing and progression of age-related diseases: nutrition, medical therapies and physical exercise are among the keys for prevention and control. Regular ...
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The HELICOPTER proposal aims at exploiting ambient-assisted living techniques to provide older adults and their informal caregivers with support, motivation and guidance in pursuing a healthy and safe lifestyle. The proposal is targeted at 65+ adults, not suffering from major chronic diseases or severe disabilities, yet possibly being affected by (or being at risk of) metabolic or circulatory malfunctioning (e.g., hypertension, mild diabetes) or by mild cognitive deficits. Behavioural analysis is exploited to make health monitoring more effective and less invasive.
Expected results and impact
A heterogeneous sensor network will be designed and implemented, including environmental, wearable and clinical sensors. A global monitoring framework will be developed, in which all data converge toward a common database feeding a data analysis engine, capable of inferring from logged data current activity and behavioural information.
The inference model will involve medical knowledge as well as suitable “big data” analysis techniques. The HELICOPTER environment will be deployed and tested at several pilot sites, located in Sweden and in The Netherlands, for a 18 months period.
Partners
Partners involved in the HELICOPTER project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Me.Te.Da. S.r.l. | SME | Italy | www.meteda.it |
| Università degli Studi di Parma | R&D | Italy | www.unipr.it |
| SC Vision Systems SRL | SME | Romania | www.vision-systems.ro |
| University of Skövde | R&D | Sweden | www.his.se |
| Laboratorio delle Idee S.r.l. | SME | Italy | www.labidee.com |
| Municipality of Skövde | End User | Sweden | www.skovde.se |
| Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design | SME | Denmark | www.ciid.dk |
| Coöperatie Slimmer Leven 2020 | End User | The Netherlands | www.slimmerleven2020.org |
| International Business School, Jönköping University | R&D | Sweden | hj.se/jibs |
- Project name: Healthy Life support through Comprehensive Tracking of individual and Environmental Behaviors
- Website: www.helicopter-aal.eu
- Coordinator: Me.Te.Da. S.r.l.
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2013
- Total budget: € 2.880.010,00
- Public contribution: € 1.655.905,00
Contact
Sandro Girolami, MeTeDa Srl
T.: +39 347 3572118
Paolo Ciampolini, University of Parma
T.: +39 0521 905828, +39 334 6669195,