MYGUARDIAN
MyGuardian will provide the following technologies: easy-to-use and rich communication between the mobile senior and the caregivers in order to reassure both caregivers and the senior thanks to the ...
Read moreObjectives
The MyGuardian project aims to facilitate safe and secure mobility of seniors with mild cognitive impairments while preserving their autonomy and dignity, and thereby enable seniors to increase their mobility (while increasing their self-confidence) and consequently to take part in the self-serve society. At the same time, MyGuardian improves well-being and efficiency of voluntary caregivers (e.g., family and friends) by ensuring their peace of mind and keeping them informed when the senior health state and risk situations, and improves efficiency of professional caregivers by providing them with up-to-date information and by supporting coordination of their care efforts.
Expected results and impact
The success of the project results are ensured by the presence of three SME’s (Hi-Iberia, ConnectedCare and VigiSense) with a strong commitment to the marketing of MyGuardian solution working in the project and distributing at least in the four countries involved, but as well to other markets thanks to the Internationality of some partners like VigiSense with presence also in Italy, Austria, Germany and Eastern Europe, which ensures the exploitation strategy through all Europe and to different targeted markets. The projected time-to-market will be 1-2 years. The service fits both the ageing, self-serve society trends, and the trend of wide availability of mobile computing and ubiquitous communication technologies.
Partners
Partners involved in the MyGuardian project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| HI-Iberia Ingenieria y Proyectos SL | SME | Spain | www.hi-iberia.es |
| CETIEX | End User | Spain | www.cetiex.es |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.qol.unige.ch |
| VigiSense | SME | Switzerland | www.vigisense.com |
| ConnectedCare | SME | Netherlands | www.connectedcare.nl |
| CNRS Ageing, Imaging, Modeling lab | End User | France | www.agim.eu |
| Careyn | End User | Netherlands | www.careyn.nl |
- Project name: MyGuardian, A Pervasive Guardian for Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairments
- Website: www.myguardian-project.eu
- Coordinator: HI-IBERIA Ingeniería y Proyectos SL
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2012
- Total budget: € 2.287.932
- Public contribution: € 1.394.827
Objectives
Age related memory decline, mild cognitive impairments (MCI), and cognitive impairments that occur with diseases, such as stroke, brain injuries, or early stages of dementia, have negative effects on the ability to navigate and to orient. Affected people who repeatedly start experiencing disorientation events often become scared of venturing out alone. The aim of the project NavMem is the development of a mobile companion for people with memory decline in order to support their navigation and orientation and at the same time promote a feeling of safety.
Expected results and impact
The product offered will support older persons in navigation, orientation and familiarisation. An additional location sharing service will allow to contact formal or informal care givers. The potential users are elderly people including those with some form of mild cognitive impairments. About 25% of people above 65 years develop some form of cognitive impairment. With about 29% of the EU’s population being above 65 years old in 2050. This means that in 2050 that the market will comprise about 30-35 Mio potential users with MCI and more than 120 Mio potential elderly users.
Partners
Partners involved in the NavMem project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| OFFIS e.V | R&D | Germany | www.offis.de |
| Siemens AG | Large Industry | Germany | www.siemens.com |
| Navevo Limited | SME | United Kingdom | www.navevo.com |
| Swedish Stroke Association | End User | Sweden | www.strokeforbundet.org |
| ULUND (Lunds universitet) | R&D | Sweden | www.certec.lth.se |
| Astando AB | SME | Sweden | www.astando.se |
| Roessingh Research and Development | SME | Netherlands | www.rrd.nl |
- Project name: Navigation Support for Older Travellers with Memory Decline – NavMem
- Website: www.navmem.eu
- Coordinator: OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology Department of Health
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.10.2012
- Total budget: € 1.980.000
- Public contribution: € 1.080.000
Objectives
The project aims to increase the mobility of the elderly, both in the vicinity of his home and on journeys. Currently elderly people often avoid leaving their home because they feel insecure outdoors. The lack of motion results in health problems like arthritis, osteoporosis, amyotrophia and cardiovascular diseases, additionally to depression and possible cognitive disorders. SAFEMOVE aims at encouraging self-confidence in own abilities providing both home-based physical and cognitive training as well as relevant information and location-based aids during outdoor life activities.
Expected results and impact
SAFEMOVE services will be conceived to give users the feeling of not being alone whenever they need any kind of help, while keeping control on decisions and responsible choices. Increased mobility, as well as enhanced healthiness and reduced social isolation, will be achieved through services made available by the project including a proper home-based physical/cognitive training support aimed at both enhancing the user’s capability of successfully handling new situations/tasks and enriching everyday’s life through an increased and conscious self-confidence.
Partners
Partners involved in the SAFEMOVE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| megatel GmbH | Large Industry | Germany | www.megatel.de |
| Neusta Mobile Solutions GmbH | SME | Germany | www.neusta-ms.de |
| InfoConsult GmbH | SME | Germany | www.infoconsult.nu |
| Volkshilfe Oberösterreich | End User | Austria | www.volkshilfe-ooe.at |
| Universität Bern | R&D | Switzerland | www.unibe.ch |
| e-Learning Studios | SME | United Kingdom | www.e-learningstudios.com |
| Netural Communication | SME | Austria | www.netural.com |
| e-learning knowledge Solutions LTD | SME | Israel | www.e-learning.co.il |
- Project name: Safe mobility of elderly in the vicinity of their home and on Journeys „SafeMove“
- Website: http://www.safemove-project.eu
- Coordinator: megatel Informations – und Kommunikationssysteme GmbH
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2012
- Total budget: € 2.169.940
- Public contribution: € 1.160.221
Objectives
The aim of Ageing in Balance (AiB) project is to develop a new solution for preventing the falls of the older adults, which would reduce the costs produced by the falls and increase the quality of life of the older people. The solution will include two aspects: assessing the fall risk and preventing the falls. The fall risk assessment tools will include full-scale professional assessments and also short assessments, which can be used for self-assessments or by care professionals. The prevention tools will consist of physical and cognitive exercises and also environmental guidance.
Expected results and impact
The result of the project will include technologies for fall risk assessment; tools for professional use and self-assessment –tools for older users, and fall prevention software for older users to motivate behaviour change. Preventing the majority of falls would save a lot of money and improve and prolong the good quality of life of ageing adults.
Falls, especially among the elderly, result in high costs for care and rehabilitation for the western type of societies.
Partners
Partners involved in the AiB project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland | R&D | Finland | www.vtt.fi |
| Four Computing | SME | Finland | www.fourcomp.com |
| Alkit Communications | SME | Sweden | www.alkit.se |
| Hospital La Fuenfria | End user | Spain | www.madrid.org |
- Project name: Ageing in Balance
- Website: http://aib.vtt.fi
- Coordinator: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.03.2012
- Total budget: € 1.478.093
- Public contribution: € 826.147
Contact
Milla Immonen
E.: milla.immonen@vtt.fi
T.: +358 20 722 2168
Objectives
The idea of T&Tnet is to provide personalised context-based multimodal and multinational social journey planning with affective capabilities and an easy to follow adaptive real time guidance making use of artificial reasoning based on an information manager (filtering and combining). This solution will allow them to carry out and solve movement tasks and problems independently. T&Tnet offers navigation/orientation adapted to the user preferences in real time which makes use of transport information (schedule, delay, occupation …), emotions, social networks and a collaborative evolutionary platform.
Expected results and impact
T&Tnet will re-invent from scratch the way the elderly move around cities and countries throughout Europe. Thanks to the social collaborative platform in which users will add geo-information (escalators, demonstrations, road works, etc.), the real-time trip planner based on personal and accessibility preferences; and the emotional learning engine at the core of the system, users will experience a seamless, adaptive, comfortable journey, both from the mobile app and the web platform.
Partners
Partners involved in the T&Tnet project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isoin | SME | Spain | www.isoin.es |
| Tellu AS | SME | Norway | www.tellu.no |
| Center for Usability Research and Engineering | R&D | Austria | www.cure.at |
| Karde AS | SME | Norway | www.karde.no |
| GeoImaging Ltd | SME | Cyprus | www.geoimaging.com.cy |
| Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón | R&D | Spain | www.ita.es |
| Santer Reply SpA con único Azionista | Large Industry | Italy | www.reply.eu |
| Seniornett Norge | End User | Norway | www.seniornett.no |
| Zaragoza City Council | End User | Spain | www.zaragoza.es |
| AP-HP/ Hôpital Broca | End User | France | www.aphp.fr |
- Project name: T&Tnet – Travel & Transport solutions through emotional-social NETworking
- Website: http://ttnet-aal.eu/
- Coordinator: ISOIN – Ingeniería y Soluciones Informáticas S.L.
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2012
- Total budget: 3.205.159,25 €
- Public contribution: 1.879.707,00 €
Objectives
The objective of the project is to develop an assistive device called ALICE with navigational and cognitive abilities. The purpose of such a device is to improve the quality of life of ageing people with impaired vision by providing them better mobility and enhancing their perception of the environment.
The assistive device called Alice will navigate user and offer a cognitive description based on a fusion of perceptions gathered from a range of sensors. For that research developments in cognitive sciences, psychology, computer vision, artificial intelligence, robot navigation and advances in positional audio will be combined.
Expected results and impact
The assistive device Alice will help blind and visually impaired to:
- navigate to and from a specific point;
- search for objects and recognise people;
- issue a warning about obstacles and imminent danger and;
- reinstate the cognitive sight system by supplying missing information to help familiarise themselves with their surroundings;
This will increase social inclusion and help users manage their everyday life more independently.
Partners
Partners involved in the ALICE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comland d.o.o. IT Solutions Development | SME | Slovenia | www.comland.si |
| Information and Image Management Systems, S.A. | SME | Spain | www.ims.es |
| Institut Mines-Télécom | R&D | France | www.mines-telecom.fr |
| Alpineon d.o.o. | SME | Slovenia | www.alpineon.com |
| Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovenia | End User | Slovenia | www.zveza-slepih.si |
| Communication for Blind and Disabled People ltd. | End User | United Kingdom | www.screenreader.net |
| Granite 5 Limited | SME | United Kingdom | www.granite5.com |
- Project name: Assistance for Better Mobility and Improved Cognition of Elderly Blind and Visually Impaired – ALICE
- Website: www.alice-project.eu
- Coordinator: Comland d.o.o. IT Solutions Development, Slovenia
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: € 1.797.253
- Public contribution: € 1.107.169
Objectives
The goal of VIRGILIUS is to provide a seamless transnational out- and indoor location and navigation service to elders, integrated with a set of a value added services centred on the person, with the aim to support his/her well-being while on the move.
The system/service will be applicable to different life situations as well as adaptable to different users needs and requirement depending on capabilities, attitude, country of origin and of destination and education.
Expected results and impact
The target of the project is to provide a simple, accessible, usable and intuitive system with a personalised interface adaptable to changing end-users “abilities” and requirements. Increase the elders’ mobility guaranteeing a high level of the autonomy and enhancing the person individual sense of confidence, autonomy, competence, security and safety.
Partners
Partners involved in the VIRGILIUS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telespazio | Large Industry | Italy | www.telespazio.com |
| Rartel | Large Industry | Romania | www.rartel.com |
| ArxIT SA consulting | SME | Switzerland | www.arxit.com |
| National Philatelic Museum | End User | Romania | www.muzeulfilatelic.ro |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.unige.com |
- Project name: VIRGILIUS – A Guide to Elders’ Well Being
- Website: www.virgilius.eu
- Coordinator: Telespazio S.p.A
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: € 3.212.863,90
- Public contribution: € 1.594.043,66
Contact
Pierpaolo Pilloni
E.: pierpaolo.pilloni@telespazio.com
T.: +39 06 4079 6310
Objectives
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
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 ...
Read moreObjectives
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
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