Objectives
To demonstrate that by using of ICT people with dementia can:
- be visually stimulated to walk and eat better than before
- plan, perform and control daily activities
- monitored in their movement patterns
In order to:
- preserve and improve their cognitive functions as long as possible
- stay in control of their life with help of informal and formal care when needed.
Expected results and impact
- sustaining or improving cognitive functions in dementia patients by stimulating mirror neurons
- improved personal control over daily routines (supporting independence)
- increase in unrest behaviour and use of medication
- less demand on formal and informal care
- assessing the development of dementia by monitoring movement patterns with sensor technology
Partners
Partners involved in the ALFA project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woonzorg Unie Veluwe | End User | Netherlands | www.wzuveluwe.nl |
| VU University Amsterdam in partnership with TU University of Delft | R&D | Netherlands | www.psy.vu.nl |
| Alzheimer Nederland | End User | Netherlands | www.alzheimer-nederland.nl |
| T3LAB | R&D | Italy | www.t3lab.it |
| NoemaLife | SME | Italy | www.noemalife.com |
| EXEL | SME | Italy | www.exelmicroel.com |
| Iniciativas Comunitarias de Desarrollo Estepa Sierra Sur | SME | Spain | |
| Mondragon University | R&D | Spain | www.mondragon.edu |
- Project name: Active Living For Alzheimer-patients -ALFA
- Website: www.aal-alfa.eu
- Coordinator: HabiPro commissioned by Woonzorg Unie Veluwe
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 01.01.2012
- Total budget: € 2.162.987,24
- Public contribution: € 1.321.540,24
Objectives
The aim of AmCo is to develop a new, innovative and integrated standard‑AAL-platform to enhance the quality of life and help all and especially elder people coping with every-day life, like bed‑linen‑changing‑, cleaning‑ or party‑services. Therefore smart living services are offered, adjusted to the needs of the individual. Communication should be endowed, advocated and inspirited, i.e. by easily video-conferencing and digital black boards. Furthermore the individual safety is increased, i.e. by automatic cooker-deactivation or in-house emergency calls. So the individual potentials can be brought into action.
Expected results and impact
Developing a new standard AAL-platform is the main purpose of the AmCo Project, therefore the AmCo Platform is the most remarkable result of the project. Another result will be the academic evaluation of the pattern-of-use categorised by demographic respectively geographic parameters, which can be consulted in future AAL projects. Furthermore the evaluation can be used to design service portfolios for new applications. Moreover the utilisation of the AmCo-platform will help elderly people living in their own homely ambience as long as possible with as little inpatient health care as possible.
Parners
Partners involved in the AmCo project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deutsches Rotes Kreuz | End User | Germany | www.drk-bitburg-pruem.de |
| FACO Immobilien GmbH | End User | Germany | www.faco.de |
| Fraunhofer-Institut für Software und Systemtechnik ISST | R&D | Germany | www.isst.fraunhofer.de |
| BEKO Engineering & Informatik AG Competence Center Smart Home Solutions | Large Industry | Austria | www.smarthome.ag |
| Wincasa AG Immobilien-Dienstleistungen | Large Industry | Switzerland | www.wincasa.ch |
| Competence Center Independent Living University of St. Gallen | R&D | Switzerland | il.iwi.unisg.ch |
- Project name: Ambient Concierge, AmCo
- Website: www.ambient-concierge.eu
- Coordinator: German Red Cross
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.11.2011
- Total budget: € 2.620.726,85
- Public contribution: € 1.427.109,00
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
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
Objectives
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
Objectives
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
Objectives
The main objective of the proposed project is to provide the elderly people with the means of maintaining social relations by developing an easy to use and easy to understand communication platform with social and entertainment capabilities that can be easily upgraded with security and medical features. As a secondary objective we will address energy efficiency and the build-up of conscience by the elderly people, using the physical application and communication infrastructure to be put into place anyway, by providing information about the power consumption of the many devices at home, in an intuitive, entertaining and educative fashion.
Expected results and impact
The main goal is to develop a framework to facilitate the provision of relevant service on the relevant channel for households with elderly people. The inclusion of elderly people in the digital society has to begin with the most common channel and interface they are used to, the television, and then the applied types of communication channels may expand. Our goal is to enable elderly people and their family to share their everyday experiences and help them make use of existing and currently developed multimedia services to generate the sense of closeness and community belonging they are searching for.
Partners
Partners involved in the HELASCOL project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meticube | R&D | Portugal | www.meticube.com |
| Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI) | R&D | Switzerland | www.supsi.ch |
| Fondazione Casa per Anziani Giubiasco (FCPA) | End User | Switzerland | www.fcpa.ch |
| Kecelcom Kft. | SME | Hungary | kecelcom.hu |
| Kapsch Businesscom Kft. | R&D | Hungary | www.kapsch.net |
| Kecel Local Government | End User | Hungary | www.kecel.hu |
- Project name: HELASCOL – “Helping elders to live an active and socially connected life by involving them in the digital society”
- Coordinator: Kecelcom Kft.
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 03.05.2012
- Total budget:€ 1.492.120
- Public contribution: € 1.132.870
Contact
Objectives
Join-In aims to provide a means for elderly home-bound people to escape social isolation. It will enable and enforce communication by providing the necessary technologies and by offering activities that encourage socialising. Within the project Join-In will offer a variety of activities to motivate, but also to activate the elderly: communication by social networking, multi player gaming, exergaming and virtual exercising. This will help the seniors to keep active and promote health -as preliminary studies have demonstrated. The activities will be accessible via PC or TV and set-top box. The users will be involved in the project development at all stages.
Expected results and impact
Partners
Partners involved in the Join-In project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| German Research Center for Environmental Health | R&D | Germany | www.helmholtz-muenchen.de |
| Diakonie MünchenMoosach | End User | Germany | www.diakonie-moosach.de |
| Institute of Technology, Carlow | R&D | Ireland | www.itcarlow.ie |
| Bull Hungary | SME | Hungary | www.bull.hu |
| University Hospital of North Norway Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine | R&D | Norway | www.telemed.no |
| Norut (Northern Research Institute Tromsø)a | R&D | Netherlands | www.norut.no |
| PASIFE | SME | Germany | http://www.pasife.de |
| Valentia Technologies | SME | Ireland | www.valentiatech.com |
| Happywise oy | SME | Finland | www.happywise.fi |
- Project name: Join In Senior Citizens Overcoming Barriers by Joining Fun Activities
- Website: http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/en/join-in/home
- Coordinator: German Research Center for Environmental Health, Claudia Hildebrand
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.11.2010
- Total budget: € 3.033.000
- Public contribution: € 1.796.000
Contact
Claudia Hildebrand
E.: hildebra@helmholtz-muenchen.de
T.: +49 89 3187 4182