Objectives:
An increasing number of adults aged 55 and more can be found driving on European roads. Despite the correlation between ageing and physical and cognitive problems, most ageing people still like to drive. They require tailor-made solutions in order to keep on driving independently in a safe, comfortable and stress-less way. Maintaining mobile for a longer period of time has many advantages, such as maintaining independent, with an active life style and social life. The goal of the project is to develop and evaluate (innovative) services to support older adults to drive safe for a longer period of time.
Expected results and impact:
On the long term, the following societal impacts are expected:
- To allow ageing car users to maintain mobile for a longer period of time, under safer conditions, by using tools that allow them to drive more comfortably and with less stress.
- To provide stakeholders with a measurable basis to identify safe and unsafe behaviour, which can be used for different target groups.
Within the project we expect:
- To develop close-to-marketable products (TRL 7 or 8) that provide the ageing drivers with the support they need or want.
- To advance the ageing car user’s acceptance of the use of such systems
- To trigger secondary and tertiary end-users in using the to-be developed tools.
Partners
Partners involved in the project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| F2S2 | Small enterprise | Belgium | www.f2s2.be |
| EURAG Austria | End-Users | Austria | www.eurag.at |
| JESCO Auto Training School | Small enterpirse | Belgium | www.jesco.be |
| KBO-PCOB | End Users | Netherlands | www.kbo-pcob.nl |
| Paris Lodron University Salzburg | University | Austria | www.uni-salzburg.nl |
| SD-insights | Small enterprise | Netherlands | www.sd-insights.eu/en/ |
| NEOS | End Users | Belgium | www.neoszw.be |
| Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit | Medium Enterprise | Austria | www.kfv.at |
| 50PLUS | End Users | Austria | www.seniorenbund.com/ |
- Project name: CuARdian Angel 2 (CARA 2)
- Website: https://www.cuardian-angel.eu/
- Coordinator: F2S2
- Duration: 18 months
- Starting date: 12/2019
- Total budget: € 1.630.000
- Public contribution: € 1.000.000
Objectives:
Dehydration of elderly is a significant problem. AquaTime is a new IoT-enabled solution to monitor and motivate elderly people and provide an overview for caretakers of the hydration status of elderly citizens. The solution is aimed at the public healthcare sector.
The objective of this project is to define, develop and test a specific version of AquaTime that fulfills most wishes and requirements of the eldercare sector in Extremadura, Spain. The developed solution will be able to add value for all types of stakeholders such as end users, formal and informal caretakers and public sector decision makers.
Expected results and impact:
This project wants to make and test a solution that fits the needs of different stakeholders in the care sector in Extremadura, Spain, taking the language, care sector, culture and climate into account. It is estimated that AquaTime can be used to reduce the risk of dehydration. It will also lead to an understanding of the potential for process improvement (e.g. a more uniform level of care with respect to dehydration), improved quality of life and cost savings. After the project has finished (and approvals, e.g. CE marking, have been obtained), AquaTime can be deployed in the market.
Partners
Partners involved in the project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heveas | SME | Denmark | www.heveas.com |
| Medbroker | SME | Denmark | www.medbroker.com |
| Designit Oslo | SME | Norway | www.designit.com |
| FundeSalud | End Users | Spain | www.fundesalud.es |
- Project name: AQUATIME – The Smart Hydration Assistant
- Website: To be launched
- Coordinator: Heveas
- Duration: 9 months
- Starting date: 01/01/2020
- Total budget: € 270.000
- Public contribution: € 170.000
Contact:
Soren Jensen
E.: ssj@heveas.com
T.: +45 36699 1354
CoachMyLife
CoachMyLife targets mainly older people to help them to perform activities of the daily living but also to reduce/stabilise memory impairment. By using a smartwatch and localization Bluetooth ...
Read moreObjectives:
People living at home and suffering from memory impairment are less and less able to accomplish their daily life activities. They could use a lot of sticky notes or digital reminders, but these are static and non-evolving notes. The project proposes a sophisticated digital memory aid, depending on user’s context. Using different sensors placed strategically at home, notes are prompt on a screen depending on the activity and user’s profile. Using errorless training, the display of task steps is adapted to train people’s memory and so to limit memory impairment progression.
Expected results and impact:
- Improved quality of life using QOL-AD and WHOQOL-OLD questionnaires
- Increased independence using ADCS-MCI-ADL and ABDEL questionnaires
- Smaller burden for informal carers using Zarit Burden Interview
- From prototype to market ready solution within a year after project end
- Year 2 of market: 450 sales in Switzerland and 2000 sales across Europe
- The system will pay for itself in terms of reduced care costs after less than 2 years of use
Partners
Partners involved in the project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacie Principale | SME/User | Switzerland | www.pharmacie-principale.ch |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | tam.unige.ch |
| terzStiftung | User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| Eurotronik Kranj d. o. o. | SME | Slovenia | www.eurotronik.si |
| Jožef Stefan Institute | R&D | Slovenia | www.ijs.si |
| Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy | User | Romania | www.umfcd.ro |
| CANARY TECH | SME | Romania | www.canarytech.ro |
- Project name: CoachMyLife
- Website: www.coachmylife.eu
- Coordinator: Pharmacie Principale
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 01/07/2019
- Total budget: € 2.700.000
- Public contribution: € 1.600.000
Contact:
Jean-Philippe de Toledo
E.: jphdt@ppge.ch
T.: +41 79 370 45 05
Objectives
The goal of this project is to develop immersive serious games to increase motivation in elderly patients in nursing homes or daily centers and, above all, test the using of these technologies (more mature and affordable nowadays) in combating cognitive impairment. We will specially focus on some mental capacities that could be trained and measures, such as attention or executive functions. And we would analyse both impact in cognitive status but also the feedback of those elderly users to conclude if there’s a sustainable business model behind VR & AR related to therapies against cognitive impairment.
Expected results and impact
- For patients in nursing homes, it would offer new and attractive ways to perform cognitive stimulation therapies (VR and AR), involving different types of end users in two different countries, so we could analyse even how the cultural differences impact in the results of the tests.
- We would also validate the benefits for those end-user organisations, in terms of positive changes in the state of their patients, but also in the impact in their own processes and workers and the marketing it could give them.
- The project will also try to analyse the existence of a potential new market for cognitive stimulation across Europe.
Partners
Partners involved in the project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ideable Solutions S.L. | SME | Spain | www.ideable.net |
| Ana Aslan International Foundation | End User | Romania | www.anaaslanacademy.ro |
| Center for Assisted Living Technology, Health and Care | End User | Denmark | www.velfaerdsteknologi.aarhus.dk/english |
| University of Deusto, eVIDA | R&D | Spain | www.deusto.es |
- Project name: Virtual and Augmented reality for combating cognitive – VirtuAAL
- Coordinator: Ideable Solutions, SL
- Duration: 6 months
- Starting date: 05/2019
- Total budget: € 357.650,00
- Public contribution: € 273.072,50
Objectives
Physical activity is known to improve many of the factors associated with ageing and helps older adults to maintain their well-being, functional ability and independence. However, maintaining an active lifestyle or recovering from injury/illness is a challenge, especially for the elderly, motivation is a key factor. Therefore, SALSA creates a unique, trustworthy tool for creating a supportive and motivating environment that eliminates barriers for seniors to begin and sustain an active lifestyle.
Expected results and impact
Expected result of SALSA is a smart, app-based-solution that optionally includes (body) sensors to support physiotherapy and all aspects of starting and maintaining an active lifestyle for older adults. SALSA helps to eliminate the barriers that hinder seniors from beginning and sustaining an active lifestyle, by implementing appropriate motivation methods, especially by creating a supportive network that engages the community. The output of SALSA is a mature, integrated and validated solution. Consequently, the rollout timeframe is expected to be approximately one year following the end of the project.
Partners
Partners involved in the project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIFEtool | End user | Austria | www.lifetool.at |
| Netural | SME | Austria | www.netural.com |
| YouToo | SME | Austria | www.youtoo.help |
| Mira | SME | Romania | www.mirarehab.com |
| National Foundation for the Elderly | End user | The Netherlands | www.ouderenfonds.nl |
| Roessingh Research and Development | R&D | The Netherlands | www.rrd.nl |
| terzStiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzStiftung.ch |
- Project name: Supporting an Active Lifestyle for Seniors through an innovative App-based system for Fitness and Physiotherapy (SALSA)
- Website: www.salsa-project.com
- Coordinator: LIFEtool gemeinnützige GmbH
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 02/2019
- Total budget: € 2.590.000
- Public contribution: € 1.630.000
CARU cares
In order to evaluate the acceptance and effectiveness of the solution, a main focus throughout the project are field tests of the CARU device and its functionalities. Today, CARU is on the market and ...
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Technology should make people’s lives simpler. CARU is a device that facilitates communication between elderly people, relatives and caregivers. It also provides relevant information about behaviour changes or similar to caregivers. Interaction with the device is carried out by voice commands, which is the most natural way of interaction for us humans. In the project, we will evaluate the acceptance of and the effectiveness for all stakeholders. Also, we will implement and test a completely new feature: Care documentation by voice, which could reduce time pressure and improve care quality.
Expected results and impact
As CARU is already commercially available, the project aims to optimize the impact of the solution to end-users. This includes the safety of elderly as well as their feeling of social inclusion and autonomy. We expect this to increase significantly by the use of CARU. For caregivers we strive to improve the attractiveness of the profession by decreasing time pressure and making processes more efficient. The new features of documentation by voice and announcement of the arrival time have a great potential for that (by saving time) and we aim to proof this during the project.
Partners
Partners involved in the project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARU AG | SME | Switzerland | www.caruhome.com |
| Bonacasa | SME | Switzerland | www.bonacasa.ch |
| Hochschule Luzern Tand A, iHomeLab | R&D | Switzerland | www.ihomelab.ch |
| Johanniter gGmbH | User | Austria | www.johanniter.at |
| Fachhoschule Wiener Grafik Design Werkstats | R&D | Austria | www.fhwn.ac.at |
| Schneeweis Wittmann Grafik Design Werkstat | SME | Austria | http://www.schneeweiswittmann.at/ |
| Senior Living Group | LARGE INDUSTRY | Belgium | www.srliving.be |
| Vienna University of Economics and Business | R&D | Austria | www.wu.ac.at |
- Project name: CARU cares
- Website: www.carucares.com
- Coordinator: Hochschule Luzern Tand A, iHomeLab
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 06/2019
- Total budget: € 2.400.000
- Public contribution: € 1.200.000
Objectives
Retirement and off-boarding from a long-lasting job position can cause psychological burdens, especially when no plan for the future life exists. The currently uncertain and volatile market situations forces people to be more flexible but very often there is no support. AgeWell aims for personal assistance for older workers in uncertain situations and to tackle new situations with a positive mindset. Additionally, AgeWell is a promotor for an active and healthy lifestyle.
Expected results and impact
- increasing the quality of life score of the participants by at least 5 %
- increasing the satisfaction with life score of the participants by at least 10%
- at the end we will have a personalized virtual assistant for everyone to support people in volatile and uncertain times.
Partners
Partners involved in the project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| WPU GmbH | SME | Austria | www.wpu.at |
| AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | R&D | Austria | www.ait.ac.at |
| ProSelf Int. AG | SME | Austria | www.proself.org |
| University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt | R&D | Austria | www.fhwn.ac.at |
| MedRecord BV | SME | The Netherlands | www.medrecord.io |
| Gouden Dagen | User | The Netherlands | www.goudendagen.nl |
| National Institute of Health and Science on Aging | User / R&D | Italy | https://www.inrca.it |
- Project name: Virtual coaching to support a healthy and meaningful life of older adults and employees in their retirement process
- Website: www.agewell-project.eu
- Coordinator: WPU GmbH
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 02/2019
- Total budget: € 2.000.000
- Public contribution: € 1.400.000
COGNIVITRA
Cognitive care is largely dependent on traditional methods, only feasible in the presence of a health professional. These are centered in institutions, lacking technological tools and away from ...
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The trend for the upcoming years in terms of care and cure integration is characterized by shifting interventions to the home environment. COGNIVITRA will develop an ICT-based solution for cognitive vitality training at home. The growth in the incidence of different neurodegenerative diseases that leads to cognitive impairment is a growing problem worldwide. However, current care systems lack resources to address the growing number of patients requiring intervention.
Expected results and impact
COGNIVITRA will address the need for remote monitoring of patients’ cognitive and physical evolution for longer and more continuous periods, and for a more collaborative network for health professionals and carers. COGNIVITRA aims improving overall Quality of Life for primary end-users in at least 5% scoring in WHOQOL-OLD; reducing stress for carers (secondary end-users) at least 10% on Zarit Burden interview; containing the costs associated with healthcare for people at risk of cognitive impairment.
Neuroinova estimates to launch COGNIVITRA in the market by the end of 2022.
Partners
Partners involved in the project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPN | R&D | Portugal | www.ipn.pt |
| NIV | SME | Portugal | www.cogweb.pt |
| PSSJD | End user | Spain | www.pssjd.org |
| RHZ | End user | Luxembourg | www.rehazenter.lu |
- Project name: COGNItive VItality TRAining at home – COGNIVITRA
- Website: http://cognivitra.las.ipn.pt
- Coordinator: Instituto Pedro Nunes
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 02/2019
- Total budget: € 773.072,54
- Public contribution: € 581.015,28
Contact
António Cunha
E.: cunha@ipn.pt, T:. +351239700933
João Quintas
E.: jquintas@ipn.pt, T.: +351239700933
Objectives
The project develops and tests a 3D location sensor infrastructure to be deployed in serviced elderly homes. For the end-user, the proposed monitoring system alerts not only incidents like fall detection, but also provides insight in the end-user’s condition. In addition, the system reports activities of care personnel so that professional care providers receive automated feedback on effectiveness of their services. The infrastructure grows from a Home Automation comfort proposition into high-intensity surveillance as the client gets older, hence adding value to serviced elderly real-estate.
Expected results and impact
The project will increase Quality of Life for Primary and secondary end-users. It will respect privacy (no cameras), integrates well in user’s daily life (service take-up) and respects their dignity (no stigma). Urgent incidents (e.g. fall) are reported with less false negatives (<1%) and positives (<10%). It will increase care worker’s effectiveness (eliminates reporting “red tape”, so that more quality time is available to do the job). We primarily aim at serviced institutions, in which we observe the best business potential. We aim to start deployments within 1 year after project, targeting >1000 users.
Partners
Partners involved in the project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| MV | SME | Belgium | www.magicview.tv |
| ARX-IT | SME | Switzerland | www.arxit.com |
| FhP-AICOS | R&D | Portugal | www.aicos.fraunhofer.pt |
| TERZ | End user | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
Project name: Indoor Activity Notification for Vigilance Services (IANVS)
Website: http://www.aal-ianvs.eu/
Coordinator: Magicview Connected Products Belgium BVBA
Duration: 24 months
Starting Date: 03/2019
Total budget: € 2.300.000
Public contribution: € 1.250.000
Objectives
Falls are the most serious and frequent home accident amongst the elderly and are a major reason for admission to hospitals, nursing or residential homes. The increased fragility of elderly people is one of the most important risk factors in determining falls. Whilst most of the existing solutions are focused on detecting falls, the frAAgiLe solution aims to intervene earlier, to both prevent and detect frailty at home, using no extra sensors in the house and with almost no human intervention. frAAgiLe will provide a new, disruptive approach for combating mental and physical frailty by using video training, serious games, body recognition and tracking by a tablet and a smartwatch.
Expected results and impact
The created platform will be offered and commercialized in most European countries 2 years after the projects’ end. frAAgiLe solution will attract elderly people at first, but also family members, caregivers, eldercare service providers, thus contributing to building a new economy and to enhancing the social inclusion of its members. A simple app will increase the accessibility to fragility tools and wearables, reducing the time for direct interaction with therapists and doctors and making the project quite scalable. The final result will be a platform suitable for current potential user needs, but open to changes, flexible and adaptable to the users’ and carers’ changing requirements.
Partners
Partners involved in the project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ideable Solutions S.L. | SME | Spain | www.ideable.net |
| Ana Aslan International Foundation | End user | Romania | www.anaaslanacademy.ro |
| Agecare (Cyprus) LTD – Materia Group | End user | Cyprus | www.materia.com.cy |
| University of Deusto, eVIDA | R&D | Spain | www.deusto.es |
| terzStiftung | End user | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.unige.ch |
| SingularLogic Romania Computer Application SRL. | SME | Romania | www.singularlogic.eu |
| Innovation Laboratory Ltd. | SME | Hungary | www.innolabor.hu |
| Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd. For Applied Research | R&D | Hungary | www.bayzoltan.hu |
- Project name: Platform for detecting and preventing frailty and falls – frAAgiLe
- Website: www.fraagile.eu
- Coordinator: Ideable Solutions, SL , Spain
- Duration: 24 months
- Starting Date: 07/2019
- Total budget: € 2.246.554,08
- Public contribution: € 1.451.616,78