Success stories - AAL Programme

Access

Posted on September 19, 2017November 22, 2018

Providing access to care information With multiple carers and a variety of needs, information about an older person’s care needs is often lost between people and systems. The Access project addresses ...

Rehabilitation Gaming Systems

Posted on September 19, 2017November 22, 2018

Virtual reality for post-stroke care The cost of neural rehabilitation for stroke survivors is huge, while effective treatment to help people recover after a stroke is limited to drug therapy, ...

Fearless

Posted on September 19, 2017November 22, 2018

Safety through simplicity The Fearless Comfort System is a sensory alarm that detects accidents in the homes of some of society’s most vulnerable people who wish to live in their preferred ...

Connected Vitality

Posted on April 14, 2017November 22, 2018

Decreased mobility, loss of loved ones and diminishing mental capacity can all contribute to the onset of loneliness in older adults. ConnectedVitality sought to address this through the development ...

Express 2 Connect

Posted on April 14, 2017November 22, 2018

Combatting loneliness by design The Express2Connect project has created an app, Storyville, which stimulates and facilitates personal storytelling and enables interest-based connections and ...

Domeo

Posted on April 14, 2017November 22, 2018

To improve the wellbeing and autonomy of older adults, the DOMEO project has developed mobility assistive and companion robots to provide personalised domestic services. They have successfully ...

CapMouse

Posted on April 14, 2017November 22, 2018

The CapMouse project has led to the development of LipIt, a hands-free technology that allows the elderly disabled to use computers via lip movements. Having secured US and EU patents, the team are ...

2PCS: Help at the touch of a button

Posted on October 19, 2016November 22, 2018

The 2PCS Personal Protection and Caring System is a wearable technology designed to tackle the underlying causes of immobility. Poised and ready for the market, 2PCS demonstrates the importance of ...

AALuis

Posted on October 10, 2016November 22, 2018

Individual interfaces Diversity does not disappear with age. Ambient Assisted Living user interfaces (AALuis) addresses the unique needs of the individual to help older adults better exploit the ...

CO-LIVING

Posted on February 16, 2016November 22, 2018

Creating communities with ICT The Co-Living project encourages social interaction in elderly care homes through an easily adopted ICT platform that helps older adults to stay actively engaged with ...