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 ...
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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
FEARLESS is a project designed to detect a wide range of risks with a single sensor unit, enhancing mobility and enabling elderly to take active part in the self-serve society by reducing their fears. Another main focus of this project is the lack of expertise at the supplier side and thus the integration of important parts of the supply chain (i.e. network of electricians and electric shops).
It will utilise the flexibility of vision based sensors and combine it with acoustic event detection. This combination will significantly enhance the reliability of the overall system. The potential dangers, which can be detected with FEARLESS include smoke/fire, flooding, falls or sudden changes in daily life caused by a deterioration of the health condition. The overall aim of this project is the reduction of barriers (i.e. fears and concerns), which impedes the mobility of elderly people, often suffering from dementia or light loss of cognitive activities.
Expected results and impact
The social alarm technology is increasingly deployed to provide non-institutionalised care and to promote an independent lifestyle for the elderly population. The actual low penetration of the technology is expected to offer growth opportunities to information and communications infrastructure providers, social alarm equipment suppliers as well as community service providers.
The following technologies are proposed in the actual market:
- First-generation Alarms: These devices consist of a simple telephone unit and a pendant with a button that can be triggered when help is required by the user. The monitoring centre systems receive the call, which displays the caller’s identity and location, thereby enabling care staff to provide immediate response based on the level of urgency.
- Second-generation Alarms: This segment, otherwise known as telecare refers to the use of sensors such as smoke, fire and flood detectors, among others, which enable the care staff to respond to a crisis by providing immediate response in case of emergencies.
- Third-generation Alarms: This refers to a more advanced type of telecare service, which collects activity data automatically through various sensors on a continuous basis through the detection of various movements.
At present, the most mature market in the field of ICTs and ageing concerns social alarms (first generation). FEARLESS is an enrichment of the current home care services covering the third generation alarms market.
Partners
Partners involved in the FEARLESS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| CogVis GmbH | R&D | Austria | www.cogvis.at |
| Vienna University of Technology | R&D | Austria | caa.tuwien.ac.at |
| University of Bamberg | End User | Germany | www.uni-bamberg.de |
| TeSAN | End User | Italy | www.tesan.it |
| i2CAT Technological Center | End User / R&D | Spain | www.i2cat.net |
| InfoKom GmbH | End User / SME | Germany | www.infokom.de |
| Linkcare Health Services | R&D | Spain | www.ipk.fraunhofer.de |
| Fraunhofer IPK | R&D | Germany | |
| Samariterbund Wien | End User | Austria | www.samariterbund.net |
| Medical University of Vienna | R&D | Austria | www.meduniwien.ac.at |
- Project name: Fear Elimination As Resolution for Loosing Elderly’s Substantial Sorrows FEARLESS
- Website: www.cogvis.at
- Coordinator: CogVis GmbH, Pulverturmgasse 3, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2011
- Total budget: € 2.680.777
- Public contribution: –
Contact
DI Michael Brandstötter, MSc
E.: brandstoetter@cogvis.at
T.: +43 1 997 1594 0
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
Inclusion Society is a connected service system which will support organisations delivering an improved community care service. The aim is to help people adapt their lifestyle, improve their health, and feel connected. InS aims to encourage a change in behaviour by applying motivational techniques and thinking. The client uses a tablet PC & records health data via smart sensors. Social interaction with family, friends & care provider is supported by a network of cloud ‘portals’. InS will provide preventive health care for senior citizens at home and institutions, improving their security and quality of life.
Expected results and impact
InclusionSociety development will deliver 4 modules, where at an early stage homePad and the friends & family portal can be installed. The system will grow with their demands to cover the demands of care by bridging the homePad to Care Management System at the Service Provider’s centre. Further, when there will be a demand for medical support, the nursePad will be linked to follow up in home or in institutions for senior citizens. InclusionSociety will meet the goals to give senior citizens an opportunity to stay longer at home with a higher quality life as well as improving utilisation of the municipality facilities.
Partners
Partners involved in the InS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Organiser AS | SME | Norway | www.hospitalorganiser.no |
| Mediq AS | SME | Denmark | www.mediqdanmark.dk/ |
| Alloy LTD | SME | United KIngdom | www.thealloy.com |
| ViVit AS | SME | Norway | www.vivit.no |
- Project name: InclusionSociety- improving usability of the municipal health services and opening up access to the self- serve society
- Website: www.inclusionSociety.com
- Coordinator: Hospital Organiser AS Lysker w/ Oslo, Norway
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.03.2012
- Total budget: € 1.583.790
- Public contribution: € 813.839
Objectives
LILY is focusing on the improvement of the quality of life, autonomy, participation in social life, skills and employability through a transportable adapted home environment for a self serve of daily living activities. LILY aims at putting the technology at the service of three dimensions of users: the single individual older persons, persons in direct contact with their professional care and social workers as well as family members, together with the institutions and private organisations paying and enabling services that are public sector, social security or insurance companies.
Expected results and impact
LILY will prototype the needed products and services. Pre-industrial prototypes of the products, validated in 2 pilot sites will be available at the end of the project. The expected benefits: for older persons, the increase of the quality of life, independent living and better decision taking ability. For the helpers: communication efficiency, increase cost-benefit standards. For the SMEs and service providers: advanced products demanded by users and a big market opportunity. As an outcome a set of business models are created which are easy to replicate to new sites.
Partners
Partners involved in the LILY project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oulu | R&D | Finland | ratoy.oulu.fi |
| Oulu University of Applied Sciences | R&D | Finland | www.oamk.fi |
| Technical University of Vienna | R&D | Austria | www.aat.tuwien.ac.at |
| Siperia Systems Oy | SME | Finland | Pandora--Service.Management.Software.for.Elderly.Care.pdf |
| VISAGE Camera-Contact SA | SME | France | camera-contact.com/offre.html |
| The Districal Joint Municipal Authority of Health Care in Raahe, Siikajoki, Pyhäjoki and Vihanti | End User | Finland | www.ras.fi |
| The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Creuse area | End User | France | www.cci-creuse.com |
- Project name: Advanced Support for Independent Living; Human Life Cycle Approach in Senior Housing – LILY
- Website: http://www.aal-europe.eu/projects/lily/
- Coordinator: University of Oulu, Raahe unit, Finland
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.12.2011
- Total budget: € 1.937.854
- Public contribution: € 1.333.553
Objectives
The objective of Mylife is to support independence for older people with reduced cognitive function by giving them access to simple and intuitive services that are adapted to their individual needs and wishes. The ambition of the Mylife project is to provide network-based access to, and management of, commercially and/or freely available software, and activities managed from the secondary end-uses’ locations enabling the primary end-users to access Mylife applications remotely via the internet. The final service offered by Mylife supports time-orientation, communication and recreational activities.
Expected results and impact
The expected outcome of Mylife for the primary end-users will be (1) increased independence and well-being in home environments, (2) decreased social isolation and thereby increased participation, (3) stimulation of cognitive abilities, and (4) self-services based on Internet-enabled applications. For the secondary end-users, the outcomes are: (1) simple and inspiring user instructions and (2) reduced stress caused by worries, repeated questions and calls, as well as passivity. Mylife will also create new business opportunities for SMEs and enable a greater uptake of electronic self-services.
Partners
Partners involved in the Mylife project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karde AS | SME / Large Industry | Norway | www.karde.no |
| Tellu AS | SME / Large Industry | Norway | www.tellu.no |
| Forget-me-not AS | SME / Large Industry | Norway | www.forgetmenot.no |
| Sidsel Bjørneby Sole Proprietorship | SME / Large Industry | Norway | www.sidselb.no |
| Housing21 | End User | United Kingdom | www.housing21.co.uk |
| Trent Dementia Services and Development Centre | End User | United Kingdom | www.trentdsdc.org.uk |
| Berlin Institute for Social Research | R&D | Germany | www.bis-berlin.de |
- Project name: Multimedia technology for independence and participation for people with dementia
- Website: www.mylife-project.org
- Coordinator: Karde AS, Norway
- Duration: 20 Months
- Starting Date: 01.04.2011
- Total budget: € 1.059.973
- Public contribution: € 620.335
Objectives
- OsteoLink was successfully created and launched in 2010
- Osteolink went live in Austria and Sweden in December 2010
- A total of 1,900 unique users from 16 countries (02-04/2011)
- OsteoLink provides a range of educational materials that is scientifically validated and credible.
- To date, 108 unique media articles have featured OsteoLink and the survey data. These have reached audiences throughout Europe and Australia.
- 13 IOF member societies from 9 countries are actively engaged in the pilot programme.
- In 2011, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Portugal, Spain, Greece and France will go live.
Expected results and impact
- Create the first online and in-person osteoporosis community that operates at the global and country level, addressing the educational and support needs of osteoporosis patients in Europe and Australia
- Provide tools for better communication for people with osteoporosis and health professionals to help improve adherence
- Encourage better dialogue among people with osteoporosis, healthcare professionals, friends and families
- Inform the osteoporosis community about OsteoLink and its role in improving communication
Partners
Partners involved in the OsteoLink project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Bone Diseases | R&D | Switzerland | www.unige.ch |
| International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) | SME | Switzerland | www.iofbonehealth.org |
| Amgen (Europe) GmbH | Large Industry | Switzerland | www.Amgen.com |
| Hill & Knowlton | SME | United Kingdom | www.Hill&Knowlton.co.uk |
| Action for Healthy Bones (AHB) | End User | Austria | www.aktiongesundeknochen.at |
| Syzygy | SME | United Kingdom | www.syzygy.net |
- Project name: OsteoLink (T-Break)
- Website: http://www.osteolink.org/
- Coordinator: International Osteoporosis Foundation – Switzerland
- Duration: 20 Months
- Starting Date: 01.04.2010
- Total budget: € 1.536.668
- Public contribution: € 411.254
Contact
Victoria Monti
E.: vmonti@iofbonehealth.org
T.: +41 22 994 01 22
Laurence Triouleyre
E.: ltriouleyre@iofbonehealth.org
T.: +41 22 994 01 22