INSPIRATION
The Inspiration project will apply state of the art development processes. The coordinator YouPers with u-sentric and its associated experienced development partners, will introduce its user centred ...
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The goal of INSPIRATION is it to help older adults living a healthier life to stay mentally and physically fit. Our digital coach will motivate them to be active – every day!
INSPIRATION provides health tips and motivates to perform recurring movement exercises. A daily planner schedules activities and also integrates health tips into shopping lists. Activities are recorded and displayed in a health agenda, where reading rights can be granted to relatives, friends and caregivers. Pressing the done button and the awareness of the performed activities become the main motivators.
Expected results and impact
INSPIRATION will deliver a comprehensive working prototype for mobile applications, which will be validated with end-users in Switzerland and Belgium.
The systems main results will be: (1) a unified and intuitive user interface that appeals to people who are not familiar with technology, (2) provision of content regarding daily live activities and nutrition, (3) provision of inspiration management including agendas and reminders and (4) basic information for third partners to display health status for caregivers and friends.
Partners
Partners involved in the INSPIRATION project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouPers AG | SME | Switzerland | www.youpers.ch |
| CREAGY AG | SME | Switzerland | www.creagy.ch |
| Romus AG | SME | Switzerland | www.romus.ch |
| Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Engineering & Architecture CEESAR - iHomeLab | R&D | Switzerland | www.iHomeLab.ch |
| terzStiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| u-sentric | SME | Belgium | www.u-sentric.com |
| Alternatief VZW | End User | Belgium | www.alternatiefvzw.be |
| OpenSky Data Systems | SME | Ireland | www.openskydata.com |
| Waterford Institute of Technologie – Telecommunications Software & Systems Group | R&D | Ireland | www.tssg.org |
- Project name: INSPIRATION
- Website: www.youpers.ch
- Coordinator: YouPers AG
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.08.2013
- Total budget: € 2.749.960,00
- Public contribution: € 1.457.480,00
Contact
Urs Baumeler
E.: urs.baumeler@youpers.com
T.: +41 79 479 72 56
Objectives
Project partners and end-users co-design a reciprocal exchange-service for an engaged senior life. The service addresses a market opportunity and releases an unexploited societal potential for solving tasks predominantly under the public sector realm. Behind the need and opportunity are societal macro trends as well as documented positive effects of seniors’ prolonged professional activity and voluntary work. Give&Take empowers seniors, by improving occupational lifestyle through a reciprocal exchange-service to maintain societal engagement as a key to mental, social and physical fitness.
Expected results and impact
The project will have important impact for European societies in the area of welfare and quality of life for senior citizens. Through social and digital media innovation the Give&Take project will 1) release a currently unexploited societal potential for tasks currently under the public sector realm, 2) increase empowerment of independent living of seniors and 3) strengthen quality of life of seniors through occupation and social engagement as a key to mental, social and physical fitness – and by this further (indirect) effects on welfare state by delaying the need for intensive public care.
Partners
Partners involved in the Give&Take project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT University of Copenhagen | R&D | Denmark | www.itu.dk/en/ |
| Socialsquare | SME | Denmark | www.socialsquare.dk |
| TakeTheWind | SME | Portugal | www.takethewind.com |
| Technical University of Vienna | R&D | Austria | www.tuwien.ac.at/en/ |
| Frederiksberg Municipality | End User | Denmark | www.frederiksberg.dk/da/Borger/Information-in-English.aspx |
| Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design | R&D | Denmark | http://kadk.dk/en/ |
- Project name: Give&Take: Designing a reciprocal exchange service for a good and engaged senior life
- Website: www.givetake.eu
- Coordinator: IT University of Copenhagen
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2014
- Total budget: € 1.601.762
- Public contribution: € 1.080.545
Objectives
Over 5% of the world’s population suffer from a disabling hearing loss. Profoundly deaf people can be helped with a cochlear implant, and for milder losses a bone conduction implant can bring relief. These devices are rather complex containing many advanced features, i.e. connectivity solutions. This project aims at developing a telehealth platform empowering senior users in their daily life. It provides a communication channel with clinicians and manufacturers offering counselling and troubleshooting information, training and hearing assessment, and device use and fitting services.
Expected results and impact
Deafness is very disabling causing social isolation and is possible linked to accelerated cognitive decline. Hearing implants are not always available, as the devices are expensive and the after care is intensive requiring regular travel to the clinic, audiological centre or the speech therapist. The proposed telehealth system intends to increase the quality of the hearing therapy (e.g. less down time, better information and training, optimal hearing in everyday environment), reduce the cost of ownership (e.g. less need for specialist consultations) and empower the hearing implant recipient.
Partners
Partners involved in the SHiEC project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochlear Technology Centre | Large Industry | Belgium | www.cochlear.com |
| Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions | Large Industry | Sweden | www.cochlear.com |
| Otoconsult | SME | Belgium | www.otoconsult.com |
| Vrije Universiteit Medical Center | R&D | The Netherlands | www.vumc.nl |
| Onafhankelijk Platform voor Cochleaire Implantatie | End User | The Netherlands | www.opciweb.nl |
- Project name: Supporting Hearing in Elderly Citizens -SHiEC
- Website: www.shiec.eu
- Coordinator: Cochlear Technology Centre
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2014
- Total budget: € 4.306.577
- Public contribution: € 1.958.418
Objectives
The project brings together 3 universities and 5 companies active and experienced in R&D of assistive devices to specify the full-body personal mobility, reaching, and grasping requirements of elderly persons allowing them to continue managing their daily activities related to voluntary occupation (maintaining gardens or carrying groceries of more needy people) , as well as participating in local social activities while preserving their health and providing motivation to remain active and independent. Basic products comprising upper-, lower- and full-body assistive exoskeletons will be designed, developed, and validated.
Expected results and impact
The AXO-SUIT integrates recent advances in assistive technology to study and design exoskeletons and to meet the challenges in helping elderly workers. The results will include novel exoskeletons consisting of modules to allow integration to realise prototype upper-, lower- and full-body assistive suits. They will comprehensively supplement the strength of elderly persons with effective and affordable exoskeletons and improve directly their quality of life. The exoskeletons could also be extended to more aged persons, weak or disabled adults, or elder employees as their needs are similar.
Partners
Partners involved in the AXO-SUIT project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aalborg University | End User | Denmark | www.aau.dk |
| University of Gävle | End User | Sweden | www.hig.se |
| University of Limerick | R&D | Ireland | www.ul.ie |
| Welldana A/S | End User | Denmark | www.welldana-innocare.com |
| Bioservo Technologies AB | Large Industry | Sweden | www.bioservo.se |
| MTD Precision Engineering Ltd | SME | Ireland | www.tooling.ie |
| COMmeto bvba | SME | Belgium | www.commeto.be |
| Hjälpmedelsteknik Sverige | End user | Sweden | www.hjalpmedelsteknik.se |
- Project name: Assistive exoskeleton suitable for elderly persons / AXO-SUIT
- Website: www.axo-suit.eu
- Coordinator: Aalborg University, Denmark
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.10.2014
- Total budget: € 2.788.762
- Public contribution: € 1.641.470
Objectives
The project ANIMATE born with the aim of using new technologies to address one of the main problems of generational relay: the loss of knowledge by a lack of adequate transmission of experience among the older generations and younger generations. ANIMATE also seeks to solve a problem that affects people of a certain age: the feeling of not being useful, due to be jobless or have a job that does not conform to their current abilities and interests, leads to absence of ambition and a sedentary lifestyle. Moreover ANIMATE aims to help the development of the manufacturing sector across Europe.
Expected results and impact
ANIMATE is designed to maximise the recuperative and preventive effects of occupation on health and well-being. The solution highlights the important role of qualified older adults in the labour market and targets the preservation of their extended knowledge. The ANIMATE project aims to create a European wide community of intergenerational knowledge transfer which will bring together older and younger generations across the continent for the exchange of expertise and know-how.
Partners
Partners involved in the ANIMATE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| HI-Iberia Ingenieria y Proyectos SL | SME | Spain | www.hi-iberia.es |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.qol.unige.ch |
| Thurrock Council | End User | United Kingdom | www.Thurrock.gov.uk |
| e-learning Studios Ltd. | SME | United Kingdom | www.e-learningstudios.com |
| Biomedical Research Institute for Health in Lleida | End User | Spain | www.gss.cat/es |
- Project name: ANIMATE – intergenerAtioNal communIty for coMpAny knowledge TransfEr
- Website: www.animate-aal.eu
- Coordinator: HI-IBERIA INGENIERIA Y PROYECTOS SL
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.04.2014
- Total budget: € 2.136.512
- Public contribution: € 1.170.685
Objectives
Collected data enables the system to track variations in the daily activities over time in order to detect the right time to provide a recommendation. This allows for timely access to quantitative data from the user and allows the activation of individual and social recommendations. The offered recommendations can be in the form of suggesting individual activities at home, such as preparing meals or social interactions with peers.
Expected results and impact
The goals of the project are in line with the goals of the end-user organisations. Each organisation is expected to agree on an expected outcome with their end-users and work with them to achieve this. The ideal goal is that the individual end-user will develop an increased personal confidence and competency from using the system and recognise it as a user-friendly and easy-to-use technology device with flexible features. It is expected that end-user organisations working on the project will continue to suggest features that can further enhance the service.
Partners
Partners involved in the SONOPA project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Docobo | R&D | United Kingdom | www.docobo.co.uk |
| Saxion University of Applied Sciences | R&D | The Netherlands | www.saxion.edu |
| Smart Signs | R&D | The Netherlands | www.smartsigns.nl |
| University of Deusto | SME | Spain | www.deusto.es |
| SpringTechno | SME | Germany | www.springtechno.com |
| Blue Danube Robotic | SME | Austria | bluedanuberobotics.com |
| E-seniors | SME | France | www.e-seniors.asso.fr |
| Camera-Contact | R&D | France | http://camera-contact.com |
| The Christelijke Mutualiteit | SME / End User | Belgium | www.cm.be |
| iMinds/Ghent University | SME | Belgium | http://www.iminds.be |
- Project name: SOcial Networks for Older adults to Promote an Active Life (SONOPA)
- Website: www.sonopa.eu
- Coordinator: Docobo Limited
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2013
- Total budget: € 3.238.818,93
- Public contribution: € 1.444.061,22
Objectives
The project aims at offering a set of AAL-related functionality and services to older adults as well as informal and formal carers through the use of connected TV devices based on the HbbTV standard complemented with a mobile second screen. The initially proposed services/functions are:
- a help exchange system to enable older adults to offer/ask for support for daily life activities to/from others
- access to service providers like meals on wheels, shopping assistance, house-keeping, taxi, medical help or assistance, etc.
- support functions like reminders, news, weather, etc.
Expected results and impact
The outcome of the project will improve the quality of life, autonomy and participation in social life by offering a platform that provides:
- the necessary modularity to adapt to the users’ needs and demands
- an informal care exchange system, i.e. needs in terms of care can be compensated by exchanging messages with other GeTVivid users
- third-party services like daily necessities, domestic servicing and maintenance, transport or care;
- support and information like daily life planning, announcement of regionally organized shared activities, news or weather.
Partners
Partners involved in the GeTVivid project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg | R&D | Austria | icts.uni-salzburg.at |
| University of St. Gallen | R&D | Switzerland | www.iwi.unisg.ch |
| CURAVIVA Verband Heime und Institutionen Schweiz | End User | Switzerland | www.curaviva.ch |
| Institut fuer Rundfunktechnik GmbH | SME | Germany | www.irt.de/en/ |
| Hövener & Trapp Evision GmbH | SME | Germany | www.evision.de |
| ISOIN | SME | Spain | www.isoin.es |
| Verein für Menschen mit Körperbehinderung Nürnberg e.V. | End User | Germany | www.behinderte-nuernberg.de |
| EURAG Österreich | End User | Austria | www.eurag.at |
- Project name: GeTVivid – Let’s do things together
- Website: http://getvivid.eu
- Coordinator: Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2013
- Total budget: € 3.334.052
- Public contribution: € 2.175.348
Contact
Univ.Prof. Dr. Manfred Tscheligi
E.: manfred.tscheligi@sbg.ac.at
T.: + 43 662 8044 4811
Objectives
The purpose of the project is to relieve informal caregivers through the use of information and communication technology.
The objectives are :
- A developed and evaluated platform for informal caregivers in ambient assisted living.
- An exploitation plan for the dissemination of the results.
Expected results and impact
The expected results is a platform for the delivery of self-care @ home services , as well as for stimulating and supporting daily activities at home by means of technologies that include smart sensing environments integrated with adaptable information system to connect elderly people with informal carers.
The SALIG++ product will be sold as individual licenses to elderly and informal caregivers, or as group licenses to care funders and formal caregivers. SALIG++ will primarily be paid by care funders. The market size is approximately 50 million people in need that will grow to about 75 million (2050).
Partners
Partners involved in the SALIG++ project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm University | R&D | Sweden | www.su.se |
| Divitel BV | SME | The Netherlands | www.divitel.com |
| Almende BV | SME | The Netherlands | www.almende.com |
| HI Iberia | SME | Spain | www.hi-iberia.es |
| TU Delft | R&D | The Netherlands | www.tudelft.nl |
| Stockholm LänsLandsting | End User | Sweden | www.sll.se |
| Actimage | SME | Luxembourg | www.actimage.fr |
| PIAP | R&D | Poland | www.piap.pl |
- Project name: Smart Assisted Living involving Informal careGivers
- Website: www.salig.eu
- Coordinator: Stockholm University, Sweden
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2014
- Total budget: € 4.175.433,00
- Public contribution: € 2.494.421,00
Objectives
The objectives of the PIA project are to:
- Support older adults to manage Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) to prolong independent living at home by using smart devices to support location- or object-relevant content delivery, e.g., video clips.
- Support formal and informal carers to produce, share and distribute care experience and knowledge content through social network and rich interactions.
- Provide personalised and intuitive user interfaces to secure accessibility for all, templates and tools to facilitate video clip production and deployment for carers, and guidelines and supporting materials for PIA system deployment.
Expected results and impact
The quality of the primary end-users everyday life will be improved through a communications and support tool designed to help them cope with daily activities with increased independence, while it is anticipated that the secondary end-users (carers) will benefit from stress reduction rendered by this support tool. A tool for carer stress analysis will be developed and used in order to measure this. The PIA system will be technology-tested in laboratory homes and trialled in real home environments. A subsequent commercial minimum viable product and associated support service will be future developed to enter the assistive technology market no later than 6 months after the project end.
Partners
Partners involved in the PIA project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karde AS | SME | Norway | www.karde.no |
| University of Castilla-La Mancha (MAmI Research Lab) | R&D | Spain | www.uclm.es |
| Tellu AS | SME | Norway | www.tellu.no |
| University of Ulster (Smart Environments Research Group) | R&D | United Kingdom | www.ulster.ac.uk |
| Accord Group | End User | United Kingdom | www.accordgroup.org.uk |
| StickyWorld Ltd. | SME | United Kingdom | www.stickyworld.com |
| Asker Municipality | End User | Norway | www.asker.kommune.no |
| Berliner Institut für Sozialforschung | R&D | Germany | www.bis-berlin.de |
- Project name: Personal IADL Assistant
- Website: www.pia-project.org
- Coordinator: Karde AS, Norway
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 01.03.2013
- Total budget: € 1.198.878
- Public contribution: € 727.657
Contact
Dr. Riitta Hellman
E.: rh@karde.no
T.: +47-98211200
Objectives
The increasing population ageing index makes customised care necessary to maintain the quality of life of older adults at home. As modern societies recognise their commitment to taking care of elderly citizens, new and innovative approaches are necessary. New models of care must be deployed, in which informal carers play a crucial role as one of the most important sources of care for older adults. The role of the main caregiver is often taken by the spouse or a close relative, which may often lead to stress, over-work, depression, and even being physically hit or struck. In addition, they might be not adequately prepared for some situations, causing a great sense of insecurity. Thus, support and distress relief in caregivers should be a key issue in the home-care process of these older adults
Expected results and impact
The iCarer project will develop a personalised and adaptive platform to offer informal carers support by means of monitoring activities of daily care, as well as their psychological state, and providing a learning framework to help them improve the care provided.
Registered data will be analysed and fed into the platform in order to model the Activities of Daily Care based on behavioural patterns. With this information, and if the informal caregiver is absent at the time, the platform will act as a “virtual carer”, giving support to the older adult and providing information to the carer in case a daily activity is done incorrectly.
Partners
Partners involved in the iCarer project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunstall Healthcare | Large Industry | United Kingdom | www.tunstall.co.uk |
| Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | R&D | Spain | www.gbt.tfo.upm.es |
| S3 Group | SME | Ireland | www.s3group.com |
| Nottingham Trent University | R&D | United Kingdom | www.ntu.ac.uk |
| Pyxima | SME | Belgium | www.pyxima.com |
| Spanish National Institute of Health | R&D | Spain | www.isciii.es |
| Nottingham City Council Telecare Service | End User | United Kingdom | www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk |
| Federation of Pensioners' Organization of Slovenia | End User | Slovenia | www.zdus-zveza.si |
- Project name: Intelligent Care Guidance and Learning Services Platform for Informal Carers of the Elderly
- Website: http://icarer-project.azurewebsites.net
- Coordinator: Tunstall Healthcare
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2013
- Total budget: € 2.029.785,84
- Public contribution: € 1.194.666,90