HEREiAM
The TV-based HEREiAM platform represents a good solution to overcome the older adults traditional digital divide to use ICT systems. The elderly will be able to use services such as shopping, social networking, fitness, wellness tutorial, self and health care, as simply as if they are watching their television. The interoperability of the system allows carers and service providers to access the platform through all the available technologies (broadband internet, new generation mobile), enabling the collaboration among different applications and institutions. Being able to connect a large part of the population with different service providers, the platform developed by HEREiAM offers the opportunity to start a virtuous circle in which the portfolio of services becomes larger and larger and the interest of people increases as a consequence. The system will be tested on the field in three different EU countries (Belgium, The Netherlands and Italy) to confirm that it meets the final users needs in terms of usability, acceptance, functionality and accessibility.