OLA
OLA will mediate and facilitate interaction (communication and collaboration) between the elderly and their informal caregivers or other services or professionals, through technological devices such as personal computers, mobile devices (tablets) and home automation modules. These ICT devices will be based on an innovative Human-computer interaction (HCI) approach, embracing various physical, health and cognitive characteristics of older adults.
The approach will be specifically oriented to increase the level of independence of the elderly, by supporting the possibility of remote caregiver’s assistance and by improving the accessibility to existing services on the web. Moreover, OLA will also provide personalised well-being and safety advice to the older users in order to avoid unwanted situations.
The consortium includes two secondary end-user organisations: CKPT as a caregiver and SSW as an organisation that supports primary end-users to use AAL solutions, which guarantees the involvement of primary end-users in the project in all phases and the involvement of the caregiver’s perspective in the services development.