Objectives
The objective of CARELINK is to deliver a tracking solution that addresses the issue of wandering in People with Dementia (PwD), allowing carers to monitor PwD. Using current machine-learning technologies we will profile user routes that can then be used to build a repository of route patterns to be compared against live routes, thus allowing for early warnings if deviation that looks like a wandering event occurs. This will be backed up by dissemination and knowledge exchange functionality to keep carers and interested parties up to date with the latest development and information related to the condition.
Expected results and impact
CARELINK intends to deliver a low-cost, low-energy connected health solution for carers to monitor the location and proximity of their loved ones with Dementia. This will be delivered through a tailored wireless sensor network which will be developed to support the location and proximity tracking. The platform will learn of patients’ location movements, thus allowing patterns to be built up for future detection of pattern change in behaviour. This will improve the probability of survival following a wandering event and will improve the quality of care for People with Dementia.
Partners
Partners involved in the CARELINK project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford Institute of Technology - TSSG | R&D | Ireland | www.tssg.org |
| Uninova | R&D | Portugal | www.uninova.pt |
| U-Sentric | SME | Belgium | www.u-sentric.com |
| Open Sky Data Systems | SME | Ireland | www.openskydata.com |
| Akademie Berlingen | End User | Switzerland | www.akademie-berlingen.ch |
| CREAGY | SME | Switzerland | www.creagy.ch |
- Project name: CARELINK for People with Dementia and their community
- Website: http://carelink-aal.org
- Coordinator: Waterford Institute of Technology – TSSG
- Duration: 30 months
- Starting date: 01.08.2017
- Total budget: €2,282,944
- Public contribution: €1,505,155
Objectives
VITAAL is an evidence-based solution for an effective, target-oriented training that promotes health and independence in older adults with i) cognitive deficits, ii) an increased fall risk or iii) people suffering from urinary incontinence. Even if several parameters of a gait analysis would be useful to determine the health status of a person – a comprehensive gait analysis cannot be offered on a larger scale so far. VITAAL bridges
the gap between analysis and intervention which, to this date, is unique: A gait analysis will help to assess the end-user and specific individualised interventions help achieving a higher quality of life in people with different conditions.
Expected results and impact
Target group of VITAAL is the general ageing population threatened to develop mobility related impairments of functioning. This project will be the first to use walking speed and variability measures of walking as vital signs for the identification of threats to the health status of older individuals. By linking a specific gait speed assessment to a personalised intervention, VITAAL is an effective tool to promote health status, independence and life quality in older adults.
Partners
Partners involved in the VITAAL project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dividat AG | SME | Switzerland | www.dividat.com |
| Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research | R&D | Portugal | www.fraunhofer.pt |
| ETH Zürich | R&D | Switzerland | www.musec.ethz.ch |
| Université de Montreal | R&D | Canada | www.medecine.umontreal.ca |
| KU Leuven | End User | Belgium | www.upckuleuven.be |
| ProCare (Belgium) | SME | Belgium | www.procarebv.nl |
| Physio SPArtos | SME | Switzerland | www.physio-artos.ch |
- Project name: Using walking speed and variability assessment for personalised interventions on Geriatric Giants (VITAAL)
- Website: www.vitaal.fit
- Coordinator: Dividat AG
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 01.05.2018
- Total budget: 2,36 mi €
- Public contribution: 1,6 mi €
Objectives
vINCI develops an integrated and validated evidence-based IoT framework to deliver non-intrusive monitoring and support for older adults to augment professional health care giving. It integrates proven open-data analytics with innovative user-driven IoT devices in four standardised kits. vINCI aims to assist caregivers and provide smart care for older adults at out-patients clinics and outdoors. To verify, test (clinical validation), and identify its added value, two multi-disciplinary controlled pilots (in Romania and Cyprus) and two open-call validations (in Poland and Slovenia) will be deployed.
Expected results and impact
The project outcomes can be divided at least in 3 major dimensions:
Medical, clinical and health direction as monitoring the sample older adults selected with the inclusion/exclusion criteria. Outcomes are the collected data from pilot study and field study during pre-test/post-test experimental designs. The data will be used to validate the path analysis and confirmatory analysis models to be used by the medical caregivers.
Interactive dimension with environment and people, as social insertion due to improving executing daily activities, low pressure on family and relatives due to minimum elderly assistance, personal increase of well-being, health, autonomy and sense of keeping normal abilities, decrease of pressure on country budget for social support.
ICT technical dimension – the platform will provide a pluggable framework for an integrated monitoring of several factors affecting QoL, including physical conditions, social life, and others. The data collected by the platform will be used to validate and correct QoL interventions, without any visible major intrusion in users’ life, specific to the requirements, level of education and understanding of the information, and individual needs.
Partners
Partners involved in the vINCI project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics | R&D | Romania | www.ici.ro |
| Marche Polytechnic University | R&D | Italy | www.univpm.it |
| University of Nicosia Research Foundation | R&D | Cyprus | www.unic.ac.cy |
| National Institute of Telecommunications | R&D | Poland | www.itl.waw.pl |
| Connected Medical Devices | SME | Romania | www.connected-medical.com |
| Automa Srl | SME | Italy | www.byautoma.com |
| OPTIMA Molliter (former Salvatelli Srl) | SME | Italy | www.molliter.com |
| National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics “Ana Aslan” | End User | Romania | www.anaaslanacademy.ro |
| Orange Polska S.A. | Large Industry | Poland | www.orange.pl |
| Comtrade Digital Services | Large Industry | Slovenia | www.comtradedigital.com |
- Project name: Clinically-validated INtegrated Support for Assistive Care and Lifestyle Improvement: the Human Link (vINCI)
- Website: http://vinci.ici.ro
- Coordinator: National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics (ICI Bucharest)
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 01.06.2018
- Total budget: 1.267.189 €
- Public contribution: 872.673 €
Objectives
Daily care of Alzheimer patient is a daunting task for formal and informal caregivers that are at risk of exhaustion. The constant evolution of the illness requires to adapt constantly his strategy do deal with the changing behaviour. Although educational material exist, none is fully adapted to the specificity of each situation. With the POSTHCARD platform we will engage caregivers in the learning of adapted behaviours for a large range of situations that they encounter in their daily life. Thanks to POSTHCARD, the reduction of burden associated to home-care will allow Alzheimer patients to stay longer at home.
Expected results and impact
At the end of the project the platform will help all caregivers to deal with difficult daily situations while taking care of Alzheimer patients. The burden reduction made possible by our intervention will improve carers and patients wellness and help for longer home stay.
The Posthcard platform should be commercialised by the end of the project and be of interest for different customers and stakeholders such as family caregiver, home-care institution, retirement home and health insurance institutions.
Partners
Partners involved in the POSTHCARD project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals of Geneva | End User | Switzerland | www.hug-ge.ch |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.tecfa.unige.ch |
| Father Equipment | SME | Romania | www.father.guide.ro |
| ConnectedCare | SME | The Netherlands | www.connectedcare.nl |
| University of Twente | R&D | The Netherlands | www.utwente.nl |
| Alzheimer Netherlands | End User | The Netherlands | www.alzheimer-nederland.nl |
| Vilans | R&D | The Netherlands | www.vilans.nl |
| Brusano | End User | Belgium | www.brusano.brussels/ |
- Project name: PersOnalized SimulaTion Helping Caregivers to Cope with AlzheimeR Disease (POSTHCARD)
- Website: http://posthcard.eu/
- Coordinator: University Hospitals of Geneva
- Duration: 32 months
- Starting date: 01.04.2018
- Total budget: 2’065’463.31 €
- Public contribution: 1’318’666.78 €
Objectives
StayFitLonger answers the need of unifying research effort to develop an integrated platform offering cognitive and physical exercises targeted to extend the independence of seniors living at home. Many solutions exist on the market but they only propose one type of exercises and/or were not scientifically validated. The cognitive exercises developed in this project will have a direct link with everyday life, in opposition to most cognitive exercises such as Sudoku or crossword. To increase adherence for the exercises a virtual coach will give users feedback and cheer them on.
Expected results and impact
As this project is built on existing components, we aim to propose a working platform with physical and cognitive exercises which is validated with a clinical study involving participants from Switzerland, Belgium and Canada. Therefore StayFitLonger (SFL) would be available in a free, gold and premium package at relatively low cost to be able to get the highest penetration rates. Assuming modest penetration rates, we should be able to have about 10 million subscribers in about 5 years after launch. We should be able to generate about 99 million euros in revenue combining various types of packages.
Partners
Partners involved in the SFL project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| HES-SO Valais | R&D | Switzerland | www.hevs.ch |
| HE-Arc | R&D | Switzerland | www.he-arc.ch |
| University Hospital Lausanne | R&D | Switzerland | www.centrememoire.ch |
| MindMaze | SME | Switzerland | www.mindmaze.com |
| Pro-Senectute Vaud | End User | Switzerland | www.vd.prosenectute.ch |
| Brusano | End User | Belgium | https://brusano.brussels/ |
| Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal | End User | Canada | www.iugm.qc.ca |
- Project name: StayFitLonger (SFL)
- Website: http://www.stayfitlonger.eu
- Coordinator: HES-SO Valais-Wallis
- Duration: 30 months
- Starting date: 01.03.2018
- Total budget: 2.5 mio €
- Public contribution: 1.5 mio €
Objectives
With ageing, travel becomes more and more complex. Physical and cognitive ability may decline with increasing age, and elderly people may experience several problems that hinder them from travelling independently. SOULMATE provides a flexible solution that focuses on aspects such as training of routes, security during the trips, and routing during the trips. Due to the heterogeneity of the ageing population and associated age-related travel restrictions, a “one size fits all” solution is not desirable. Hence, SOULMATE takes into account personal preferences and capacities, and grows and evolves with the user’s needs.
Expected results and impact
By supporting elderly to execute a rich daily activity pattern in a secure way, SOULMATE will allow them to live a more healthy, active and meaningful life; and provide them more satisfaction and living in dignity. By improving the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of care, SOULMATE also reduces stress and leads to a lower care burden for caregivers. There will be more people who can stay at home instead of residential care, which will lead to a reduction of healthcare costs. From a business perspective, we aim to offer a sustainable scalable package based on a commercial partnership between the service solution partners.
Partners
Partners involved in the SOULMATE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEONAconsult BVBA | SME | Belgium | www.abeonaconsult.be |
| Activ84Health NV | SME | Belgium | www.activ84health.eu |
| HappyAging, LifeTechValley VZW | End User | Belgium | www.happyaging.be |
| Technische Universiteit Eindhoven | R&D | The Netherlands | www.tue.nl |
| Roessingh Research and Development B.V. | SME | The Netherlands | www.rrd.nl |
| Coöperatie Slimmer Leven 2020 U.A. | End User | The Netherlands | www.slimmerleven2020.org |
| FH Joanneum Gesellschaft mbH University of Applied Sciences | R&D | Austria | www.fh-joanneum.at |
| c.c.com Moser GmbH | SME | Austria | www.cccom.at |
| FRAISS – IT Consulting & Mediendesign e.U. | SME | Austria | www.fraiss.at |
| GEFAS STEIERMARK | End User | Austria | www.generationen.at |
- Project name: Secure Old people’s Ultimate Lifestyle Mobility by offering Augmented reality Training Experiences (SOULMATE)
- Website: www.soulmate-project.eu
- Coordinator: ABEONAconsult BVBA
- Duration: 30 months
- Starting date: 01.04.2018
- Total budget: 2,0 mi €
- Public contribution: 1,2 mi €
Objectives
The main objective of Many-Me is to offer patients in different stages of dementia a friendly and enjoyable environment supported by ICT solutions, empowering them to self-manage their condition by engaging and learning from people in a similar situation, make friends and attend support groups, test and adopt routines or techniques that help memory and cognition, undertake enjoyable activities, receive tailored medical advice as well as information which responds to their needs.
Expected results and impact
Many-Me is connecting people, making them feel they are not alone or helpless, empowering them to help themselves and stay active through the use of smart assistive technology specifically designed for patients in early and middle stages of dementia, cares, and community.
While disease progresses, Many-Me offers additional support by using familiar devices (smartphones) and Many-Me angel application. Adoption of this easy to use device will help patients perform daily tasks and significantly increase their safety, including through carer alerts and remote control functions. Patients need to feel secure in order to continue a normal living and Many-Me will reassure them that help is always available with a click of a button. Final goal is to keep patients engaged, support human contact and sense of well-being, allowing patients to live a meaningful and independent life. By designing a complete solution that adapts to disease progress, Many-Me aims at helping people live for as long as possible in the familiar environment of their homes.
Partners
Partners involved in the Many-Me project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drimpy | SME | The Netherlands | www.drimpy.com |
| Compexin S.A. | SME | Romania | www.compexin.ro |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.tam.unige.ch |
| Ekkotek | SME | Cyprus | www.ekkotek.com |
| ASM Poland | SME | Poland | www.asm-poland.com.pl |
| terzStiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| Eurag | End User | Austria | www.eurag.at |
| MOB | End User | The Netherlands | www.mob.nu |
| Materia | End User | Cyprus | www.materia.com.cy |
- Project name: Social Interactive Care System to support the well-being of people living with dementia (Many-Me)
- Website: http://many-me.eu/
- Coordinator: MOB
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 01.03.2017
- Total budget: 2,4 mi €
- Public contribution: 1,5 mi €
Objectives
Many elderly suffer from nutritional problems that can cause chronic health conditions such as high blood pressure or cardiovascular diseases. The goal of the project LIFANA is to develop and evaluate the LIFANA Nutrition Solution that supports healthy nutrition through all phases of ageing, from active seniors to elderly users and patients in need of daily care. Individual meal recommendations based on personal advice from professional nutritionists and integrated with decision support in the supermarket will assist the users to change their eating habits in order to maintain a healthier lifestyle.
Expected results and impact
LIFANA aims to reduce the effort of daily food-related tasks for end-users and their support persons by integrating the meal-recommendations with recipe databases, grocery delivery services and smart shopping lists. We also address socio-economic aspects by taking advantage of promotional offers from retailers. We expect significant improvement of well-being and a reduced risk of malnutrition during the field trials with 280 participants in three countries. Our business partners intend to integrate LIFANA into their existing “GoLive” products and tele-medication services as soon as possible after the project ends.
Partners
Partners involved in the LIFANA project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) | R&D | Luxembourg | www.list.lu |
| Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) | R&D | Luxembourg | www.lih.lu |
| Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research | R&D | Portugal | www.fraunhofer.pt |
| Sonae Center Serviços II | Large Industry | Portugal | www.sonae.pt |
| Santa Casa da Misericordia do Porto | End User | Portugal | www.scmp.pt |
| Gociety Solutions | SME | The Netherlands | www.gocietysolutions.com |
| KBO PCOB | End User | The Netherlands | www.kbo-pcob.nl |
| cereneo Schweiz | SME | Switzerland | www.cereneo.ch |
| cereneo - Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (CEFIR) | R&D | Switzerland | www.cereneo.ch |
- Project name: Lifelong Food and Nutrition Assistance (LIFANA)
- Website: http://www.lifana.eu/
- Coordinator: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
- Duration: 30 months
- Starting date: 01.05.2018
- Total budget: 2,3 mi €
- Public contribution: 1,5 mi €
Objectives
IOANNA offers an integrated solution that combines various services into one platform. It helps its (mainly senior) users feel safe to walk around the city, continue being active citizens by finding an interesting temporary job or community service opening, thus, boosting their self-confidence, keeping in the same time their care-takers relaxed that if something happens, they will get automatically notified. An easy-to-use and friendly interface will help seniors find the store they are looking for, a specific product in good price near their location or offers that they would otherwise miss.
Expected results and impact
The final product will be an online platform (web or smartphone/tablet application). The amount of users and their opinion of the platform will be a strong indication of whether the outcome will be successful. The use of IOANNA will be beneficial for the stores, as such we expect them to be among the regular end-users. Statistics of stores using the platform will offer an insight of the change in the market share with IOANNA’s use. We expect that senior adults will now be more confident to stay alone at home or go out and do the everyday activities that they used to do.
Partners
Partners involved in the IOANNA project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeoImaging Ltd | SME | Cyprus | www.geoimaging.com.cy |
| Ideable solutions, SL | SME | Spain | www.ideable.net |
| Ana Aslan International Foundation | End User | Romania | www.anaaslanacademy.ro |
| EasyLife | SME | Italy | |
| ESKILARA S. Koop. Txikia | SME | Spain | www.digitalsocial.eu |
| AGECARE (CYPRUS) LTD | End User | Cyprus | www.materia.com.cy |
| SingularLogic Romania Computer Application SRL | Large Industry | Romania | www.portal.singularlogic.eu |
- Project name: Integration Of All stores Network & Navigation Assistant
- Website: http://ioanna-project.eu/
- Coordinator: GeoImaging Ltd
- Duration: 30 months
- Starting date: 01.04.2018
- Total budget: 1.52 mi €
- Public contribution: 0.94 mi €
Objectives
The INCARE project is addressing the recognized need of integrative technological solutions for sustainable elderly care. Within INCARE, we will turn national and European funded projects into viable products by building on two successful solutions developed within previous AAL and European projects. Both NITICS, funded within the AAL 2012 call, and RAPP, funded 2013-2016 through the EC through the 7th Framework Programme FP7, were designed to support elderly people to live independently in their home environment and social circle. Read more about these projects at NITICS and RAPP.
Expected results and impact
INCARE is designed to support seniors to live independently and reduce or optimize the amount of care they require. The success of INCARE will be considered against qualitative and quantitative key performance indicators such as user satisfaction (no lower than 80%), acceptance rate 70-75%, reduced caregiver burden, etc. The INCARE solution is planned to reach the market in maximum 2 years after project completion. Our current business model deals with monthly service fees from the end-consumer for their in-use INCARE modules based on micropayment (e.g. 9.50 EUR per module, month and account).
Partners
Partners involved in the INCARE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrul IT pentru Stiinta si Tehnologie | SME | Romania | www.citst.ro |
| ECLEXYS Sagl | SME | Switzerland | |
| University Politehnica of Bucharest | R&D | Romania | www.upb.ro |
| IZRIIS Institute for research, intergenerational relations, gerontology and ICT | End User | Slovenia | www.izriis.si |
| Warsaw University of Technology | R&D | Poland | www.robotyka.ia.pw.edu.pl |
| The Unit for Social Innovation and Research „Shipyard“ | End User | Poland | www.stocznia.org.pl |
| Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research | R&D | Hungary | www.bayzoltan.hu |
| Softic Ltd. | SME | Hungary | www.softic.hu |
- Project name: Integrated Solution for Innovative Elderly Care
- Website: www.aal-incare.eu
- Coordinator: S.C. Centrul IT pentru Stiinta si Tehnologie
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 01.10.2018
- Total budget: 2,2 mi €
- Public contribution: 1,2 mi €