GAMEUP

The project will develop a platform for social and exercise games that shall motive elderly to exercise more and correctly. Game-based technologies and persuasive technologies will be used to ...

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Objectives

The main objective of GameUp is to develop a platform for social and exercise games to reduce physical and motivational barriers of elderly people’s mobility.

The main contribution of the GameUp products and services is to sustain mobility of senior citizens, prolonging the time they can live autonomously in their preferred home environment and consequently enhance quality of life.

Examples are games or game-based technology that will help to better the balance and leg strength of the users. Social aspects and good feedback will be used as motivation.

Expected results and impact

Products and services will include social exergames that for instance will help balance and leg strength, and the games will be adaptable for physical limitations that are normal amongst elderly such as deteriorating sight and hearing, problems with grip, etc. The games will also be adapted to the elderly’s needs of taking the time they need. The platform developed will be social so that the users can play together – but maybe not simultaneously. The main impacts of the project are new fun tools for elderly to maintain mobility to stay at home longer, and a new type of useful products for elderly.

Partners

Partners involved in the GameUp project

Organization Type Country Website
Ibernex Large Industry Spain www.ibernex.es
UniversityofSeville R&D Spain www.us.es
Klinik Valens End user Switzerland www.klinik-valens.ch
Northern Research Institute R&D Norway www.itek.norut.no
Cyberlab.org as SME Norway www.cyberlab.org
Tromsøysund menighet End user Norway www.ishavskatedralen.no
O-Berri End user Spain
  • Project name: Game-based mobility training and motivation of senior citizens – GameUp
  • Website: www.gameupproject.eu
  • Coordinator: IBERNEX Ingeniería S.L.
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.04.2012
  • Total budget: € 2.226.345,00
  • Public contribution: € 1.041.306,00

Contact

Antonio Remartinez

E.: antonio.remartinez@ibernex.es

T.: +34976794226

HAPPY WALKER

Until now, the technical solutions to support the older adults in their mobility do not address their needs, wishes and capacities. The innovation in this project consists of the development of an ...

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Objectives

The objective of Happy Walker is to develop an ICT-based solution, specifically targeted to the elderly people,  that sustain the ability of the elderly people to use different types of transportation and their mobility.

Expected results and impact

The proposed mobility oriented services will help the older adults by:

  • stimulating an active life style;
  • enhancing the outdoor safety (features such as for example drop-off detection and finding an accessible and friendly walking/driving route);
  • emergency alarming and localisation;
  • providing travel planning and support over heterogeneous transportation means;

including taking into account the direct surrounding neighbourhood, life-style and self-management, combined with preparation and supervision functions for involved formal and informal caregivers and optimising the user-friendliness and usefulness by filtering out useful information.

Partners

Partners involved in the HappyWalker project

Organization Type Country Website
TNO R&D The Netherlands www.tno.nl
Vilans R&D The Netherlands www.vilans.nl
Verhaert SME Belgium www.verhaert.com
Zorgpalet End User The Netherlands www.zorgpaletbaarnsoest.nl
Linkcare SME Spain www.linkcarehs.es
Eljakim SME The Netherlands www.eljakim.nl
I+ SME Italy www.i-pui.it
CIBEK SME Germany www.cibek.de
UUAS/HU R&D The Netherlands www.hu.nl
Vision SME Spain www.visionlocalizacion.com
  • Project name: Happy Walker
  • Website: www.happyassistedliving.com
  • Coordinator: TNO, The Netherlands
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date:  01.09.2012
  • Total budget: € 3.028.000
  • Public contribution€ 2.063.000

Contact

Yolanda Rieter-Barrell, (TNO)

E.: Yolanda.rieter@tno.nl

T.: +31 (0)88 866 11 02

IMAGO

In Europe 0.9 Million people are blind and 12 Million are visually impaired. Global the numbers are over 160 million. Over 60% of the blind and visual impaired in Europe are now 60 years of age or ...

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Objectives

The objective of the IMAGO project is to develop and test a navigation and positioning technology for the blind and visual impaired exceeding the quality, accuracy and applicability of positioning technology based on satellite data. Through this IMAGO technology blind and visual impaired should be able to increase their independence in mobility.

Expected results and impact

An image-based positioning and navigation system will be implemented at the functional prototype level and validated with users. Image generated data will be converted into tactile information to communicate effectively with blind and visual impaired users. This IMAGO based application will be most likely be a part of the I-Cane product series which apply electronics and tactile communication.

Furthermore the results will be used to explore new options in handling image based medical information.

Partners

Partners involved in the IMAGO project

Organization Type Country Website
Applied Biomedical Systems bv SME The Netherlands www.ab-sys.eu
RWTH Aachen, dept medical information UNIKLINIK SME Germany www.ukaachen.de
Mediafiler R&D The Netherlands www.mediafiler.nl
NVBS, Oogvereniging End User The Netherlands www.oogvereniging.nl
Blindenzorg Licht & Liefde End User Belgium www.blindenzorglichtenliefde.be
I-Cane social technologies SME The Netherlands www.i-cane.org
  • Project name: IMAGO
  • Website: www.aal-imago.eu
  • Coordinator: I-Cane Social Technology BV
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.09.2012
  • Total budget: € 1.267.571
  • Public contribution€ 793.668

Contact

Hans Slijp

E.: hans.slijp@i-cane.nl

T.: +31 (0)641182393

MOBILE.OLD

MOBILE.OLD uses an Internet-enabled TV and/or a Set-Top-Box solution, which will be the main user interface for the older persons, providing multimodal web-based user interfaces using the remote ...

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The MOBILE.OLD project aims to provide a combined smartphone and TV-based service infrastructure with residential and outdoor services that will be delivered in a highly personalised and intuitive way and will advance the mobility of older persons. The services including information service for assisting mobility, travel and transport service, services for cognitive impaired people and physical and mobility training services, will be provided in a cost-effective way – aiming at independent living and sustained mobility, reinforcing activation, maintaining the health status, providing cognitive benefits.

Expected results and impact

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  • The MOBILE.OLD set of personalised services with intelligent multimodal and highly adaptive interfaces, which will enable older persons to live independently advancing the quality of mobility in their life.
  • MOBILE.OLD pre-product prototype based on collected User/Technological Requirements and performed trials at pilot sites by involving older persons as end-user.
  • The business plan for the commercialisation of the MOBILE.OLD services at the end of the project.

Partners

Partners involved in the MOBILE.OLD project

Organization Type Country Website
LIFEtool gemeinnuetzige GmbH End User Austria www.lifetool.at
National Foundation for the Elderly End User Netherlands www.ouderenfonds.nl
Madrid Health and Wellbeing Cluster End User Spain www.madridnetwork.org
Ana Aslan International Foundation End User Romania www.brainaging.ro
SIEMENS SRL R&D Romania www.siemens.com
SEPROTRONIC GmbH R&D Germany www.seprotronic.com
SAFEVIEW R&D Spain www.safeviewtv.es
BLUE POINT IT SOLUTIONS R&D Romania www.bluepoint-it.ro
AdvTec Ltd. Large Industry United Kingdom www.advtec.co.uk
Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences R&D Austria www.fh-ooe.at
  • Project name: MOBILE.OLD – Residential & outdoor services advancing the mobility of older persons
  • Website: www.lifetool.at
  • Coordinator: LIFEtool gemeinnuetzige GmbH
  • Duration: 24 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.06.2012
  • Total budget: € 2.497.725,00
  • Public contribution:  €  1.471.220,20

Contact

Isabel Karlhuber

E.: isabel.karlhuber@lifetool.at

T.: +43 (0) 732 99 70 56 – 5212

MYGUARDIAN

MyGuardian will provide the following technologies: easy-to-use and rich communication between the mobile senior and the caregivers  in order to reassure both caregivers and the senior thanks to the ...

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Objectives

The MyGuardian project aims to facilitate safe and secure mobility of seniors with mild cognitive impairments while preserving their autonomy and dignity, and thereby enable seniors to increase their mobility (while increasing their self-confidence) and consequently to take part in the self-serve society. At the same time, MyGuardian improves well-being and efficiency of voluntary caregivers (e.g., family and friends) by ensuring their peace of mind and keeping them informed when the senior health state and risk situations, and improves efficiency of professional caregivers by providing them with up-to-date information and by supporting coordination of their care efforts.

MyGuardian

Expected results and impact

The success of the project results are ensured by the presence of three SME’s (Hi-Iberia, ConnectedCare and VigiSense) with a strong commitment to the marketing of MyGuardian solution working in the project and distributing at least in the four countries involved, but as well to other markets thanks to the Internationality of some partners like VigiSense with presence also in Italy, Austria, Germany and Eastern Europe, which ensures the exploitation strategy through all Europe and to different targeted markets. The projected time-to-market will be 1-2 years. The service fits both the ageing, self-serve society trends, and the trend of wide availability of mobile computing and ubiquitous communication technologies.

Partners

Partners involved in the MyGuardian project

Organization Type Country Website
HI-Iberia Ingenieria y Proyectos SL SME Spain www.hi-iberia.es
CETIEX End User Spain www.cetiex.es
University of Geneva R&D Switzerland www.qol.unige.ch
VigiSense SME Switzerland www.vigisense.com
ConnectedCare SME Netherlands www.connectedcare.nl
CNRS Ageing, Imaging, Modeling lab End User France www.agim.eu
Careyn End User Netherlands www.careyn.nl
  • Project name: MyGuardian, A Pervasive Guardian for Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairments
  • Website: www.myguardian-project.eu
  • Coordinator: HI-IBERIA Ingeniería y Proyectos SL
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.05.2012
  • Total budget: € 2.287.932
  • Public contribution: € 1.394.827

Contact

Inmaculada Luengo

E.: iluengo@hi-iberia.es

T.: +34 91 458 98 23

NAVMEM

The NavMem  system is targeted at elderly travellers, but will include a number of features targeted specifically at MCI users. The main scenario focuses on supporting people when visiting unfamiliar ...

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Objectives

NavMem

Age related memory decline, mild cognitive impairments (MCI), and cognitive impairments that occur with diseases, such as stroke, brain injuries, or early stages of dementia, have negative effects on the ability to navigate and to orient. Affected people who repeatedly start experiencing disorientation events often become scared of venturing out alone. The aim of the project NavMem is the development of a mobile companion for people with memory decline in order to support their navigation and orientation and at the same time promote a feeling of safety.

Expected results and impact

The product offered will support older persons in navigation, orientation and familiarisation. An additional location sharing service will allow to contact formal or informal care givers. The potential users are elderly people including those with some form of mild cognitive impairments. About 25% of people above 65 years develop some form of cognitive impairment. With about 29% of the EU’s population being above 65 years old in 2050. This means that in 2050 that the market will comprise about 30-35 Mio potential users with MCI and more than 120 Mio potential elderly users.

Partners

Partners involved in the NavMem project

Organization Type Country Website
OFFIS e.V R&D Germany www.offis.de
Siemens AG Large Industry Germany www.siemens.com
Navevo Limited SME United Kingdom www.navevo.com
Swedish Stroke Association End User Sweden www.strokeforbundet.org
ULUND (Lunds universitet) R&D Sweden www.certec.lth.se
Astando AB SME Sweden www.astando.se
Roessingh Research and Development SME Netherlands www.rrd.nl
  • Project name: Navigation Support for Older Travellers with Memory Decline – NavMem
  • Website: www.navmem.eu
  • Coordinator: OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology Department of Health
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.10.2012
  • Total budget: € 1.980.000
  • Public contribution: € 1.080.000

Contact

Dr. Wilko Heuten

E.: wilko.heuten@offis.de

T.: +49 441 9722 171

SAFEMOVE

The solution will be designed and developed as an operational infrastructure suitable to provide all the requested functionalities to enhance the quality of life of elderly people and improve their ...

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Objectives

The project aims to increase the mobility of the elderly, both in the vicinity of his home and on journeys. Currently elderly people often avoid leaving their home because they feel insecure outdoors. The lack of motion results in health problems like arthritis, osteoporosis, amyotrophia and cardiovascular diseases, additionally to depression and possible cognitive disorders. SAFEMOVE aims at encouraging self-confidence in own abilities providing both home-based physical and cognitive training as well as relevant information and location-based aids during outdoor life activities.

Expected results and impact

SAFEMOVE services will be conceived to give users the feeling of not being alone whenever they need any kind of help, while keeping control on decisions and responsible choices. Increased mobility, as well as enhanced healthiness and reduced social isolation, will be achieved through services made available by the project including a proper home-based physical/cognitive training support aimed at both enhancing the user’s capability of successfully handling new situations/tasks and enriching everyday’s life through an increased and conscious self-confidence.

Partners

Partners involved in the SAFEMOVE project

Organization Type Country Website
megatel GmbH Large Industry Germany www.megatel.de
Neusta Mobile Solutions GmbH SME Germany www.neusta-ms.de
InfoConsult GmbH SME Germany www.infoconsult.nu
Volkshilfe Oberösterreich End User Austria www.volkshilfe-ooe.at
Universität Bern R&D Switzerland www.unibe.ch
e-Learning Studios SME United Kingdom www.e-learningstudios.com
Netural Communication SME Austria www.netural.com
e-learning knowledge Solutions LTD SME Israel www.e-learning.co.il
  • Project name: Safe mobility of elderly in the vicinity of their home and on Journeys „SafeMove“
  • Website: http://www.safemove-project.eu
  • Coordinator: megatel Informations – und Kommunikationssysteme GmbH
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.07.2012
  • Total budget: € 2.169.940
  • Public contribution: € 1.160.221

Contact

Dr. Peter Knackfuß

E.: peter.knackfuss@infoconsult.net

T.: +49-421-33064-80,

ALFA

By means of three different technologies, visual stimulation of mirror neurons in Alzheimer patients, an interactive agenda or diary and a movement monitoring system, people with dementia will be ...

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Objectives

To demonstrate that by using of ICT people with dementia can:

  •  be visually stimulated to walk and eat better than before
  •  plan, perform and control daily activities
  • monitored in their movement patterns

In order to:

  • preserve and improve their cognitive functions as long as possible
  • stay in control of their life with help of informal and formal care when needed.

Expected results and impact

  • sustaining or improving cognitive functions in dementia patients by stimulating mirror neurons
  •  improved personal control over daily routines (supporting independence)
  •  increase in unrest behaviour and use of medication
  •  less demand on formal and informal care
  • assessing the development of dementia by monitoring movement patterns with sensor technology

Partners

Partners involved in the ALFA project

Organization Type Country Website
Woonzorg Unie Veluwe End User Netherlands www.wzuveluwe.nl
VU University Amsterdam in partnership with TU University of Delft R&D Netherlands www.psy.vu.nl
Alzheimer Nederland End User Netherlands www.alzheimer-nederland.nl
T3LAB R&D Italy www.t3lab.it
NoemaLife SME Italy www.noemalife.com
EXEL SME Italy www.exelmicroel.com
Iniciativas Comunitarias de Desarrollo Estepa Sierra Sur SME Spain
Mondragon University R&D Spain www.mondragon.edu
  • Project name: Active Living For Alzheimer-patients -ALFA
  • Website: www.aal-alfa.eu
  • Coordinator: HabiPro commissioned by Woonzorg Unie Veluwe
  • Duration: 24 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.01.2012
  • Total budget: € 2.162.987,24
  • Public contribution€ 1.321.540,24

Contact

Eric Schlangen

E.: ericschlangen@habipro.nl

T.: +31650254686

AMCO

The main areas of AAL are assessed by the AmCo project. Project work will be done in two sequential phases. In the beginning of the first phase, two existing AAL systems will be presented by the ...

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Objectives

The aim of AmCo is to develop a new, innovative and integrated standard‑AAL-platform to enhance the quality of life and help all and especially elder people coping with every-day life, like bed‑linen‑changing‑, cleaning‑ or party‑services. Therefore smart living services are offered, adjusted to the needs of the individual. Communication should be endowed, advocated and inspirited, i.e. by easily video-conferencing and digital black boards. Furthermore the individual safety is increased, i.e. by automatic cooker-deactivation or in-house emergency calls. So the individual potentials can be brought into action.

Expected results and impact

Developing a new standard AAL-platform is the main purpose of the AmCo Project, therefore the AmCo Platform is the most remarkable result of the project. Another result will be the academic evaluation of the pattern-of-use categorised by demographic respectively geographic parameters, which can be consulted in future AAL projects. Furthermore the evaluation can be used to design service portfolios for new applications.  Moreover the utilisation of the AmCo-platform will help elderly people living in their own homely ambience as long as possible with as little inpatient health care as possible.

Parners

Partners involved in the AmCo project

Organization Type Country Website
Deutsches Rotes Kreuz End User Germany www.drk-bitburg-pruem.de
FACO Immobilien GmbH End User Germany www.faco.de
Fraunhofer-Institut für Software und Systemtechnik ISST R&D Germany www.isst.fraunhofer.de
BEKO Engineering & Informatik AG Competence Center Smart Home Solutions Large Industry Austria www.smarthome.ag
Wincasa AG Immobilien-Dienstleistungen Large Industry Switzerland www.wincasa.ch
Competence Center Independent Living University of St. Gallen R&D Switzerland il.iwi.unisg.ch
  • Project name: Ambient Concierge, AmCo
  • Website: www.ambient-concierge.eu
  • Coordinator: German Red Cross
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.11.2011
  • Total budget: € 2.620.726,85
  • Public contribution€ 1.427.109,00

Contact

Mario Pawlowski

E.: mario.pawlowski@drk-bitburg.de

T.: +49 65 61 / 60 20 – 51

CARE@HOME

Care@Home involve continuous, automatic and remote monitoring (e.g. by mobile phone/wireless / fixed sensors) of real time emergencies and lifestyle changes over time in order to manage the risks ...

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Objectives

Care@Home

Care@Home is about enabling empowerment, wellness and social care services to the home of the elderly through interactive multimedia SmartTV. The idea is to enclose the social support system for the elderly and carry this as a personalised communication and service channel in their home. Whereby the technology provide a two-way communication for family, friends and care givers as well as entertainment and services for household, shopping and community information.

Expected results and impact

The progress beyond to the state-of-the-art of Care@Home project is that relevant technology regarding sensors, wireless networks, communication and multimedia is to be integrated in community driven products and services for the elderly, which are highly personalised and easy-to-use. Because of the easy accessible ‘design platform’ of Philips SmartTV, development new applications and services are in reach of many organisations and companies.

Partners

Partners involved in the Care@Home project

Organization Type Country Website
Delft University of Technology R&D Netherlands www.tudelft.nl
Philips Consumer Lifestyle Large Industry Netherlands www.philips.com
Singular Logic Romania / INTRAROM Large Industry Romania www.singularlogic.eu
Healthcare over Internet Protocol Community Interest Company SME United Kingdom www.hoip.eu
The Building Research Establishment R&D United Kingdom www.bre.co.uk
Mextal BV SME Netherlands www.mextal.com
National Elderly Foundation End User Netherlands www.ouderenfonds.nl
Living Lab Foundation End User Netherlands www.livinglab.nl
Actimage SME Luxembourg www.actimage.com
Bournemouth Borough Council End User United Kingdom www.bournemouth.gov.uk
  • Project name: CARE services advancing the social interaction, health wellness and well-being of elderly people AT HOME Care@Home
  • Website: www.careathome-project.eu
  • Coordinator: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 21.11.2011
  • Total budget: € 3.907.881,34
  • Public contribution€ 2.033.585,95

Contact

Jan-Marc Verlinden

E.: jan-marc@medvision360.com

T.: +31653785650

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