Objectives
LILY is focusing on the improvement of the quality of life, autonomy, participation in social life, skills and employability through a transportable adapted home environment for a self serve of daily living activities. LILY aims at putting the technology at the service of three dimensions of users: the single individual older persons, persons in direct contact with their professional care and social workers as well as family members, together with the institutions and private organisations paying and enabling services that are public sector, social security or insurance companies.
Expected results and impact
LILY will prototype the needed products and services. Pre-industrial prototypes of the products, validated in 2 pilot sites will be available at the end of the project. The expected benefits: for older persons, the increase of the quality of life, independent living and better decision taking ability. For the helpers: communication efficiency, increase cost-benefit standards. For the SMEs and service providers: advanced products demanded by users and a big market opportunity. As an outcome a set of business models are created which are easy to replicate to new sites.
Partners
Partners involved in the LILY project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oulu | R&D | Finland | ratoy.oulu.fi |
| Oulu University of Applied Sciences | R&D | Finland | www.oamk.fi |
| Technical University of Vienna | R&D | Austria | www.aat.tuwien.ac.at |
| Siperia Systems Oy | SME | Finland | Pandora--Service.Management.Software.for.Elderly.Care.pdf |
| VISAGE Camera-Contact SA | SME | France | camera-contact.com/offre.html |
| The Districal Joint Municipal Authority of Health Care in Raahe, Siikajoki, Pyhäjoki and Vihanti | End User | Finland | www.ras.fi |
| The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Creuse area | End User | France | www.cci-creuse.com |
- Project name: Advanced Support for Independent Living; Human Life Cycle Approach in Senior Housing – LILY
- Website: http://www.aal-europe.eu/projects/lily/
- Coordinator: University of Oulu, Raahe unit, Finland
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.12.2011
- Total budget: € 1.937.854
- Public contribution: € 1.333.553
Objectives
The objective of Mylife is to support independence for older people with reduced cognitive function by giving them access to simple and intuitive services that are adapted to their individual needs and wishes. The ambition of the Mylife project is to provide network-based access to, and management of, commercially and/or freely available software, and activities managed from the secondary end-uses’ locations enabling the primary end-users to access Mylife applications remotely via the internet. The final service offered by Mylife supports time-orientation, communication and recreational activities.
Expected results and impact
The expected outcome of Mylife for the primary end-users will be (1) increased independence and well-being in home environments, (2) decreased social isolation and thereby increased participation, (3) stimulation of cognitive abilities, and (4) self-services based on Internet-enabled applications. For the secondary end-users, the outcomes are: (1) simple and inspiring user instructions and (2) reduced stress caused by worries, repeated questions and calls, as well as passivity. Mylife will also create new business opportunities for SMEs and enable a greater uptake of electronic self-services.
Partners
Partners involved in the Mylife project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karde AS | SME / Large Industry | Norway | www.karde.no |
| Tellu AS | SME / Large Industry | Norway | www.tellu.no |
| Forget-me-not AS | SME / Large Industry | Norway | www.forgetmenot.no |
| Sidsel Bjørneby Sole Proprietorship | SME / Large Industry | Norway | www.sidselb.no |
| Housing21 | End User | United Kingdom | www.housing21.co.uk |
| Trent Dementia Services and Development Centre | End User | United Kingdom | www.trentdsdc.org.uk |
| Berlin Institute for Social Research | R&D | Germany | www.bis-berlin.de |
- Project name: Multimedia technology for independence and participation for people with dementia
- Website: www.mylife-project.org
- Coordinator: Karde AS, Norway
- Duration: 20 Months
- Starting Date: 01.04.2011
- Total budget: € 1.059.973
- Public contribution: € 620.335
Objectives
- OsteoLink was successfully created and launched in 2010
- Osteolink went live in Austria and Sweden in December 2010
- A total of 1,900 unique users from 16 countries (02-04/2011)
- OsteoLink provides a range of educational materials that is scientifically validated and credible.
- To date, 108 unique media articles have featured OsteoLink and the survey data. These have reached audiences throughout Europe and Australia.
- 13 IOF member societies from 9 countries are actively engaged in the pilot programme.
- In 2011, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Portugal, Spain, Greece and France will go live.
Expected results and impact
- Create the first online and in-person osteoporosis community that operates at the global and country level, addressing the educational and support needs of osteoporosis patients in Europe and Australia
- Provide tools for better communication for people with osteoporosis and health professionals to help improve adherence
- Encourage better dialogue among people with osteoporosis, healthcare professionals, friends and families
- Inform the osteoporosis community about OsteoLink and its role in improving communication
Partners
Partners involved in the OsteoLink project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Bone Diseases | R&D | Switzerland | www.unige.ch |
| International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) | SME | Switzerland | www.iofbonehealth.org |
| Amgen (Europe) GmbH | Large Industry | Switzerland | www.Amgen.com |
| Hill & Knowlton | SME | United Kingdom | www.Hill&Knowlton.co.uk |
| Action for Healthy Bones (AHB) | End User | Austria | www.aktiongesundeknochen.at |
| Syzygy | SME | United Kingdom | www.syzygy.net |
- Project name: OsteoLink (T-Break)
- Website: http://www.osteolink.org/
- Coordinator: International Osteoporosis Foundation – Switzerland
- Duration: 20 Months
- Starting Date: 01.04.2010
- Total budget: € 1.536.668
- Public contribution: € 411.254
Contact
Victoria Monti
E.: vmonti@iofbonehealth.org
T.: +41 22 994 01 22
Laurence Triouleyre
E.: ltriouleyre@iofbonehealth.org
T.: +41 22 994 01 22
Objectives
NACODEAL project will provide a new type of easy-to-use Technology tool for elderly people, to enable them to actively face challenges related to daily life while keeping them connected to today’s Information Society. NACODEAL will provide a guidance service by using Augmented Reality, creating friendly guides, to enable elders to be self-sufficient despite their memory diseases and access online services which are relevant to them. NACODEAL will generate a portable device easy to use and easy to understand, taking into consideration their preferences.
Expected results and impact
The NACODEAL project will have an important impact on helping elderly people in their daily tasks and keeping them involved in present society. The resulting device will increase the time elderly people lead an independent life, reducing their need for Public health services. Moreover, innovative technologies, new techniques, new software, and better tools will also be developed by this project.
Partners
Partners involved in the NACODEAL project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instituto Tecnológico de Castilla y León | R&D | Spain | www.itcl.es |
| Ibernex | Large Industry | Spain | www.ibernex.es |
| Cooss Marche | End User | Italy | www.cooss.marche.it |
| E-senior | End User | France | www.eseniors.eu |
| Imaxdi | SME | Spain | www.imaxdi.com |
- Project name: Natural Communication Device for Assisted Living “NACODEAL”
- Website: www.nacodeal.eu/en/
- Coordinator: Instituto Tecnológico de Castilla y León, Spain
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.10.2011
- Total budget: € 2.543.314
- Public contribution: € 1.014.411
PEER ASSIST
PeerAssist will provide an accessible, adaptable, multimodal and multilingual user interface and integrate behind the scenes the appropriate knowledge and context management and peer-to-peer ...
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The main objectives of the proposed PeerAssist project are the conceptualisation, design, implementation and demonstration of a flexible Peer-to-Peer (P2P) platform, which will allow elderly people (not necessarily familiar with ICT technologies) to build virtual communities dynamically based on interests and needs they share. The PeerAssist platform will facilitate establishing on demand ad-hoc communities with friends, family, neighbours, caregivers, facilitators, care providers, etc., based on shared interests and communication needs. The community building and the P2P interaction will be achieved using information extracted from peer roles, profiles and user modelling, context that describes the overall user environment, and the specific request initiated, or service provided, by a peer, all of which are represented semantically in a machine understandable form.
Expected results and impact
To the best of our knowledge there is no example for a context-aware system that can support elderly individuals in forming virtual ad-hoc communities in response to a user query, by evaluating the context of several elderly people with similar or complementary needs or interests. Moreover, a P2P approach will have high impact since it goes beyond the state of art solutions for elderly for three reasons: (i) P2P services constitute a social communication that goes beyond a service provider – client interaction; (ii) P2P services in many cases constitute exchanges between more than two parties and stimulates processes of community building; (iii) P2P services can be integrated into a network of added-value components of caregiver and technical service providers. The proposed solution is also in line with the modern practice of “triple-play”, a marketing term for the provisioning of the three services; high-speed Internet, television (Video on Demand or regular broadcasts) and telephone service over a single broadband connection. Finally, we will explore the spoken only user interaction.
Partners
Partners involved in the PeerAssist project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Athens (Communication Networks Lab) | R&D | Greece | www.cnl.di.uoa.gr |
| Seekda GmbH | Large Industry | Austria | www.seekda.com |
| InAccess Networks | Large Industry | Greece | www.inaccessnetworks.com |
| Warp Networks, S.L. | Large Industry | Spain | www.warp.es |
| Fundación Instituto Gerontologico Matia Country | R&D | Spain | www.ingema.es |
| Municipality of Athens Development Agency | End User | Greece | www.aeda.gr |
| Semantic Technology Institute Innsbruck | R&D | Austria | www.sti-innsbruck.at |
- Project name: A P2P platform supporting virtual communities to assist independent living of senior citizens
- Website: www.cnl.di.uoa.gr/peerassist
- Coordinator: Prof. Lazaros Merakos Department of Informatics and Telecommunications University of Athens
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.09.2010
- Total budget: € 2.147.151
- Public contribution: € 1.411.604
Contact
Dr. Nikos Passas
T.: +30 210 7275651
Objectives
The main objective of SAAPHO is to support Active Ageing by assisting seniors to participate in the self-serve society preserving and enhancing independence and dignity through the application of innovative ICT-based solutions. The system proposed is focused on boosting accessibility to a diverse number of healthcare, participation and security services by means of easy-to-use and easy-to-configure user interfaces. Thus, intelligent, intuitive and user-friendly tools stating on tactile screen-based fixed and mobile devices will allow and facilitate the access to these services, according to these three main axes of Active Ageing.
Expected results and impact
Key components of SAAPHO solution are the flexibility and the modularity to all European countries where the ‘needs’ that SAAPHO satisfies have been identified as such.
At the end SAAPHO basic components will be touch screens devices, NFC mobiles, NFC tags, home-security sensors, etc. All these components are available in all EU countries and no specific solution or customisation needs to be considered when deployed outside Spain or Slovenia. On the other hand with a successfully completed field trial the consortium expects a high interest from Health Care Providers (HCP’s) and public organisations around Europe.
Partners
Partners involved in the SAAPHO project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona Digital Centre Tecnològic | R&D | Spain | www.bdigital.org |
| L’Institut d’Envelliment | End User | Spain | www.envelliment.org |
| TECHNOSITE | Large Industry | Spain | www.technosite.es |
| Aibis Informationssysteme GmbH | SME | Germany | www.aibis.de |
| Zveza društev upokojencev Slovenije | End User | Slovenia | www.zdus-zveza.si |
| Cypak | SME | Sweden | www.cypak.com |
| Touchtech | SME | Sweden | www.touchtech.se |
| FhG – Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Fördering der angewandten Forschung e.V. - Institute für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration | R&D | Germany | www.izm.fraunhofer.de |
- Project name: Secure Active Aging: Participation and Health for the Old People (SAAPHO)
- Website: www.saapho-aal.eu
- Coordinator: Barcelona Digital Centre Tecnològic (BDIGITAL)
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2011
- Total budget: € 3.072.388
- Public contribution: € 1.685.516, 37
Contact
Felip Miralles
E.: fmiralles@bdigital.org
T.: +34 93 553 45 40,
Jesús Fernández
E.: jfernandez@bdigital.org
T.: +34 93 553 45 40
Objectives
It is the key objective of this project to develop a new product which supports elderly in having more social contacts by using the social web. An easy to use user interface motivates the elderly to be more active and have more face-to-face communication.
The Target Vision of this project has therefore been determined as:
“A new economically, socially and culturally sustainable social interaction tool that enables elderly people to easily stay or get in touch with existing and new people of interest and which helps to find and participate in accessible local activities, health and well-being offers.”
Expected results and impact
The core result of the project is a product that supports the interaction of elderly people with the “Social Web“ and the integration of user oriented local services through an image based multimedia device that is adjusted to the needs of the target group. The focus is on easy to use, motivational and intuitive usability and the improvement of quality of life through increased social interaction and support of autonomy. Thereby, the user interface will be mainly based on pictures – in contrast to today’s text centred user interfaces in the Social Web and WIMP paradigm.
Partners
Partners involved in the SI-Screen project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovationsmanufaktur GmbH | SME | Germany | www.innovationsmanufaktur.com |
| Brainware & Data United | SME | Germany | www.brainware.ag |
| Bundeswehr University Munich | R&D | Germany | www.kooperationssysteme.de |
| VIOS Medien | End User | Germany | www.vios-medien.de |
| Porsche Design Studio | Large Industry | Austria | www.porsche-design.com |
| Helios | SME | Italy | www.helios.bz |
| Federació d'Associacions de Gent Gran de Catalunya | End User | Spain | www.gentgran.org |
| Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia | R&D | Spain | www.ibv.org |
| Tioman & partners | SME | Spain | www.tioman-and-partners.com |
| Servicios de Teleasistencia | Large Industry | Spain | www.teleasistencia.com |
- Project name: Social Interaction-Screen
- Website: www.si-screen.eu
- Coordinator: SportKreativWerkstatt
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.10.2010
- Total budget: € 2.744.500
- Public contribution: € 1.714.100
Contact
Dr. Javier Gámez Payá
E.: jgp@innovationsmanufaktur.com / jgp@sportkreativwerkstatt.de
T.: +34 628 873 340
Objectives
The SOCIALIZE project will develop a hardware/software platform able to put in close contact the elder users with the community where they live, promote elderly social interaction and proactive involvement in the democratic development of their own community through the use of new technology implemented in the elderly day by day contest. SOCIALIZE technology will be accessible by different channel and in different geographical locations. Furthermore the SOCIALIZE mobile user interface will offer to the users to benefit of a subset of system functions through mobile devise.
Expected results and impact
The key principle of SOCIALIZE is to create a complete technological solution which fulfils effectively the general objectives of simplify the modalities with which elderly people have access to dedicated services provided from different devices (in particular mobile devices), with particular focus on the age group from 55 to 80 with a basic or already consolidated knowledge of Information Technologies and use of electronic devices, already accessing internet services and knowing at least basic computer fundamental because of their working experience or everyday job, living in a technology-served environment.
Partners
Partners involved in the SOCIALIZE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRIS CONSORTIUM SRL | R&D | Italy | www.irisconsortium.eu |
| Italian National Council of Research (ISTI-CNR) | R&D | Italy | www.isti.cnr.it |
| Fondazione Politecnico di Milano | R&D | Italy | www.fondazionepolitecnico.it |
| Consorzio Nazionale IDEE IN RETE | End User | Italy | www.ideeinrete.coop |
| Spring Techno GmbH & Co KG | SME | Germany | www.springtechno.de |
| Asociacion de Investigacion de la Industria Textil | R&D | Spain | www.aitex.es |
| Embedded Technologies Innovation Center s. coop. | SME | Spain | www.embedded-technologies.org |
| SUPSI TTHF - Telecom Telemetry and High Frequency | R&D | Switzerland | www.tthf.supsi.ch |
| Casa Santa Lucia | End User | Switzerland | www.casasantalucia.ch |
- Project name: Service OrIented Assisted Living InfrastucturE SOCIALIZE
- Website: ww.irisconsortium.eu
- Coordinator: IRIS Consortium srl, Italy
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2012
- Total budget: € 3.847.772,40
- Public contribution: € 1.956.381,00
Contact
Massimo Galante
E.: m.galante@irisconsortium.eu
T.: + 39 (0)835 345000
FAMCONNECTOR
FamConnector offers groundbreaking innovation in the area of inter-generational connectivity through its main components. They include: A library of inter-generational activities – including ...
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FamConnector will be Europe’s leading generic product in the field of meaningful, online inter-generational interactions between grandparents and grandchildren, aged 3-9) and other geographically-distant family members.
Through the unique integration of technology with content and activities to be developed on the basis of end-user feedback, FamConnector is designed to establish and nurture grandparent’s connection to their grandchildren, enriching their lives, fostering meaningful relationships through content-rich experiences.
Expected results and impact
FamConnector is designed to be marketed and sustained as a subscription based product. By focusing solely on inter-generational interactions, FamConnector will be able to provide the richest experience, offering a specifically-tailored, user-friendly platform with the most relevant content so that each interaction creates a real, lasting impact in the lives of the elderly population we serve. As a white label solution, FamConnector will empower other service providers for elderly people, enabling them to offer an added value solution and a new stream of revenue.
Partners
Partners involved in the FamConnector project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| FamCorner, Ltd. | SME | Israel | www.mygrandchild.com |
| University of Salzburg | R&D | Austria | www.icts.uni-salzburg.at |
| Kotosalla Foundation | End User | Finland | www.kotosalla.fi |
| Hilfswerk Österreich | End User | Austria | www.hilfswerk.at |
| University of St.Gallen | R&D | Switzerland | www.unisg.ch |
| terzstiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
- Project Name: FamConnector: Activity Based Intergenerational Interactions
- Website: www.mygrandchild.com
- Coordinator: FamCorner ltd
- Duration: 30 months
- Starting Date: 01.04.2010
- Total Budget: € 1,527,639
- Public Contribution: € 996,541
Objectives
FoSIBLE aims at the well-being and self-esteem of older people by supporting an active life-style to prevent loneliness. FoSIBLE aims at providing bridging spaces to foster social interactions and experiences by acknowledging the diversity of preferences, needs and interests. Fosible will develop a Social TV community platform with game technologies and smart furniture and will provide adapted input devices including gesture recognition fostering social support between peers through virtual communities and entertainment applications.
Expected results and impact
FoSIBLE is targeted around providing a TV-based Social Media Centre with services for :
- Staying in touch with relatives and friends, as well as contacting peer groups
- Participating in games and physical activity
- Sharing interests (cooking, poetry, etc.)
The project intends to provide new ways to control social technology applications, e.g. via tablet control, gestures, or smart furniture. An open platform will allow for additional integration and dissemination to end-users.
Partners
Partners involved in the FoSIBLE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Duisburg-Essen | R&D | Germany | www.uni-siegen.de |
| University of Siegen | R&D | Germany | www.uni-siegen.de |
| Fraunhofer Institute IMS | R&D | Germany | www.ims.fhg.de |
| University of Technology of Troyes | R&D | France | www.utt.fr |
| CURE – Center of Usability Research and Engineering | R&D | Austria | www.cure.at |
| AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | R&D | Austria | www.ait.ac.at |
| Mauser Einrichtungssysteme GmbH & Co. KG | Large Industry | Germany | www.mauser-moebel.de |
| Kaasa Solution GmbH | SME | Germany | www.kaasa.com |
| Malakoff-Médéric Centre Les Arcades | End User | France | www.reseau.malakoffmederic.com |
- Project name: Fostering Social Interactions for a Better Life of the Elderly
- Website:
- Coordinator: University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2010
- Total budget: 2.879.451 €
- Public contribution: 1.871.030 €
Contact
Prof. Dr.-Ing Jürgen Ziegler & Steffen Budweg
T.: +49 203 379 – 2270