CCE (Connected Care for
Elderly Persons suffering from Dementia) supports
the development of connected ICT-based ambient assisted
living (AAL) solutions for the elderly. The aim of the
project is to develop and pilot a cost effective, scalable
European platform which will cover telehealth, telecare
and home automation solutions, supported by the investigation
of business models, and ethical and legal barriers.
Much has been done in Europe through the past century
to raise the awareness of the challenges, caused by the
increasing number of elderly people and the ageing of
the population. Scores of research groups have formed
with the objective to research in the related fields.
But an integrating systemic approach is still missing.
There are too many isolated assistive living pilots in
Europe based on propriety systems which results in a very
small and fragmented market and lead to a lack of software
developed on open standards which, on the other hand,
are the preconditions of plug and play devices for assistive
living solutions. There are other significant barriers,
too.
Focus of CCE will be on dementia sufferers, but the platform
will offer the potential to be extended to other chronic
conditions. The project covers identification of user
needs, the development of technical solutions and piloting,
backed by end-to-end business models to facilitate their
delivery across the EU by building on initiatives at the
national level and, taking account of different funding
mechanisms in EU member states (Social insurance-based;
Germany and Hungary, private insurance-based; Netherlands
and taxation-based; UK), to develop and assess business
models to support the mainstream provision of assistive
solutions.
Visions and Objectives of the Project
- Identifying user requirements for sufferers of dementia
to ensure that the development of mainstream assistive
technologies for elderly people is orientated towards
users needs and lifestyles, and to understand barriers
to use.
- Establishing performance requirements for interoperable
technology solutions for assistive living provision.
- Developing selected ICT-based hardware solutions
for dementia.
- Developing software solutions for assisted living
for dementia sufferers in the home and outside.
- Developing a health hub to integrate assistive living
solutions for both in-home and roaming use.
- Carrying out pilot studies to demonstrate and assess
the application of ICT-enabled assistive technologies
in real situations. The results will be used to identify
barriers and develop guidance.
- Assessing non-technical barriers to the mainstreaming
of assistive technologies for the prevention and management
of chronic conditions of elderly people (ethical,
political, socio-economic, legal.
The main focus of Medcoms participation is the development
of an ‘intelligent pillbox’ for persons
with dementia.
| http://www.aal-europe.eu/calls/funded-projects-call-1/cce |
| http://www.dapforum.org/page.jsp?id=27 |
German Partners |
 Fraunhofer
IGD, Fraunhofer IESE, (RTO, research,software)
UID
(industrial, design, interaction)
MedCom
(industrial, hardware)
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Partners Europe
United Kingdom: |
Building
Research Establishment (RTO, research and Consulting,)
Hereward
College (research, Health, Education)
Centrihealth
(industrial, research, Software)
PeverelGroup
(care home provider)
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| The Netherlands: |
Philips
(industrial, sensor technology)
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| Hungary: |
Budapest
University of Technology and Economics, Biomedical
Engineering Knowledge Centre
(education, research, medical science)
Mohe:
Hungarian Association of Home Care and Hospice (association,
user)
Innomed
Medical Inc. (industrial, device manufacturer)
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The project is scheduled to last for a total of 3 years.
Parts of the funding is provided by the EU and - in
case of Germany - by the Federal Ministry of Education
and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und
Forschung.
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