PARTNER SEARCH ICT-EU-SMCP-8

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<Reference n.: ICT-EU-SMCP-8>
<Deadline: 15/07/2008>
<Programme: IIT - AAL - Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme>

<Project Title: Innovation and development of new technologies for tele-monitoring the health and>
<Financial Scheme: Progetti in collaborazione - Small or Medium>
<Description: Call Identifier: AAL-2008-1

BACKGROUND
The demographic and epidemiologic revolutions have lead to an increase of
dependent older adults affected by a chronic condition. Ostearticular and
cardiovascular disease are the most frequent illness affecting older adults and
limitating the realization of day-to day activities. Dependency causes different shortmedium
and long-term negative consequences at individual, family, community,
society and financial level that need optimum intervention.
Main problems related to dependent elderly persons are 1) the prevention, control and
self-management of the chronic illness for hindering the deterioration and worsening
of the illness by the physician, the elderly and the informal caregiver. Another
problem is 2) the lack and loose of autonomy regarding several instrumental and
basic daily activities such as to move around inside and outside the house, to do
household works, to care of him/herself and of their illnesses. The care from an
informal caregivers cause burden and limits the promotion and maintaining
autonomy and independency of the dependent persons
The situation to take care of a dependent elderly person leads to problems in the care
at home, the institutionalization of the person in nursing homes, social isolation of
the older adults, long-term hospitalization, influencing negatively on the
independence, autonomy, welfare and quality of life of the elderly and their
caregivers.
One solution is to monitor remotely the daily activities and health indicators of the
dependent older adults by the physician and the informal caregivers, giving feedback
also to the older adults on their own situation and progress and preventing and
informing on risky situations.

OBJECTIVES
The general objective of this project is to develop an ICT system to improve the
prevention, control and self management of the chronic illness and the autonomy of
dependent elderly people affected by an osteoarticular and cardiovascular disease.
This ICT system combines in a unique scheme a health monitoring and
communication system in real time together with a geo-localisation and movement
detection system. Concretely, specific objectives of this project are:
- To monitor remotely the health and the daily activities indicators of the dependent
older adults by the physician and their informal caregivers.
- To collect biometrical data by the health professional during 24hours/day, in any
kind of place and situation of the dependent elderly patient.
- To give a daily and remote feedback to the older dependent adults on their current
state of health and functional capacity as well as on the progress made.
- To prevent and informing remotely, in any moment of the day and in any place on
health risky situation to the patient, the health professional and the informal
caregiver.
- To improve the mobility and daily activities performance of the patients as well as
the social relationships of dependent older adults and their caregivers.

ACTIVITIES
WP 1. Definition of the health and daily activities performance needs of the patients.
WP 2. Definition of the information record system for the health professionals, the
caregivers and the patients.
WP 3. Study and selection of the technological needs of health telemonitoring,
geolocalisation and communication systems.
WP 4. Preparation and development of the prototype.
WP 5. Prototype tests.
WP 6. Marketing study and development of the business plan.
WP 7. Management of the project.
WP 8. Dissemination and exploitation of the results.

RELEVANCE
This is an innovative solution due that different ICTs are integrated in a unique
system and give feedback to the elderly, the health professional and the informal
caregivers. Concretely:
From the technological perspective.
1.- This is a light and mobile user device, composed by sensors (biometrics, fall,
emergency, localisation, etc.) and by a communication system that allow to send
information on the health state of the patient in real time in any place and situation.
2. - It is composed by a monitoring service where position, health indicators and
risky/emergency situations (fall, etc) are recorded, informed and shown in a map.
From the service perspective.
3.- These ICT allow to favour a) the monitoring of the patient by the physician (or
health professional) during his/her daily life in real time and to collect biometrical
data in another life situations than in the surgery, b) to monitor and localise the
relative and risky situations for the informal caregivers as well as an immediate
action in case of emergency and c) improve the autonomy and independent living for
the dependent elderly person and for their caregivers promoting their social
relationships.>

<Organisation Type: PMI>
<Partner Sought: LOOKING FOR PARTNERS mainly from:
- Health care centres.
- Social and health care associations.
- Health care administrations.
- SMEs dedicated to the health and
social care sector