European Innovation Partnership
on Active and Healthy Ageing
ACTION PLAN D4
on ‘Innovation for Age-friendly buildings, cities &
environments'
Deliverable D4.4 Inventory of developed solutions,
integration solutions and new tools (FINAL REPORT)
TASK 4.4 To design tools and services, integrate and
adapt existing solutions, develop new/innovative
solutions
EIP-AHA D4 Action Plan: Innovation for Age-Friendly
Buildings, Cities & Environments
Action Area 4: ICT and Smart Environments
Deliverable: D4.4 Inventory of developed solutions,
integration solutions and new tools (FINAL REPORT)
Task: 4.4
Editor
I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano
on behalf of
Lombardy Technological Cluster “Technologies For Life
Environments” (Tech4Life)
Featuring contributions from:
I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano (Tech4Life)
ITIA-National Research Council of Italy (Tech4Life)
Occambee Srl (Tech4Life)
Fondazione Don Gnocchi ONLUS (Tech4Life)
Polibienestar Research Institute – University of Valencia
ISOIN Ingeniería y Soluciones Informáticas
Life Supporting Technologies – Universidad Politécnica de
Madrid
K-CoRD (Kinsale Community Response to Dementia)
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INDEX
INDEX ............................................................................................................................. 3 INDEX OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................... 3 MAIN CONTRIBUTORS AND VERSIONS ..................................................................... 4 Deliverable description ................................................................................................... 5 Task 4.4.1. Integration of existing and new ICT solutions in the areas of
environmental control, personal safety and health monitoring at home ...................... 5 Task 4.4.2. Development and implementing innovative services based on serious
games ....................................................................................................................... 15 Task 4.4.3. Implementing new innovative solutions based on social networks ........ 17 Task 4.4.4. Development and deployment a tool that achieve Computer Aided
Evaluation of Accessibility (CAEA) ........................................................................... 21 Task 4.4.5. Design sustainable tourism for elderly, promoting active routes with
appropriate accessibility and contact with nature ..................................................... 22 4.4.6. Development and implementing of innovative platform, making use of new
technologies will address holistically, so far deployed, treatment of old patients and
their environment ...................................................................................................... 24 INDEX OF FIGURES
Figure 1 The CogWatch Project Logo (Source: CogWatch Project Website) ............... 6 Figure 2 The test settings of the CogWatch system ...................................................... 7 Figure 3 A moment of HOST co-design workshop (source: HOST project website) ... 12 Figure 4 Partner Occambee developed “The Enterprise Virtual Agent” (source:
Occambee website) ............................................................................................... 16 Figure 5 A screenshot from the Italian version of the Nostalgia Bits shared
reminiscence portal ............................................................................................... 18 Figure 6 A screenshot of the RiPRENDO@HOME system (source: Riprendo@Home
website) ................................................................................................................. 25 3
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MAIN CONTRIBUTORS AND VERSIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
VERSION
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Istituto Auxologico
Italiano
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Editor
Istituto Auxologico
Italiano (Tech4Life)
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ITIA-National Research
Council of Italy
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Occambee Srl
(Tech4Life)
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Fondazione Don
Gnocchi ONLUS
(Tech4Life)
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ISOIN Ingeniería y
Soluciones Informáticas
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Life Supporting
Technologies –
Universidad Politécnica
de Madrid
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K-CoRD (Kinsale
Community Response to
Dementia)
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DELIVERABLE DESCRIPTION
The Action Group D4 “Innovation for Age-friendly buildings, cities & environments” is
structured in 4 Action Areas: (i) implementing policies and practices for regions, cities
and communities, (ii) networks promoting an EU covenant on demographic change, (iii)
the spatial context, and (iv) ICT and smart environments.
In particular, the Action Area 4 tries to bring together stakeholders to undertake joint
initiatives that increase the effectiveness of innovative solutions based on ICT
products, applications and services in order to promote age-friendly environments. The
ICT developments will bring forward ethical evidence-based guidelines, best-practices
and standards which will be shared throughout the expanding network.
The specific objective of the present deliverable is to report progress on the activities
and initiatives carried out within the task 4.4 “To design tools and services, integrate
and adapt existing solutions, develop new/innovative solutions”.
To build this report, an online consultation was launched on Yammer to collect
contributions from partners/commitments involved in Task 4.4. Data were collected
using an ad-hoc template in which partners reported the summary of the activities
carried out between 2013 and 2014 (first version) and 2014-2015 (final report).
The contributions collected from partners were then categorized according to the
keywords provided by contributors and used to highlight key trends concerning ICT and
smart environments applications.
In the following, we will provide a summary of these activities and discuss some more
general considerations suggested by these existing practices/initiatives.
Task 4.4.1. Integration of existing and new ICT solutions in the areas of
environmental control, personal safety and health monitoring at home
PROJECT “COGWATCH” Project description Life Supporting Technologies – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid reported progress of
CogWatch (http://www.cogwatch.eu/), a European co-funded project aimed at providing
a Personal Healthcare System able to improve the standard rehabilitation process of
patients suffering from Apraxia and Action Disorganization Syndrome. The developed
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system is characterized as affordable, customizable and capable of delivering
continuous cognitive rehabilitation at home. It analyses the data coming from intelligent
objects (daily use objects with embedded sensors, Kinect cameras and smart
watches), giving multi-modal feedback through speakers, vibro-tactile actuators and
visual displays that guide patients to accomplish the task; making them aware of errors
and how to react.
Figure 1 The CogWatch Project Logo (Source: CogWatch Project Website)
The CogWatch system was integrated in LST Living Lab Laboratory and tested by a
large group of users without cognitive impairments during approximately one month in
order to evaluate the technical and usability aspects of the integrated prototype. These
tests constituted a preliminary evaluation before the extensive clinical validation with
real patients, to assure the compliance with the requirements. The Smart House Living
Lab offered a large, comfortable space in which to invite users. The Cogwatch system
was installed and integrated with the living lab.
A specific scenario was set up for technical and usability tests. Particularly, the test
consisted of instructing the users to prepare tea, while the system was monitoring and
guiding the user. The setting was as follows: a kitchen table was prepared with a set of
smart tools able to track the user, i.e., a tea mug, an electric kettle and a milk jug with
embedded pressure sensors and accelerometers, for motion tracking, connected
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through wireless Bluetooth communication. Other standard objects were also placed: A
tea spoon, a sugar bowl, a box containing tea bags, a box to throw out the used tea
bags and a water jug. A touch screen PC was placed close to the participant to provide
users with the system's feedback. Two types of message cues were produced: text
messages and audio messages, though audio messages were preferred (80% of the
participants) to textual information (20%) to let the users concentrate on their task, to
avoid looking at the monitor and reading the text cues. Figure 2 shows an overall view
of the user work-space.
Figure 2 The test settings of the CogWatch system
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Relevance to the action plan The relevance of the CogWatch solution to the Action Plan is mainly based on:
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Integration of an ICT solution in a real environment, starting from concrete local
initiatives in Madrid (Spain), Birmingham (UK) and Munich (Germany).
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Ambient Assisted Living solutions in smart environment to promote personal
safety, health monitoring and tele-rehabilitation.
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Usability evaluation of ICT smart solution, with elderly people, in order to detect
their adherence to new technologies and their appreciation of the implemented
and integrated solution.
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Study of the interaction of different technologies with the smart environment and
smart tools developed within the CogWatch project.
Valuable indicators •
Number of primary end-users (elderly with cognitive disorder): 9 (64.78 ±
11.44).
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Number of secondary end-users (elderly, no cognitive disorder): 14 (68.32 ±
8.52).
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Number of control (control, no cognitive disorder): 13 (31.88 ± 8.39).
References Website:
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CogWatch Project http://www.cogwatch.eu/
Publications:
(In indexed journals)
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Pastorino, M., Fioravanti, A., Arredondo, M. T., Cogollor, J. M., Rojo, J., Ferre,
M., ... & Wing, A. M. (2014). Preliminary Evaluation of a Personal Healthcare
System Prototype for Cognitive eRehabilitation in a Living Assistance Domain.
Sensors, 14(6), 10213-10233.
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Colomer, J. B. M., Salvi, D., Cabrera-Umpierrez, M. F., Arredondo, M. T., Abril,
P., Jimenez-Mixco, V. & Medrano, A. (2014). Experience in Evaluating AAL
Solutions in Living Labs. Sensors, 14(4), 7277-7311.
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(Conference Presentations)
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Pastorino, M., Fioravanti, A., Arredondo, M. T., Cogollor, J. M., Rojo, J.,
Ferre, M., & Wing, A. M. (2014, June). CogWatch: A web based platform
for cognitive tele-rehabilitation and follow up of Apraxia and Action
Disorganisation Syndrome patients. In Biomedical and Health
Informatics (BHI), 2014 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on (pp.
133-136). IEEE.
PROJECT “SMART HOME FOR EDUCATION TO INDEPENDENT LIVING” Project description The Smart Home of Fondazione Don Gnocchi – located within the Occupational
Therapy service (named “DAT” service) of the Don Gnocchi Rehabilitation Institute in
Milan, Italy – is a 130 m2 flat composed of 7 rooms (entrance, kitchen, living room,
office, bathroom, and two bedrooms) and equipped with special solutions for the
independence, security and safety of their inhabitants. The smart home has been
created with a threefold purpose:
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Within individual rehabilitation programs, it serves as a physical setting where
clients with disabilities can experience how to make the most effective use of
technology for their independence at home.
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It also represents a demonstration and educational laboratory where
professionals, caregivers, and the general public can get knowledge of the
latest advancements of assistive devices for mobility, activities of daily life,
communication, home automation and telecare.
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Finally, within the research activities of the Biomedical Technology department,
the smart home is used as a test bed for the development of new clinical
protocols for independence at home and innovative solutions in the field of
environmental control and home care.
The smart home is addressed towards a broad range of clients, including people with
orthopaedic and neurological diseases, young as well as adults and elderly. The driver
of the clinical activities is the user empowerment: a multidisciplinary equip (including
physicians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists and bioengineers)
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helps clients in the process of setting the objectives and finding the proper solutions to
improve their independence. The smart home offers the possibility of individualized
training on assistive solutions, in real life settings.
For what concerns research activities, the smart home has been recently used as the
test bed for evaluating prototypes developed within technological research project in
the field of assistive robotics, Brain Computer Interface, and monitoring.
Relevance to the action plan By combining mainstream Home Automation solutions with Assistive Technology
solutions, the DAT Smart Home contributes to the objective of “integrating and
adapting existing solutions” (action 4.4) to reach the overall objective of “increasing the
effectiveness of innovative solutions based on ICT products, applications and services
in order to promote age-friendly environments”. The user empowerment approach
followed by the DAT service also contributes to dissemination process, to raise
awareness, and to promoting training and skills development among the end users.
Finally the DAT smart home also contributes to the objective of promoting
experimentation in smart-home living lab environments.
Valuable indicators The smart home of the DAT service is addressed towards a broad range of clients,
including people with orthopaedic and neurological diseases, young as well as adults
and elderly. Currently around 12’000 rehabilitation treatments are performed annually
in the DAT service. Considering an average of 10 treatments for each patient, around
1200 patients are treated annually by the service.
References Website:
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Fondazione Don Gnocchi Onlus: http://www.dongnocchi.it/
Publications:
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Andrich R., Gower V., Converti R.M. (2007): The DAT Service, an integrated
approach to improve independence at home. Challenges for Assistive
Technology, (pp 579-583). Amsterdam: IOS Press.
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Andrich R., Gower V., Caracciolo A., Del Zanna G., Di Rienzo M. (2006): The
DAT Project: A Smart Home Environment for People with Disabilities.
Computers helping people with special needs, 492-499. Berlin: Springer
International Publishing
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Gower V, Andrich R, Braghieri P, Susi A (2011): An advanced monitoring
system for residential care facilities. Everyday Technology for Independence
and Care, (pp. 57-64). Amsterdam: IOS Press.
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Pigini, L., Facal, D., Blasi, L., & Andrich, R. (2012). Service robots in elderly
care at home: Users' needs and perceptions as a basis for concept
development. Technology and Disability, 24(4), 303-311.
PROJECT “HOST: Smart technologies for self-­‐service to seniors in social housing” Project description Life Polibienestar Research Institute – University of Valencia describes the latest
activities carried out within the framework of the project “HOST: Smart Technologies for
self-service to seniors in social housing”, funded by the Ambient Assisted Living Joint
Programme (AAL-2010-3-041), which has been running from May 2011 to April 2014.
Partners involved in the project were: OPAC du Rhône – coordinator (France),
FINABITA (Italy), Nottingham Community Housing Association (United Kingdom),
ADAMA (France), National Research Council –Construction Technologies Institute
(Italy), Conseil Général du Rhône – ERASME (France), University Joseph Fourier
Grenoble, France – AGIM Research Laboratory (France), Tripleplay Services (United
Kingdom), BioResult (Italy) and Polibienestar Research Institute – University of
Valencia (Spain).
In this last period of the project the final results from the implementation of the different
products in France, Italy and United Kingdom have been available. The feedback
received from elderly people show that HOST has been a support in the promotion of
social life and avoidance of loneliness, of digital inclusion and better quality of life
related to autonomy and independence. Moreover, most of the interviewed users
declared to be interested to continue using of almost all the proposed functionalities of
the products in the future, in order to be able to accomplish autonomously the most
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part of the activities as long as they stay healthy. These positive results mean a
foresee confirmation of potential market opportunity of HOST products.
Figure 3 A moment of HOST co-design workshop (source: HOST project website)
In this period it has been finalized the Exploitation Strategy to assure the continuity of
the developed products after the end of the project. At this regard, the success of
HOST into the market will be based in the following positive points:
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The product is totally flexible and configurable according to users’ needs.
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It offers a wide and varied range of services.
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It has meant several benefits for their customers: promotion of social life and
avoidance of loneliness, digital inclusion, and better quality of life related to
autonomy and independence.
Moreover, after a market analysis in the different countries involved and at European
level, it is important to highlight that HOST products offers a range of services that are
currently unique in the market.
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Relevance to the action plan The relevance of this solution is mainly based on:
1. Implementation of policies and practices for regions, cities and communities,
starting from concrete local initiatives in Lyon, Borgaro, Orbassano, Cesena,
Lizzanello, Rome and Nottingham.
2. ICT and smart environment through the promotion of ICT products and services
adapted to older people needs aimed to:
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Allow a longer stay of elders in their houses.
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Allow a more independent and active life at home. Improve the
communication between older people and their circle of support: family,
informal caregivers, friends, etc.
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Reinforce social inclusion, especially into ‘digital society’. Improve efficiency
in the provision of services.
Valuable indicators •
Number of primary end-users (elderly people): 35 in France; 13 in Italy; and 17
in United Kingdom.
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Number of secondary end-users (family, friends): 4 in France; 3 in Italy; and 1 in
United Kingdom.
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Number of tertiary end-users (social housing companies): 1 in France; 5 in Italy;
and 1 in United Kingdom.
References Website:
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HOST Project http://www.host-aal.eu/
Video:
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HOST video prepared for the AAL Forum 2012:
http://www.aalforum.eu/members/chonidoate/media/540/
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Video of the HOST final conference:
http://youtu.be/b54DLSGXiok
Publication:
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Doñate-Martínez, A.; Garcés, J.; Ródenas, F.; Abry, F. & Deloche, X. (2012).
HOST innovative services to promote solidarity, technological and social
inclusion of elderly people. In: Tomorrow in sight: from design to delivery.
Eindhoven: Ambient Assisted Living - Smart Homes (pp.183-188).
FURTHER INITIATIVES AND COLLABORATIONS UNDER TASK 4.4.1 ISOIN In the task 4.4.1, ISOIN and its coalition are looking for possible collaboration with
others EU research projects in order to generate a common framework and set the
bases for synergies. The aim is to pursue the Integration of existing and new ICT
solutions. The areas object of synergy are, mainly, environmental control, which is a
general term for environmental control systems and controllers and is sometimes
abbreviated
as
EC;
personal
safety,
seeking
the
use
of
information
and
communications technologies in a responsible way; and health monitoring at home,
consisting on allowing healthcare and diagnosis through ICT solutions.
UPM-­‐LST Continuing in the framework of the research and development of AAL solutions for
Active and Healthy Ageing, UPM-LST has integrated during the last year different
solutions in his laboratories. All solutions have been developed under the European
Funding Programmes, in particular :
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UniverSAALL FP7 ICT-2009-4
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CogWatch FP7-ICT-2011-7
Moreover, UPM-LST is carrying out a research study for the unobtrusive indoor
localizazion based on user interaction with the home environment elements.
Lombardy Technology Cluster “Tech4life” I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano and ITIA-CNR jointly collaborated with the
regional cluster “Design4All – SW Integration and advance Human Machine Interfaces
in design for Ambient Assisted Living” in order to define a set of design requirements
for users with special needs, applying the International Classification of Functioning,
Disability and Health. During 2015, these partners furthered the collaboration by
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developing a set of scenarios and use-cases related to the applications of Ambient
Assisted Living technologies. These results were finalized in a conference paper
presented at the 6th Italian Forum of Ambient Assisted Living (Lecco, Italy, 19 – 22
May 2015, website: http://foritaal2015.com/en/).
References Website:
http://isoin.es/en/
Task 4.4.2. Development and implementing innovative services based on serious
games
PROJECT “EVA: an ENTERPRISE VIRTUAL AGENT” Project description Occambee Srl (www.occambee.com) (a company member of Technology for Life
commitment - Tech4Life), had developed an ENTERPRISE VIRTUAL AGENT (EVA): a
proprietary platform created to manage, in a intelligent way, the relation between
humans and machines.
On the base of its customization, EVA can take a decision using different parameters:
an user's input, a system input, a user's profile or the behavioral profile, a decisional or
probabilistic algorithm.
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Figure 4 Partner Occambee developed “The Enterprise Virtual Agent” (source: Occambee website)
Thanks to a modular architecture EVA will be adapted to accept any kind of inputs:
voice, text, inputs from artificial vision, environmental sensors or machine-to-machine
messages.
Occambee used EVA successfully for different kind of services: starting from the help
desk services and customer care services, to arrive at training tools. The EVA platform
is able to convey, receive and manage emotional patterns.
During the past years, services based on EVA have won national and international
awards.
For these reasons EVA well fits to become an add value interface for all medical or
health devices that need an engaged patient.
Relevance to the action plan Today Occambee’ efforts concentrate to understand how EVA technology could be
integrated with medical or health devices or process in order to solve the above
mission.
References Occambee Srl is recognized as Innovative Startup by the italian law. This in reason of
the its investment of financial and operational resources in the R&D activities in the
fields above mentioned.
Occambee Srl website:
www.occambee.com
Project EVA webpage:
http://www.occambee.com/home/?page_id=960
Project EVA video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcsNe06U-J4
FURTHER INITIATIVES AND COLLABORATIONS UNDER TASK 4.4.2 ISOIN In the task 4.4.1, ISOIN and its coalition are looking for possible collaboration with
others EU research projects in order to generate a common framework and set the
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bases for synergies. The aim is to pursue the Integration of existing and new ICT
solutions. The areas object of synergy are, mainly, environmental control, which is a
general term for environmental control systems and controllers and is sometimes
abbreviated
as
EC;
personal
safety,
seeking
the
use
of
information
and
communications technologies in a responsible way; and health monitoring at home,
consisting on allowing healthcare and diagnosis through ICT solutions.
Task 4.4.3. Implementing new innovative solutions based on social networks
THE PROJECT NOSTALGIA BITS Project description I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano reports progress of the “Nostalgia Bits” (NoBits)
Project, an initiative supported by the Ambient Assisted Living program. The objective
of the project was to develop an innovative social network solution to increase social
interaction between elderly people and their families, as well as to improve
intergenerational communication. To this purpose, the project designed, implemented
and evaluated a web platform for the elderly and their families for capturing, digitally
archiving, and sharing their memories encapsulated in letters, newspaper clippings,
postcards, photos, and other artefacts. These memory artifacts are a powerful resource
of use by other members of the community – either to exchange experiences or to
learn about different periods in history. A further goal is to mitigate feelings of
loneliness and low self-esteem of seniors. An important additional benefit of Nostalgia
Bits is that it conduces to situations that co-involve grandparents and their
children/grandchildren in the process of uploading artefacts, generating occasions for
off-line interactions between family members, and thereby reducing isolation and
loneliness of the elderly person. The project leveraged a tailor-made business
software, participatory design from the outset, and rigorous, evidence-based, iterative
market research and testing methods to systematically build understanding about the
rational and emotional needs of end users throughout the development process.
The target segment of NoBits are elderly people who are between 55-75 years old.
These are up to 20 million Italians, 3.5 million Greeks and 3 million Hungarians in 2012.
Experts assume the potential market to reach a size of around 1.5 – 3 million Italians
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and 0.3 – 3 million Hungarians aged 55+. Quantitative research shows that the size of
the main target segment of status seekers could amount to 5.5 million people in Italy
and to 0.6 million in Hungary. The second target segment of NoBits are children aged
between 10-12 years.
Figure 5 A screenshot from the Italian version of the Nostalgia Bits shared reminiscence portal
All partners of the NoBits consortium took the responsibility to identify and motivate
elderly people and children to participate in a variety of research studies through the
duration of the NoBits project, to ensure that their needs are systematically investigated
and understood as vital inputs to portal and service design. User inclusion is formalized
via expert surveys, qualitative focus group discussions, quantitative online surveys, and
multiple field trials, including a stream of long term summative evaluations. Field trials
have been conducted in Italy, Hungary in 2013, using a consistent set of research
questions and systematic methods to ensure that findings are universally applied to
guide development. Participants included representative samples of target elderly
people and grandchildren. Methods included ad hoc tests with fresh users, and
summative evaluations to explore impacts from continued use, including improvements
in the users overall interaction with family, friends and the community. Best practices
were used to investigate user behaviour and appeal of NoBits solutions, including use
of e-prototypes, end to end demonstrator and experience sampling methods to
investigate agreed operational scenarios. In particular, the main objective of the field
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trials was to evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of the NoBits approach, the
service platform and the individual technologies incorporated within it.
The methodology for the trials was articulated in two key phases: formative evaluation
and summative evaluation. The specific objective of the formative evaluation was to
finalize the adequacy of the technical NoBits solutions, by means of identification and
subsequent remediation of bottlenecks. The formative evaluation involved usability
experts and small groups of users. In contrast to formative evaluation, the goal of
summative evaluation was to judge the worth of the NoBits approach at the end of
usability testing. For that reason, summative evaluation was about having participants
use the NoBits service platform and tools without the obtrusive presence of the
researcher or artificial usage conditions. The evaluation provided a broad overview of
user wishes and/or concerns with the use of a social reminiscing system.
Relevance to the action plan By providing an innovative social network platform to support elderly reminiscence (a
well-known approach to promote psycho-social wellbeing in older adults), the Nostalgia
Bits project contributes to the objective of “integrating and adapting existing solutions”
(action 4.4). In particular, intergenerational reminiscence has a significant potential as
an intervention to bridge the generation gap. Aside from being a way for older adults to
transmit life lessons to younger generations (e.g., dating tips), NoBits research
suggests that reminiscing and storytelling may be an important way for older adults to
change stereotypical views of themselves in the mind of younger generations, while
bolstering perceived quality of life and decreasing levels of loneliness in older
populations at the same time. Furthermore, the NoBits service concept can be
potentially transferred to other European organisations/regions with minimal effort.
Valuable indicators In the Italian site, I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano, in collaboration with partner
FIMI S.r.L., explored the potential benefits of NoBits approach in a feasibility study,
which involved 32 older adults and 114 students participating in a within-subject,
repeated measures design. Participants were assigned to 16 groups, each including
two seniors and six to eight pupils. The intervention consisted of three weekly
meetings, totaling to about six hours of reminiscing activities. Pretest and posttest
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measures included seniors’ perceived levels of Loneliness, Self-esteem, and Quality of
life. In addition, the effects of intergenerational contact on children’s perception of the
elderly were investigated by using an ad hoc semantic differential scale. Analyses of
pre- and postintervention measures revealed that the elderly participants reported
signifi- cantly lower values of loneliness and an increase in perceived Quality of life.
Further, results indicated that following their participation in the program the children’s
attitude towards the elderly positively changed in a positive way. Intergenerational
group reminiscence is a potentially effective activity to improve psychosocial wellbeing
and Quality of life in healthy older adults and to improve the way younger generations
perceive the elderly.
References Website:
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I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano: http://www.auxologico.it/
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Nostalgia Bits website (Italian platform): http://www.nobits.it
Publications:
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Gaggioli, A., Morganti, L., Bonfiglio, S., Scaratti, C., Cipresso, P., Serino, S.,
Riva G. (2014) Intergenerational Group Reminiscence: A Potentially Effective
Intervention to Enhance Elderly Psychosocial Wellbeing and to Improve
Children's Perception of Aging. Educational Gerontology 40 (7); 486-498.
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Gaggioli, A., Scaratti, C., Morganti, L., Stramba-Badiale, M., Agostoni, M.,
Spatola, C.Am., Molinari, E., Cipresso, P., Riva, G. (2014) Effectiveness of
group reminiscence for improving wellbeing of institutionalized elderly adults:
study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 15(408):1-6.
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Morganti, L., Riva, G., Gaggioli, A. (2013) Building collective memories on the
web: the Nostalgia Bits project. International Journal of Web Based
Communities 01/2013; 9(1):83-104.
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Task 4.4.4. Development and deployment a tool that achieve Computer Aided
Evaluation of Accessibility (CAEA)
THE “MODEL CHECKER” SOLUTION Project description The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (FVG-Region) describes the Model Checker solution.
”Is there a way to support the accessibility expert in the evaluation process by
automating or simplifying some tasks?” The answer is the Model Checking through the
Solibri software. The Model Checker efficiently operates by:
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Reducing the time of repetitive actions such as checking sizes and distances.
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Enabling 3D model visualization.
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Evaluating spaces and objects in the model.
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Producing clear and complete reports.
In order to perform accessibility analysis according to the Italian accessibility law, the
standard accessibility rules available in Solibri Model Checker were customized and
used. This way it was straight forward to analyze the accessibility of buildings and
conformance with the Italian requirements in the LADI project. The LADI project
implemented the first rule set DM236.89 and has developed the (BIM) models of 5
government/public buildings:
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An existing building.
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A newly renovated building in ”agreement” with the Italian law.
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A recently renovated historic building in ”agreement” with the Italian law subject
to historical constraints.
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An approved 2D project “Edificio Solidale”;
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An hospital working in progress.
Model Checker and the DM236.89 Ruleset were used to evaluate the four models. The
results and benefits were evident and very interesting:
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Extremely fast evaluation of the rules on the considered buildings compared to
human time.
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Clear display of critical issues, also for non-experts.
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Time spent by the evaluator on problem solving, rather than issue identification.
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We used model checking for a number of very difficult tasks to handle and aspects to
understand. These included for example, the evaluation of sensory aspects for the
visually impaired people, such as color and contrast of windows and doors, tactile
signals and tactile-foot for blinds, the strength required to open doors and windows,
and an index of friction of the floors.
In June 2013 the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region organized a workshop on accessibility in
urban planning. The event “Smart, Accessible and Inclusive City” was held on the 27th
and 28th of June in Sacile (province of Pordenone). A training on the Model Checker
on the assessment of accessibility of buildings was held on the second day of the event
and it was directed to the operators.
Task 4.4.5. Design sustainable tourism for elderly, promoting active routes with
appropriate accessibility and contact with nature
K-CoRD is a member of the steering group of the Age Friendly Town Strategy which
oversaw the drawing up of the Age Friendly Programme for Kinsale. The report on the
programme was completed in May 2015 and contains 19 short, medium and long term
actions which it is anticipated will be locally driven. To date many of these are in place.
A further action of the programme is that K-CoRD is engaging with the business people
in the town to roll out the “Age Friendly Business Recognition Scheme”. The first step
was taken on the 30 September 2015, with a presentation to over 40 Local businesses
in the local Chamber Meeting.
Relevance to the Action Plan K-CoRd’s participation in the development of the programme for the Age Friendly
Towns initiative ensured commitment to making Kinsale a “Dementia” friendly town.
References Website
http://www.agefriendlyireland.ie
6 October 2014: Cork County was Launched as an Age Friendly County
http://www.kcord.ie/blog/item/Launch-of-Kinsale-Age-Friendly-Town/24
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http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/302271236.pdf
County Cork Services and Infrastructure for Older Person’s Strategy:
http://epublications.snap.com.au/older_persons_strategy/10038620#.VFueoTSsXE0
Press Release: Mayor launches First Age Friendly Town Plan for Cork in KINSALE
http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/786701103.docx
FURTHER INITIATIVES AND COLLABORATIONS UNDER TASK 4.4.5 ISOIN In the task 4.4.5, ISOIN is working in an application based on transport information and
a collaborative platform for providing elderly a personalized social journey planning
tool. For that application, the importance of help on demand systems and changing
user preferences, surroundings and feelings in different situations is taken into account.
In addition, the application aims to facilitate everyday movements encouraging elderly
to maintain an active participation in society and making them to stimulate their
reasoning and perceptual abilities. Also this platform is going to be tested in real
scenarios (as Zaragoza, Oslo, Paris and Vienna) aiming to increase their transport
solutions value for accessing routes with accessibility issues and contact with the
nature.
References Website:
http://isoin.es/en/
AMBIENTA AMBIENTA 45 has created the “CareLand” concept: a territory where the nature
contributes to health and leisure, such as activSENIORS promotes. CareLand is
formed by several NGOs from Spain and Portugal, and some private companies from
the same countries, and it’s focused on Extremadura (Spain), and Alentejo (Portugal).
This workteam is working on the designing an International Scientific Congress to
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research and show the best practices in this areas, in order to implementate the best
ones for the territories mentioned.
4.4.6. Development and implementing of innovative platform, making use of new
technologies will address holistically, so far deployed, treatment of old patients and
their environment
THE PROJECT “RIPRENDO@HOME” Project description The National Research Council of Italy – Institute for Industrial Technologies and
Automation (member of the Lombardy Technology Cluster “Tech4Life”) reports about
the Riprendo@Home Project, funded inside the framework agreement between
Regione Lombardia and the National Council of Research (CNR).
The Riprendo@Home aims at designing and developing advanced technological
solutions for supporting the rehabilitation of upper limb in post stroke patients. Such
solutions are structured in systems where the patient performs the rehabilitations
exercises by using special mechanical devices that are coupled together with digital
and virtual environments that in realtime show the patient the behavior and the quality
of the exercises in order to keep him/her focused on the performance. Such systems
are designed so that they can be readapted for at-home utilization. For what concerns
the physical devices, a special exoskeleton and a special robotic device of type endeffector have been developed. The exoskeleton, called LIGHTarm, is a gravitycompensated device that allows the patients to move the upper-limb without feel its
own weight. The other device, called LINarm, is a device that allows the patient to
make linear movements with the upper limb by controlling in realtime the applied
forces.
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Figure 6 A screenshot of the RiPRENDO@HOME system (source: Riprendo@Home website)
Another thread has been focused on design and development of orthesis devices
based on pseudo-elastic materials for supporting the rehabilitative movements of the
elbow. The physical devices, with also a Microsoft Kinect V2, are used with a virtual
environment that is shown to the patient during the exercises. The measurements
regarding the forces applied by patient, the patient’s joints configurations, the timing of
execution of single movements are processed and the virtual reality shows the
behavior. With the graphical interface the patients can: check their posture shown by a
specific avatar, see if they are focused on the correct overall behavior with specific
indicators, keep constantly encouraged and warned by a speaking digital assistant that
communicates with them by a set of specific expressions that are related to its speech.
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Relevance to the action plan The project's goal is the development of an integrated technological platform oriented
to the personalised neurorehabilitation in stroke patients at home. More specifically, the
following research activities will be carried out:
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Devices:
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development and optimization of new robotics and technological devices
based on the employment of advanced materials and on mechatronics
approach home oriented
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Virtual and Augmented Reality:
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Haptic rendering solutions in a Virtual and Augmented Reality to
increment involvement and participation of the patient in different stages
of rehabilitation with robot
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Customization of the rehabilitation:
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detection and definition of integrated quantitative parameters for the
functional characterization of the individual patient in relation with his/her
clinical status and progression of rehabilitation; Information will be part
of the system with the developed devices and VE to create a complete
rehabilitation platform.
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Evaluation of the platform:
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Methodologies for quantitative evaluation of the platform, in terms of
functionalities optimization, monitoring of patient’s evolution and effect of
rehabilitation
itself.
Furthermore
psychological
impact
of
new
technologies on patients and care-giver will be evaluated.
References Website:
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The National Research Council of Italy – Institute for Industrial Technologies:
http://www.itia.cnr.it/it/
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Riprendo@Home Project: http://www.riprendoathome.it/en/
FURTHER INITIATIVES AND COLLABORATIONS UNDER TASK 4.4.6 ISOIN In the task 4.4.6, ISOIN is implementing some innovative platforms to help people to
live longer and independently without getting out of the self-service society. Some
activities carried out in this task had realized the importance of accessibility for people
with impairments (visual, physical, auditive) and making them able to manage their
daily activities while improving their life quality. In addition, ISOIN has taken advantage
of the knowledge that preventing physical problems caused by the requirements of the
working environment and improving a balanced nutrition are forwarding steps to
reducing costs in clinics treatments, solutions and interventions. At last, helping this
people to maintain active through bringing them the opportunity to share their
experience with companies, addressing intergenerational knowledge transfer to use
skills and competences based in experience, is the real requirement for wellbeing.
References Website:
http://isoin.es/en/
I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano (member of Lombardy Technology Cluster
Tech4Life) has advanced the implementation of an immersive virtual reality (VR)
system (CAVE), which will be used to improve the design and usability of interactive
interfaces for domotic appliances. Moreover, this VR system will be used to support
motor and cognitive rehabilitation. This activity is partially supported by the Italian
Ministry of Education and Research-funded project “Design4All”.
References Website:
http://www.auxologico.it/section/425/U.O.%20di%20Medicina%20Riabilitativa
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