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Project
Acronym:
eWALL
Name:
eWall for Active Long Living
Project status:
From: 2013-11-01
To: 2016-10-31
(Completed)
Contract number:
610658
Action line:
-
Type (Programme):
FP7
Funding scheme:
STREP
Project cost:
8.803.942,00 EUR
Project funding:
5.980.000,00 EUR
Project coordinator
Organisation Name:
UNIVERSITY OF AALBORG
Organisation adress:
Fredrik Bajers Vej 5, 9100 Aalborg
Organisation country:
Denmark
Contact person name:
prof. dr. sc. Ramjee Prasad
Contact person email:
Croatian partner
Organisation name:
Fakultet elektrotehnike i računarstva
Organisation address:
Unska 3, 10000 Zagreb, Hrvatska
Contact person name:
prof. dr. sc. Dina Šimunić
Contact person tel:
-
Contact person fax:
-
Contact person e-mail:
Partners
| Organisation name | Country |
|---|---|
| HEWLETT PACKARD ITALIANA SRL | |
| ERICSSON NIKOLA TESLA D.D. | |
| ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BV | |
| SAN RAFFAELE S.p.A. | |
| CURE CENTRUM FUR DIE UNTERSUCHUNG UND REALISIERUNG ENDBENUTZERORIENTIERTER INTERAKTIVER SYSTEME | |
| RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LABORATORY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES | |
| UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI | |
| Ss. CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY IN SKOPJE | |
| JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET CRNE GORE PODGORICA | |
| TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA | |
| STELAR SECURITY TECHNOLOGY LAW RESEARCH UG |
Short description of project
Independent living of senior citizens is one of the main challenges linked to the ageing population, due to the impact on: (a) the life of the elderly people, (b) the national health systems, (c) the insurance companies, (d) the relatives and (e) the care-givers. Senior citizens may suffer from a number of diseases, including the decline in cardiopulmonary conditions, weaker muscle functions and a declined neuromuscular control of the movements, which result in a higher risk of fall and a higher vulnerability for cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. With respect to cognitive functions, senior citizens may suffer from a decline of memory function, less ability to orientate and a declined ability to cope with complex situations. Mild dementia is another disease affecting this population, which requires either the institutionalization or the constant support from care-givers. eWALL will be an affordable, easy-to-install prefabricated wall that can be mounted on an existing wall and includes, into the background, all the ICT technology needed to enable a number of services for the senior citizen to cover the major ontologies of Active and Healthy Ageing. The project will carry out high-risk and multi-disciplinary research and will have a large-scale demonstrator exercise for validating the concept with solid clinical evidence. This will include both technical-, user- and legal-evaluation, to measure with advanced tools and methodologies the impact on the QoL. The eWALL system will extend the state-of-the-art of Assistive Platforms and will significantly increase the independent living of seniors. The project will also perform socio-economic studies to deliver recommendations for the health sector that will result in mid- and long-term benefits for the sustainability of national health systems.