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Integrated prevention and Detection sOlutioNs Tailored to the population and Risk Factors associated with FALLs

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ICT Solutions for Fall prevention, and ICT and Ageing network

Falls are the most prominent among the external causes of unintentional injury, since they account for approximately 40% of all injury deaths. Fall rates (and related mortality rates) vary depending on the country and the studied population. At the same time, falls are also associated with various risk factors, spanning the areas of biological, behavioral, environmental, and socioeconomic factors. In addition to this broad categorization, studies show that falls are commonly a result of the elderly/patients conditions and status including for example conditions associated with balance / gait, cardiovascular, medication, feet / footwear, vision, medical, depression, as well as other risk factors. In the recent years, ICT technologies have manifested their potential to enhance the autonomy and quality of life of elderly people, through boosting detection and/or prevention of elderly falls. Likewise, ICT solutions for fall detection and prevention could significantly reduce the cost associated with elderly care.

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The value and effectiveness of these solutions could be maximized on the basis of their further integration and combination, but mainly on their tailoring to specific target groups and risk factors. This tailoring could allow potential fallers to use the most appropriate devices, modalities and program (e.g. in terms of proper frequencies/combinations for using certain devices). I-DONT-FALL project tackles this problem by testing integrated and fall management solutions, while allowing the tailoring of fall technological solutions to the specific needs, root causes, risk factors and cultural factors associated with fall incidents.

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The main goal of the I-DONT-FALL project is to deploy, pilot and evaluate a range of innovative ICT solutions for fall detection and prevention management. The platform will be flexibly configured to the needs of specific target groups and risk factors associated with fall incidents. Based on the I-DONT-FALL integrated platform: (a) End-users will enjoy tailored fall technological solutions, while (b) Medical experts and health professionals will be offered a wide range of tools, enabling them to customize fall solutions to the end-users’ needs. The effectiveness of the solutions will be tested by over 500 elderly users/ patients across different countries, cultures, age groups and fall risk factors. From a policy perspective, the project will elicit best practices for tailoring fall management solutions to specific risk factors, root causes and users’ (fallers’) needs.

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In particular, the I-DONT-FALL project will contribute to:
1. Substantially prolonging the time that elderly people can live independently at home by providing ICT-based safety and fall prevention/detection services;
2. Delivering evidence of improvements in the quality of life of older people and their families, as well as for health and social care systems and services;
3. Facilitating wide take-up of ICT based fall prevention solutions across Europe;
4. Ensuring a world leading position of European industry in innovative markets for ICT based solutions that support independent living and the ageing population

The main goal of the I-DONT-FALL project is to deploy, pilot and evaluate a wide yet innovative range of highly personalized ICT-based solutions for fall detection and prevention management, which will be able to be flexibly configured to the needs of specific target groups and risk factors associated with fall incidents. To this end, I-DONT-FALL will integrate a diverse set of fall management solutions on the top of both products and R&D prototypes into a unified programmable fall management platform. Based on this platform the project will pilot and test the falls solution across different countries, cultures, age groups and fall risk factors with over 500 elderly users/ patients. A variety of configurations of the I- DON'T-FALL integrated system will be deployed in order to achieve the customization and enable the relevant pilots. At the same time the effectiveness of I-DON'T-FALL solutions and treatment will be evaluated based on a randomized controlled study. In the scope of this study a disciplined social statistical analysis methodology will be devised to allow the proper selection of the sample, as well as the study, creation and evaluation of the relevant deployment configurations (per risk factors and target group). Based on the I-DON'T-FALL integrated platform: (a)End-users will enjoy tailored and more effective ICT based fall management solutions, while (b) Medical experts and health professionals will be offered with a wide range of configuration, deployment, management and decision support tools, enabling them to tailor ICT solutions to the end-users' profiles and target needs. From a policy perspective, the project will elicit best practices for tailoring ICT based fall management solutions to specific risk factors, root causes and users' (fallers') needs. Overall, the innovative feature is to tailor ICT fall management solutions to specific end-user groups, root causes and risk factors is expected to increase the effectiveness of ICT based detection and prevention of falls, in improving elderly people independent living, while at the same time unveiling new horizons for marketing, exploiting and sustaining fall-related ICT solutions.

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Convocatoria de propuestas

CIP-ICT-PSP-2011-5
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Régimen de financiación

PB - Pilot Type B

Coordinador

ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA
Aportación de la UE
€ 483 748,00
Dirección
PIAZZALE DELL'AGRICOLTURA 24
00144 ROMA
Italia

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Centro (IT) Lazio Roma
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Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Contacto administrativo
Matteo Melideo (Mr)
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