POINT ACTIVE AGEING ASSISTIVE SERVICE – A MULTI-SENSOR SINGLE DEVICE FOR SMART MONITORING OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE

Información del proyecto

SAFELDER

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 827788

DOI

10.3030/827788

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 9 Agosto 2018

Fecha de inicio 1 Septiembre 2018

Fecha de finalización 28 Febrero 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

MINUT AB
Sweden

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SAFELDER (POINT ACTIVE AGEING ASSISTIVE SERVICE – A MULTI-SENSOR SINGLE DEVICE FOR SMART MONITORING OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE)

Período documentado: 2018-09-01 hasta 2019-02-28

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

In the middle of 21st century Europe will become ‘the oldest continent’ in demographical terms. Obviously, the older we get the more susceptible to age related diseases (i.e. Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease) and inevitable physical limitations we become. Many seniors cannot live without daily care, either formal or informal. Today, more than 100 million of Europeans provide informal care for their relatives and half of them combine unpaid and informal care with employment. About 7% of male and 11% of female employees regularly share their time between job and care duties. It equals from 50 % to 90 % of the overall cost of formal long-term care provision.
As the disease progresses, a senior usually requires more and more care. This, sooner or later, leads an informal caregiver (most of them are women) to the decision on job resignation: 21% of informal carers in Europe reduced their working hours and 18% withdraw from the labour market. Currently approx. 42% of non-working carers are in the lowest income quartile and 59% of non-working carers have difficulty making ends meet (compared to 24% and 46% for non-carers respectively).

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

In this project, we have defined the technical and business requirements for a successful commercial launch of Point in the elderly care market segment.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

We have developed Point - a smart, multi sensor device for home security. Point strikes a balance between privacy and the need for monitoring. Thanks to its unique sound and motion recognition capabilities Point is a credible alternative to cameras. Point can also detect changes in the home environment, i.e. temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, ambient light and smoke. Through Point’s mobile application, families, neighbours and friends can communicate and work together to look after their homes.

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