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

Informazioni relative al progetto

SAFELDER

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 827788

DOI

10.3030/827788

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 9 Agosto 2018

Data di avvio 1 Settembre 2018

Data di completamento 28 Febbraio 2019

Finanziato da

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Costo totale

€ 71 429,00

Contributo UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinato da

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)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2018-09-01 al 2019-02-28

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

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).

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

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

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

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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