On the International Day of Older Persons (October 1st, https://www.un.org/en/observances/older-persons-day), the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the first data portal that brings together in one place data on global indicators for monitoring the health and well-being of people aged 60 and over. Data is included...
The SHAFE Network released a Position Paper that presents recommendations that aim to promote healthier environments for all citizens and make environments accessible, sustainable and reachable for all, with the support of ICT. A new concept was created in 2017, based on the desire to implement...
Technology has much to offer to the ‘Silver Economy Market’ by opening new pathways to a more preventive and empowering approach to healthy ageing. Recognising this, huge investments are being done at European level to promote the Digital Single Market Strategy and the implementation of...
PlatformUptake.eu was present at the (virtual) eHealth2020 International Conference which took place on October 1st, 2020. The event was organized by the Finnish Society of Telemedicine and eHealth, and also served as their 25th Finnish National Conference on Telemedicine and eHealth. An introduction to PlatformUptake.eu was...
TCL, one of the world's top consumer electronics brands and a technology company, unveiled recently its MOVETIME Family Watch MT43A. Linked to the 4G network, the wristwatch offers hands-free calls with a microphone and loudspeaker, automatic fall detection, heart rate measurement and medication reminders that...
Earlier this year, the AAL Programme has launched a new Call for Proposals: “Healthy Ageing with the Support of Digital Solutions,” which will be open until August 8, 2020. The aim of the Call is to support innovative, transnational and multi-disciplinary collaborative projects. The AAL domains...
The Horizon 2020 project DigitalHealthEurope (DHE) focuses on empowering citizens and building a healthier society by providing comprehensive, integrated and centralised support to the Digital Health and Care Innovation initiative in the context of the EU’s Digital Single Market Strategy. The project’s approach involves actions that...
Older adults are being particularly affected by the current Coronavirus outbreak. To protect lives, public authorities urge older adults to stay at home and be particularly vigilant of any contact with other people. Unfortunately, that creates a new set of challenges that can affect other pre-existing...
Platforms are just one piece of a complete ecosystem that comprises different stakeholders related to a domain. In the case of PlatformUptake.eu, focused on AHA, these stakeholders include developers, end users (older persons / assisted persons and caregivers), healthcare and other service providers as well...
The progress of technology in the field of AAL/AHA (Active Assisted Living/Active and Healthy Ageing) has been possible due to extensive research work in areas like intelligent buildings, telematics, computer vision, robotics, artificial intelligence and so on. An important contribution to these technological advances is...