During the COVID-19 emergency, most domiciliary social services were suspended to avoid the risk of contagion, leaving older people at a greater risk of social isolation. Assistive technology has the potential to support the work of social professionals in promoting social inclusion and assistance of...
Background:Â Action research (AR) is an established research framework to introduce change in a community following a cyclical approach and involving stakeholders as coresearchers in the process. In recent years, it has also been used for eHealth development. However, little is known about the best practices...
In this work, the Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) technologies are presented as candidate tools for promoting cognitive and physical activity and for avoiding social isolation in ageing population. The work includes a desk-research, focused on the software/hardware solutions, innovations...
Pharaon partner Caritas Coimbra tested the SENTAB App, a social network designed for older people, again with its users on 21 and 22 December 2021. All safety protocols for the prevention of COVID-19 were followed by the research team. The system was tested again after...
Background: The Pilots for Healthy and Active Ageing (PHArA-ON) project aims to ensure reality smart and active living for Europe’s ageing population by creating a set of integrated and highly customizable interoperable open platforms with advanced services, devices, and technologies and tools. The aim of...
? The Pharaon’s fifth newsletter is out! Read about our Open Call and the pre-validation process across the six projects’ pilot. ? Link to newsletter ...
Italian pilots -  Tuscany & Apulia, Italy  The Italian pilots aim at improving the quality of life at home for older vulnerable subjects or mild/moderately frail individuals. In doing so, the pilots emphasize correct health management and monitoring at home. Among the technologies used to kick-off the pilot activities, in the second half...
The PHARAON project (https://www.pharaon.eu/) is looking for external evaluators to support the review process of the proposals issued by the first PHARAON Open Call (https://www.pharaon.eu/open-calls/). ? Link call: Pharaon Call for Evaluators ? Deadline: 24 December 2021 ? Evaluator’s profile Evaluators should have expertise in the following areas: Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), Health and Care,...
?PROJECT FAITH, our sister project, is an EU-funded research project that aims to provide an Artificial Intelligence application that remotely identifies depression markers, using Federated Learning, in people that have undergone cancer treatment. Website: https://www.h2020-faith.eu/ ? NEWS The FAITH recently we have been featured in two specialised sector magazines. ...
The European mHealth Hub announced its 7th Webinar of our Series of “Hub Talks 2021” (dialogue organized by mHealth Hub, EU, ITU, WHO): mHealth and the industry perspective for 25th November 10.00-12.00 am CET This Webinar is an outcome of the mHealth Hub interaction with the industry as a key ecosystem player. ? Agenda and registration here: https://mhealth-hub.org/hub-talks-2021 Previous...