Active ageing is a multidimensional process for achieving the potential quality of life and meaning in the life cycle. In the context of the Andalusian region in Spain, where the majority of the population is over 60 years old and lives in rural areas, it...
Six months after the beginning of the experimentation activities of the Pharaon project in the Apulia Pilot site, the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Research Hospital (CSS) counts 13 older adults, 13 family members (sons, daughters or nephews of the older adults) and 7 healthcare professionals...
Slovenian partners of the Pharaon project have published a book of peer-reviewed scientific papers with the title Digital Aid to Silver Years: Digitalization and the PHArA-ON Project's Contribution to Improving the Quality of Life of Older Adults. The abstract book is a result of the...
Pharaon was presented at the International Conference on Learning and Implementation of Social Innovation. The event aimed at sharing and discussion of approaches, projects, good practices and ethical aspects and data protection related to Social Innovation as well as the development and implementation of more...
Heart failure is the most common disease among elderly people, and the risk increases with age. The use of smart Internet of Things (IoT) systems for monitoring patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) in a non-intrusive manner can result in better control of the disease,...
During the initial needs analysis of the Italian pilot, we identified a number of technological and equipment gaps, especially related to Cognitive Stimulation (Tuscany pilot site) and Physical and Cognitive Stimulation (Apulia pilot site). Therefore, during the first Pharaon open call we were looking for...
Between October 26th and November 15th, the Innovation Department of Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra (CDC), MARE - Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences – Campus at the University of Coimbra (UC-MARE), and Our Watch Leads (OWL) tested the "Citizeen" application in the Choupal national forest...
The deployment in the Tuscan pilot site started in March 2022 and is currently proceeding according to the scheduled timetable. The first group of users (10 older adults, 10 informal caregivers and 5 formal caregivers) is involved in the socialization scenario, using the the SentabTV...
Since 29 September a group of people over 65 years old have started to use the Pharaon solutions at the Community Center Saint Joseph at the Portuguese pilot, led by the Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra. Under the theme of smart, healthy and friendly cities for...
Roessingh Research and Development (RRD) is the pilot coordinator within Pharaon. As part of that role, we also support the pilots in doing action research, and we gather best practices and lessons learned from them. At the end of the project we will use this...