Kira Oberschmidt's PhD research is situated within the Pharaon project and investigates the action research that is conducted in each pilot from a meta-perspective. The collection of appropriate information as input for such action research guidelines is part of her thesis. She follows the definition of...
Older adults are the most vulnerable and fastest-growing age group in Europe. Ageing introduces psychosocial and physical challenges that should be addressed (ten Bruggencate et al., 2019; Zallio and Berry, 2016). WHO views Healthy Ageing as a solution to these challenges, and considers older adults...
Pharaon attended the event of the European project IDIH - International Digital Health Cooperation for Preventive, Integrated, Independent and Inclusive Living on 4 June 2021. AGE Platform Europe, Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra, CETEM, Medea and Stelar Security Technology Law Research UG joined the four co-creation sessions. They...
Pharaon as partner of the EU's health & care cluster of large-scale pilots jointly organized a webinar with the WHO's Digital and Assistive Technologies for Ageing (DATA) group on the 21 May 2021. Sustaining the cohesive role played by technology nowadays, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
The Pharaon project's Ethics Board, chaired by Caritas Coimbra, met for the first time on the 19th May 2021. The Pharaon Ethics Board is composed of representatives from each of the 6 large-scale pilots, 8 external experts and 8 representatives of the end users of...
Ageing Thinking Having in mind that the quality and access to Care represents only 20% of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), the Portuguese pilot outlined a strategy focused on bringing healthy behaviors and environments into the heart of Health and Care, thus bridging the concepts...
The Pharaon project attempts to do something very challenging: create a technological platform to link various devices, services, and solutions and allow for later growth and future sustainability. It is a deep and complex challenge, and the effort required is enormous. The technical hurdles are...
Roessingh Research and Development, a Dutch partner of the Pharaon project, organized an online workshop on Action Research on 29 April 2021. The workshop aimed at deepening the concepts and monitor the developments in the 6 pilots of the Pharaon project: Portugal, Murcia (Spain), Andalusia (Spain),...
The European data strategy creates the vision of domain specific data spaces which adhere to rules that are directly derived from fundamental European values. It envisages the "flow of data within the EU and across sectors" & is based on the fair and common principles...
Pharaon Coordinator Prof. Filippo Cavallo presented Pharaon in the context of two workshops during the European Robotics Forum 13-15 April 2021. The workshop on “Socially useful robots in the era of social distancing and new normal – the needs, applications, barriers and solutions” provided the opportunity...