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INESC Porto works with Telefónica to test surveillance services and assistance for senior citizens

INESC Porto works with Telefónica to test surveillance services and assistance for senior citizens

The Information and Computer Graphics Systems Unit (USIG) is one of the partners in the Complete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment - Market Validation (CAALYX-MV) project led in R&D by the Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica. CAALYX-MV is the third in a line of community funded projects by INESC Porto that work towards improving the quality of life of senior citizens in a sustainable way.

The main objective of this project is to increase the time that senior citizens can safely reside in their home for, increasing their autonomy and their independence. The CAALYX-MV system will monitor the state of health and the social wellbeing of the users, providing the tools and the services necessary for their daily activities and focusing on their levels of comfort, security, energy efficiency and communication. The spending on health services and social services of at least 40 users will also be monitored over a period of three months.

This analysis will help lay down the foundations for the development of a system that will encourage the use of telemonitoring systems and reduce visits to clinics, health centres or to see doctors. CAALYX-MV’s aim is to reach a level of 85% acceptance of the system.

The satisfaction of the users, along with the number of face-to-face visits and the improvement of quality of life in relation to security at home, are the main criteria being measured. The CAALYX-MV project covers monitoring at home and mobility (including geopositioning and fall detection). This means that emergency situations can be detected in real time and the entities responsible for the care of the senior citizen or the emergency services can be notified. As well as helping to develop the mobility monitoring system based on the smartphone Android, INESC Porto will also be responsible for the management of the in home trails.

This project is part of a multinational community incentive involving both INESC Porto and Telefónica along with other partners such as the textile research centre Cetemmsa (CET - Spain), the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC – Spain), the Fundación Hospital Comarcal Sant Antoni Abat (ABAT - Spain), the Cooperativa Sociale Coos Marche Onlus Societa Cooperativa Per Azioni (COOSS - Italy), the Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research (AICOS), the Corsciente GmbH & Co. KG (CORS – Germany) and the Stichting Smart Homes (SmH - Netherlands). CAALYX-MV has a budget of 955 thousand Euros and the project will last for three years.