Italian Pilot

Photo of Italian Pilot Site: Valli del Taro e Ceno

Cooperativa Bucaneve is a protected house in the Apennines that hosts middle-aged disabled. Security, safety and social inclusion are key aspects to improve the quality of life of the guests and the service quality and costs for caregivers and welfare payers. PERSONA technologies improve socialization, the mobility of guests inside and outside the house, and unobtrusively monitor their safety.

TARGET NEEDS

  • LIVE SAFE AND SECURE AT HOME
    1. 10% of Italian families have a disabled person at home.
    2. More than 2 million accidents/year involve elderly at home; 33% of over 65 experience a fall.
    3. 55% of elderly feel a need to be safe and secure at home.
  • BE SOCIALLY PARTICIPATIVE
    1. 86% of elderly feel lonely.
    2. 80% value social inclusion and relations with friends.

KEY TECHNOLOGIES

Indoor and outdoor wireless localization, robust and secure automatic management of the environment, virtual community services: unobtrusive services that surround the user and reassure caregivers and relatives. Natural, intuitive user interfaces for managing the services. Integration of COTS components within the PERSONA system, thanks to PERSONA’s ontologies and middleware.

SERVICES IMPLEMENTED

  • Neighborhood Virtual Community
  • Agenda and Reminders
  • Help When Outside
  • Automatic Management of the Environment for Comfort & Security