AAL4All News
The AAL4All project is progressing well and the consortium presents relevant news to interested stakeholders on a regular basis on this page
The AAL4All project is progressing well and the consortium presents relevant news to interested stakeholders on a regular basis on this page
The A4A project has been successfully completed
Like all good things, also the AAL4All (A4A) journey is coming to an end.
The project consortium has completed the Field Trials in May 2024, and will repport the results and learnings from the project to the EU and AAL Programme alongside the National Funding Agencies.
If you are interested in learning more and/or explore commercial opportunities in your country or region, please do not hesitate to reach out to the A4A Project Coordinator.
We would like to thank everyone involved in the project, from older adults to the EU advisors and developers involved in the project.
Consortium Meeting in Denmark
End of August, the AAL4All partners held an intensive and fruitful consortium meeting in the Northern part of Denmark.
All end-user organisations reported about the status of their respective field trials. All field trials have started in Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal and Romania and very few drop outs of older adults were noted.
The participants are generally satisfied and looking forward to the continuation of the field trials with their sensor devices.
Besides the reporting, the partners also discussed upcoming steps in the field trials and beyond. A next task will be the increased inclusion of next-of-kins of the older adults in the field trials.
The next-of-kin will receive care notifications in the A4A app based on the behavioural patterns the sensor devices detect in the test homes.
The notifications will be highly individualised and help the family members to better care for their older adults and know when potentially worrisome changes occur in their everyday life.
The A4A field trial has started successfully
At the beginning of May 2023, the first homes were equipped with the A4A solution in Denmark and Switzerland. The roll-out process has been smooth. More and more participants from Romania have also joined the field trial.
For each home, the country-specific end-user organisation preconfigured the devices through the Anyware application to a complete set for installation. Hence, the time of installation could be reduced to a minimum.
In June, the Portuguese ethical approval was given by the national ethical committee. Therefore, participants in Portugal can now start their field trial too. At the time of installation, participants are informed about the A4A solution and our project. Furthermore, they are asked to share first impressions about the A4A solution.
As from now, we start evaluating the feedback and install the remaining devices at participants’ homes.
Internal pre-tests by end-user organisations
Currently, the technical partners Anyware, Exthex and Hochschule Luzern are shipping the first devices to end-user partners for pre-tests on laboratory sites.
In January and February, the technical partners performed their specific tests on the parts of the product themselves in order to avoid potential technical problems with the components.
First pre-tests at end-user organisations show that the plug and play of the devices works well and the use of the Anyware application is handy. End-user organisations are currently performing tests to guarantee a full functionality of the A4A solution.
Through co-creation activities to our A4A product
Thanks to the inputs provided by the end-user organisations Caritas Coimbra, Ana Aslan, Blaeksprutten and bonacasa, the technical partners were able to start developing the AAL4All product.
Advisory boards have been set up to gain inputs from all relevant stakeholders in the different countries. Currently, the final steps of a first iteration of product development are being taken.
To increase technical stability and robustness of the AAL4All product, the demo phase has been prolonged by 2 months until the end of April 2023.
The field trial will be launched in May 2023.
Through co-creation activities to our A4A product
Thanks to the inputs provided by the end-user organisations Caritas Coimbra, Ana Aslan, Blaeksprutten and bonacasa, the technical partners were able to start developing the AAL4All product.
Advisory boards have been set up to gain inputs from all relevant stakeholders in the different countries. Currently, the final steps of a first iteration of product development are being taken.
To increase technical stability and robustness of the AAL4All product, the demo phase has been prolonged by 2 months until the end of April 2023.
The field trial will be launched in May 2023.
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