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INDEPENDENT: ICT Enabled Service Integration for Independent Living
When it comes to supporting older people living in the community, today’s reality is characterised by fragmentation of service provision resulting in disjointed and patchy care and support. The quest for more integrated care is anything but new. Only recently, however, policy and practice are beginning to fully recognise that fragmentation of care can threaten its quality and cost effectiveness. In particular, the potential of ICT-enabled support such as telecare and telehealth could be exploited in a more effective way if they were not, as today, embedded in healthcare and social care services delivered in “silos”.
\n\nAgainst this background, INDEPENDENT develops and pilots an integrated set of ICT-enabled services dealing with a range of threats to independent living common to older people. Through innovative usage of ICT, current “silos” in service delivery are broken up to allow for cooperation across relevant care sectors and participation of family members.
Contact information
ROBINSON Simon
OXFORDSTRASSE 2
53111 BONN
GERMANY
Tel.
+49228985300
Fax.
+492289853012
Participants
Coordinator: EMPIRICA GESELLSCHAFT FUER KOMMUNIKATIONS- UND TECHNOLOGIEFORSCHUNG MBH, GERMANY
Participating partners:
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| EMPIRICA GESELLSCHAFT FUER KOMMUNIKATIONS- UND TECHNOLOGIEFORSCHUNG MBH | GERMANY |
| PHILIPS TECHNOLOGIE GMBH | GERMANY |
| Anonimi Etairia Erevnas, Kainotomias kai Anaptiksis Tilematikis Texnologias - VIDAVO A.E. | GREECE |
| ASKLIPIOS - ORGANISMOS ATHLITISMOU, POLITISMOU, KINONIKIS FRONTIDAS KAI ALLILEGGIIS | GREECE |
| WORK RESEARCH CENTRE LIMITED | IRELAND |
| EMERGENCY RESPONSE LIMITED | IRELAND |
| ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF IRELAND LBG | IRELAND |
| SOLUCIONES TECNOLOGICAS PARA LA SALUD Y EL BIENESTAR SA | SPAIN |
| EMPRESA PUBLICA DE EMERGENCIAS SANITARIAS | SPAIN |
| AGENCIA DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES Y DEPENDENCIA DE ANDALUCIA | SPAIN |
| STICHTING ST ANNA ZORGGROEP | THE NETHERLANDS |
| STICHTING SMART HOMES | THE NETHERLANDS |
| UNIVERSITY OF HULL | UNITED KINGDOM |
| TUNSTALL HEALTHCARE (UK) LIMITED | UNITED KINGDOM |
| MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL | UNITED KINGDOM |
| KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Connect MK Ltd | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Adepteq Llmited | UNITED KINGDOM |
Last update: 11/09/2012
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