Three-day technical meeting in Thessaloniki on the progress of the CAPTAIN system
On the 6th-8th May 2019, the CAPTAIN technical partners met in Thessaloniki, Greece, in order to develop, test and integrate the CAPTAIN system. [...]
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AUTH presents the CAPTAIN DesThi methodology at the ICT4AWE2019 Conference
CAPTAIN project team member and Medical Physics Lab AUTH Research Associate Despoina Petsani attended the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health "ICT4AWE2019", held on 2-4 May in Heraklio [...]
Interactive visit to the AUTH Cast Museum for the Greek CAPTAIN community members
On the occasion of the International Day for Monuments and Sites, on 18 April 2019, CAPTAIN coordinator, AUTH, held a special educational/entertaining event to thank the members of the Medical Physics Lab AUTH " [...]
CAPTAIN was the "big winner" of the 2018 Living Lab Project Awards by ENoLL
In the third edition of the Living Lab Project Awards voting, which was opened during the month of March, more than 1300 votes, from countries in South and North America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia, were received to highlight the best co-creation Living Lab project of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) community for 2018. [...]
2nd CAPTAIN Sprint: live demonstration of user-scenarios, based on the CAPTAIN system
The 2nd CAPTAIN Sprint took place from 18-29 March in AUTH, DCU and INTRAS with the participation of older adults, informal and formal caregivers and in AMEN and APSS with smaller groups of clinicians only. A total number of 112 stakeholders attended the sprint events, held in the five pilot sites of the project, some 75 of which were older adults, 28 healthcare professionals and 16 informal caregivers. [...]
AMEN's one-day workshop on new technologies as a means of assisting Healthcare professionals
"Archangelos Michael" nursing home (AMEN) invited professionals and researchers from the Healthcare sector to an one-day workshop, held last December in Nicosia, Cyprus. The workshop was entitled "Alzheimer’s’ 21st Century: Modern Technological Challenges in the hands of Health Professionals". [...]
Innovative progress through digitization of nursing activities: success factor digital coach
Which methods and technologies are suitable for turning the living environment of older adults into a "digital coach"? How can carers be motivated to use new technologies to anonymously collect medical, emotional and behavioural data? And how can such technologies be used to develop new forms of assisted living? In the context of these questions, two student groups from the University of Applied Sciences in Aschaffenburg have worked under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Carsten Reuter on a survey and desk analysis with questions on regulatory and legal framework conditions and the impact of the use of innovative mental health support. [...]
CAPTAIN Partners met in Switzerland to report the project progress
Between the 4th and 7th of March 2019, all CAPTAIN partners joined together on two important CAPTAIN project meetings in Lausanne - The Adjacent Technical Integration Workshop and CAPTAIN [...]
2nd Sprint and a special parallel event for the CAPTAIN stakeholders by AUTH and NOESIS museum in Thessaloniki
In the second half of March, AUTH, CAPTAIN partner, led by its pilot site, the Thessaloniki Active & Healthy Ageing Living Lab, ran its 2nd Sprint, and accordingly the 2nd design thinking session, with the active participation of end-users –older adults, their caregivers and professionals from the healthcare sector. [...]
CAPTAIN technical and plenary meeting: setting the next steps of the project in Lausanne
The CAPTAIN project consortium gets together on 4-7 March 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland for a 4-day technical and progress plenary meeting among all partners. The meeting is hosted by NVISO partner in the EPLF Innovation Park and coordinated by AUTH. [...]