AAL - eCare@home - daily life management and monitoring solution for elderly with mental disorders, - in short: eCH

Objectives: The project aims to develop and test a connected digital health service system for the promotion of self-management and the detection of early warning signs of relapse in older adults (aged 60 years and above) with a bipolar disorder or recu rrent depression, to empower the patient and to facilitate contact with care. The system will enable digitally supported monitoring of symptoms and serve as a platform for remote assistance to patients at home. Furthermore, it will encourage social intera ction by providing a platform for communication with family and friends, to promote inclusion in the digital society. Expected results and impact: European countries are facing a significant growth in need of care services in the steadily growing older part of the population. This development constitutes both financial, recourse, and approach challenges. Modern technology and innovative organisation of care services proposed in the eCare@home project enables an efficient solution based on a stepped car e approach. The system will promote possibilities for self-management and independence for older adults with mental disorders and will help to improve social interaction; thereby increasing the care potential of their professional/ informal carers. - See more at: http://www.aal-europe.eu/projects/ecarehome/#sthash.f5KSjAyn.dpuf

Extent of the project: The total amount of 140 man - months is expected from starting the specification work until complete product.The solution is planned to be developed and taken in use in 30 months with total budget of 2,255 mil. Euro. Mission; Impr ovement of quality of the end-users everyday life. The eCare@home focus on elderly people at home, helping them and their environment to communicate, prevent the negative effects of being alone, and providing the feeling of living a secure and a meaningf ul life when becoming older. Expected results: Promote and prolong possibilities for elderly with or without mental health problems to stay at home independently and improve their daily functioning; increase the care potential of their informal carers a nd professional careers. Commercialization: The consortium partners will develop partnership strategy in order to build up offensive and strong marketing approach with base in successful first round of installations in own countries. Unique: eMH has none known similar solution in the market, focusing on elderly citizen living at home with mental disorder. Strategy: For Hospital Organiser, the eCare@home solution will build on the company existing platform of competence and SW components in the field of s ervice at home, - strengthen the existing investments and focusing on the core group services. Other project partners: VU University in Amsterdam, Facility of Psychology. GGZinGeest in Amsterdam area is the far biggest treatment and research organization in the NL, in eMental Health with more than 2500 employees, ensure user demands specifications and professional testing . The Alloy, UK, design of Graphical User Interface, GUI. The intension is to meet the end user with extreme user-friendly interface. Alloy was chosen to be the creative company of the 2011 in UK. Mental helse is the Norwegian end user partner which will ensure that the eCH will meet the demands in Norway.