CAALYX

Older people's autonomy and self-confidence can be greatly increased by wearing a light device that measure vital signs, detect falls, and automatically raise an alert to their care centre in case of an emergency.

Europe is about to face a significant social change, brought about by an unprecedented demographic change: the ratio of elderly people to the entire population is steadily growing, while the ratio of younger age groups, especially the working population is shrinking.

CAALYX's main objective is to develop a wearable light device able to measure specific vital signs of the elderly, to detect falls and to communicate automatically in real time with his/her care provider in case of an emergency, wherever the elderly person happens to be, at home or outside.

Specifically, CAALYX' objectives are:

  • To identify which vital signs and patterns are more relevant to determine probable critical states of an elder's health.
  • To develop an electronic device able to measure vital signs and to detect falls of the aged person at the domestic environment and outside. This gadget will have a geolocation system so that the monitoring system may be able to know the elder's position in case of emergency (especially outdoors).
  • To allow for the secure monitoring of individuals organised into groups managed by a caretaker who will decide whether to promote raised events to the emergency service (112).
  • To create social tele-assistance services that can be easily operated by users.

For further information, please visit:
http://www.caalyx.eu

Project co-ordinator:
Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo SA Unipersonal

Partners:

  • Inesc Porto-Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (Portugal)
  • Cooperativa Sociale Cooss Marche Onlus Societa Cooperativa per Azioni (IT)
  • Synkronix Incorporation Limited (UK)
  • University of Plymouth (UK)
  • University of Limerick (Ireland)
  • Fundació Hospital Comarcal Sant Antoni Abat (SP)
  • Corscience Gmbh & Co KG (Germany)

Timetable: 01/01/2007 - 31/12/2008

Total cost: € 2.962.087,23

EC funding: € 1.850.000,00

Instrument: STREP

Project Identifier: IST-2005-045215

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