Project: Early Warning (by Lifestyle Monitoring) Accompanies Robotics Excellence

Acronym	eWARE (Reference Number: aal-call-2016-071)
Duration	01/06/2017 - 01/06/2020
Project Topic	eWARE introduces a novel eco-system to support the wellbeing of people with dementia and their informal carers. In the project we will integrate and adapt existing market ICT-technology for people with dementia who live alone at home. The eco-system will support and enhance the quality of life of informal caregivers and people with dementia, and more quality of professional care with lifestyle monitoring and social support robotics. The co-design and evaluations of the eWARE eco-system will take place in The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, and Norway with a total of 300 end-users. The project works up to a system that can be brought to the market within 1 year after the project in The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, and Norway, by using the EU market channels of the lead commercial partners. The eWARE consortium embraces the project mission statement that we will not develop and sell a product, but that we will develop a useful and meaningful service in co-design with human beings. Therefore, the main project goals of eWARE are focussed on outcomes: • reduce subjective stress of the informal carer • enhance quality of life of the informal carer and person with dementia • support communication and information between formal and informal carers The goals are reached by early warning for crisis situations followed by more in-time interventions and a general reassurance by the ability to monitor the current situation of the person with dementia. Furthermore, eWARE will support people with dementia to feel more confident and more positive in dignity through meaningful interactions and reminders via a personalized friendly robot. The technology and services used in eWARE consist of existing lifestyle monitoring or life pattern monitoring connected and integrated with novel support robots.
Network	AAL 2
Call	Call 2016 - Living well with dementia

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
	ASCOM		Norway
	JEF S.r.l.		Italy
	National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing		Italy
	Norwegian University of Science and Technology		Norway
	Øyer Helsehus		Norway
	Sensara B.V.		Netherlands
	Skellefteå Kommun		Sweden
	Stjørdal Kommune		Norway
	terzStiftung		Switzerland
	Tinybots B.V.		Netherlands
	Universita Politecnica Delle Marche		Italy
	Vilans		Netherlands
	ZZG Zorggroep		Netherlands