Project: Personal IADL Assistant

Acronym	PIA (Reference Number: aal-2012-5-033)
Duration	01/03/2013 - 01/03/2015
Project Topic	1. CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS: 1) Support older adults to manage Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) to prolong independent living at home by using smart devices to support location- or object-relevant content delivery, e.g., video clips. 2) Support formal and informal carers to produce, share and distribute care experience and knowledge content through social network and rich interactions. 3) Provide personalised and intuitive user interfaces to secure accessibility for all, templates and tools to facilitate video clip production and deployment for carers, and guidelines and supporting materials for PIA system deployment. 2. TARGET GROUPS: Primary end-users: older adults living at home. Secondary end-users: informal and/or formal carers. 3. TECHNOLOGY: sensing technologies, e.g., NFC; smart devices, e.g., smart phones or tablets; knowledge-based, decision support system; online social networking and content sharing; content production, management and personalisation. 4. BUSINESS MODEL: The PIA system and generic knowledge content will be made available over the Internet, e.g. as an "app" and a knowledge repository respectively. The PIA service provider licenses the PIA system to end-users through a subscription (starting fee plus payas-you-go). End-users with installed sensors and internet connection can then use PIA services via smart devices at home. Personalised knowledge content can be generated by informal carers and stored locally in the smart device, and used by the specific user. The PIA system can also integrate technically and organizationally with professional, either public or private, care administration systems to support new care delivery models. 5. END USER PARTICIPATION: End-users in focus groups will participate throughout the project, from user requirements, technology and/or system testing, to field trials and assessment of IADL support, carers stress and QoL. Ethical issues have a prominent role through a dedicated WP.
Network	AAL
Call	Call 5 – Daily Life Activities

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
	ACCORD		United Kingdom
	Asker Municipality		Norway
	Berliner Institut für Sozialforschung		Germany
	Housing21		United Kingdom
	Karde AS		Norway
	StickyWorld Ltd.		United Kingdom
	Tellu AS		Norway
	University of Castilla-La Mancha		Spain
	University of Ulster		United Kingdom