Acube - An advanced monitoring system to support the assisted houses Budapest, November 12 th 2014 Paola Baruchelli

Vision Ambient-aware assistance Advanced monitoring technologies to assist the activity in daycare centers Possible applications –Tracking of people position and activities (e.g. runaway control, fall detection) –Data gathering for information systems (e.g. bilancio sociale) –Interaction with second-level caregivers (e.g. health condition analysis) Consortium: FBK, UniTN, CreateNET, FDG Duration: – Phases 1.Requirements 2.Architecture 3.vertical technologies 4.deployment on test sites

Main technological objectives were: the development of a monitoring system connected to the environment through a Distributed Sensor Networks and actuators. The system was highly technological, autonomous and self-configurable; the creation of the conditions for being able to operate in complex scenarios and to be able to recognize, analyse and support complex physical and social processes. It was necessary low intrusiveness and adaptation capabilities to fit different environments and users.

Results: Transferability: easily transferable in different contexts. Feedback into policy: results of the interest expressed by the local government about AAL and formalised in the Elderly people and home automation in Trentino initiatives. Quadruple helix: research institutions, enterprises, public administrations (as funding entity) and social cooperatives actively participated in the partnership. Final users were effectively involved in requirement collection and testing activities. In fact, typical context for the project was nursing homes and the users were: guests, their relatives, care givers, managers. Principles: Higher quality of services and saving public healthcare money! Keeping the elderly independently longer at home Acceptance by the elderly of technology and policy Minimising energy, contribute to sustainability Innovation: design, develop and test an innovative ICT system for the advanced monitoring in the nursing homes and controlling both guests and devices used by care givers.