European Studies proposes a short video to sum up the ageing phenomenon at the European Union scale. Europeans have fewer children and live longer. How can Europe face the challenges of an ageing population? Even the biggest economy in Europe, Germany, is facing this issue: it is indeed the country with the highest percentage of old people, […]
FICHe (“Future Internet Challenge eHealth”) is a European program that challenges SMEs and start-ups to develop and imagine e-health applications using FIWARE technology. Ideable is a young Spanish start up that was selected to continue the program, thanks to its teleassistance Platform for the elderly: Kwido.
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On April 5th, 2015, during an elderly people’s swimming competition that took place in the city of Ehime, the Japanese centenarian Mieko Nagaoka beat the world record during a 1.500 meters swimming course.
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Zen Fitness offers outside accommodations for retirement homes residents, hospitals and long term care establishments, as well as local communities, public gardens and parks.
Zen Fitness : areas dedicated to residents’ well-being Read More »
VA2CS invented the V.A.C system, an innovating device created to detect falls and to alert medical staffs. The falls are detected thanks to an optical sensor. The system is available with no need of subscription and without having to trigger a mechanism: V.A.C system is functional 24/7. In case of an anomaly, the person in charge
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