At the 2025 SilverEco International Festival, the AAL (Active Assisted Living) Programme brought together five European innovators for a condensed pitch session showcasing practical solutions designed to support ageing well at home and within care settings. The session was hosted by Dominique Repapis, Senior Programme Operations Officer at AAL, who opened the event by emphasizing the programme’s role in helping bring to market technologies that respond to the needs of older adults across Europe.
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AAL Pitch Session : 5 Innovators on Stage
Kwido: Bringing Digital Geriatric Care into the Home
The first to take the stage was Iñaki Bartolomé, CEO of Ideable/Kwido. He presented a digital ecosystem intended to lighten the burden on families faced with what he called an “impossible choice” between costly institutional care and becoming full-time caregivers.
Kwido offers a geriatric assessment tool to identify risks, followed by a personalised care plan delivered through an accessible app. Features include daily activity programmes, exercise videos, cognitive stimulation games, messaging and video calls with care managers, and optional sensor-based monitoring supported by artificial intelligence.
Already deployed in Poland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, the system has enabled new care models such as a Biscay-based initiative where the resources of a centre meant for 50 in-person users now support 25 on-site and 400 families at home.
Sonaid & Anywhere Solutions: Detecting Distress Through Sound and Environment
Nicolas Turpault, CEO of Sonaid, followed with a joint presentation with Anywhere Solutions. He showcased a compact, sensor-filled device capable of capturing environmental indicators—including CO₂ levels, temperature, light, and sound—to detect changes that may signal a loss of autonomy.
Sonaid’s contribution focuses on audio analysis. According to Nicolas Turpault, the onboard system can identify distress based solely on vocal intonation, independently of language or specific spoken words. Positioned in a room or connected to existing telecare equipment, the device aims to reduce response times and extend telecare to younger older adults. One unit can cover up to 40–50 square meters in a care facility or home.
Eforto: A Five-Minute Test to Measure Vitality Capacity
Representing Eforto, Rudi Tielemans presented what he described as the first validated maximal-effort test capable of measuring “vitality capacity” as defined by the World Health Organization.
In under five minutes, the test measures maximum muscle strength and fatigability. It can be performed in pharmacies, clinical environments, or independently at home. Rudi Tielemans emphasized its use in predicting fragilty, clinical outcomes, and tracking physical recovery and inflammation.
Revita: Telemonitoring and Home Hospitalization
Inmaculada Luengo, Head of R&D at HI-Iberia, introduced Revita, a telemonitoring and home-hospitalization system already deployed in more than ten hospitals in Spain.
Revita offers a dual-kit approach: one for patients at home and another for professionals conducting home visits. The platform supports video calls, alarms, device measurements, and questionnaires, and it can be adapted to various clinical protocols. It is used across services including neonatology, pediatrics, geriatrics, cardiac rehabilitation, and chronic disease management.
DigiRehab: Prioritising Fall Prevention Through Data
The final pitch came from Niels Heuer, Director of DigiRehab. He highlighted the scale of the fall-risk problem by noting that in the Netherlands someone falls every four seconds, and every four minutes someone is admitted to an emergency room as a result.
DigiRehab’s intervention combines proven fall-prevention training with a new tool, Detect, which draws on data from assistive devices, home care records, and fall histories. The goal is to help providers prioritise which individuals most urgently need preventive training. Niels Heuer addressed ethical questions around algorithmic prioritisation by arguing that, given limited resources, it would be “unethical not to use” a tool capable of targeting those at highest risk.
AAL European Programme Pitch Session – Replay
AAL’s Ongoing Impact
Closing the session, Dominique Repapis thanked the audience and invited attendees to continue discussions at the AAL booth throughout the festival. The rapid-fire format provided a clear showcase of how AAL-funded projects are shaping the future of ageing in place, blending health monitoring, rehabilitation, cognitive support, data-driven prevention, and digital care pathways.
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