The program, created for use in the home via an connected equipment to the tv and a set of four sensors, placed in the arms and legs, you can assist the elderly in preventing falls, a situation that, according to the center for research, is responsible for 50% of the cases of the elderly hospitalized.
This is a project that aims to “the promotion of physical activity in the third age”, said to Lusa the manager of projects of the centre, António Santos, adding that these arrangements were chosen by the “component fun and entertainment associated with them”.
Despite having been developed for use in the home, in day centres or homes, the researchers did not intend that “the people always in the house”, to exist in the project, to this effect, a component that serves to stimulate social connectivity.
The recommendation is that this program, the result of a work started six months ago, to be used two to three hours per week, “so there is a real impact on the physical condition of the person,” explained António Santos.
at This moment, the technology is being validated by the senior Network Collaborate a group of about a thousand elderly people who voluntarily participate in the validation of the technologies developed by Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS.
The volunteers of this network, with about five years, they have tested the technology in the LivingLab, a laboratory of the centre, created in 2011, with the aim of providing “a welcoming space” and to receive the people associated with the project, “very, very important in the testing and validation of all technology” developed by noted researcher Inês Sousa.
Jorge Mendonça, Porto, is part of a Network Collaborating for about five years and volunteered because he likes to participate in the improvement of the technology. “I feel good, and whenever possible, come here”.
Through participation in this group, has “seen things most important”, such as applications targeted to the health. “Think well what you do here in the LivingLab, since there are people who can’t leave the house for any reason, and in this way have gym through television”, he concluded.
According to researcher Silvia Rego, the seniors like to participate in these activities, which allows them to be aware of what has been developed in the centre to the level of technology, to learn new things and benefit from living with a young team and feel that they do something important for the future, that will help people of the same age.
The Fraunhofer Portugal, the result of a protocol with the University of Porto, started the activity in 2008 and, since then, has developed initiatives in the area of information and communication technologies.
“we Work in support of the community more senior”, through the technologies for assisted living, which help this population to have a more active life”, assisting the “on issues related to health and food, for example”, said the director of shared services of Fraunhofer Portugal, Pedro Almeida.
in addition To the detention of falls and physical activity, management of chronic diseases and well-being, and the creation of environments assisted develop technologies targeted to the developing countries, who spend for mobile solutions that help people in their day-to-day, said Inês Sousa.
The project that gave rise to this technology has a duration of three years.
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