European Network for FALL Prevention, Intervention & Security E NO Falls

The main goal of E-NO FALLS thematic network was to integrate and bring together knowledge, experiences and best practices acquired at European and international level in the area of fall prevention, intervention and safety. The quadruple helix (QH) model is used. So, it is stated a forum for all stakeholders within the value chain (industry, users organizations, informal and formal care providers, public authorities, investors, housing and insurance companies and service providers across Europe) to share knowledge, expertise, resources, best practice experiences and to build consensus to highlight the obstacles to be overcome and to provide guidance for IT-enabled solutions and their roll-out and personalization. Representatives of all four helices were involved in the E-NO FALLS consortium and also for target users in the domain of health care. E-NO FALLS provides in the website a “repository” of available IT innovative solution for both fall prevention and detection but also: Reviews of technical systems; User-related experience; Questions on device specificity; Information provided by any registered user. Romanian Ana Aslan International Foundation (AAIF), dedicated to aging well topic research ad practice, was investigator in the network and currently, it is the main active member of it in Romania, by its work-groups, among which that one with the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics within HoCare topics framework