GRACE – Guidance and Recovery Aging Care Environment
Published on 18 April 2018
Portugal
Região Autónoma da Madeira
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About this good practice
Given the above, GRACE - acronym for Guidance and Recovery Aging Care Environment – aims to provide a set of solutions to allow people to age actively and in good health, both physically and mentally, by also reinventing - at the same time - the current system for health and social care through the delivery of an innovative ICT-product that delivers in a more efficient (and cheaper) way health care monitoring services and improves the mental well-being of elderly people and their families, through the use of a tracking web-platform connected to mobile apps and existing wearable devices (e.g. necklaces, bracelets) that monitor health parameters, providing a constant non-invasive monitoring and alert platform, tranquilizing families, offering independence and safety to elderly people and providing important health- data in real-time to doctors, emergency services and carers online
Resources needed
The budget is around 350.000€ for the 24 month period. Human resources (40,85%) Design and 3D prints (14,58%) Equipments and materials (12,85%) Promotion/Dissemination (7,14%) Indirect costs (10%) Other external consultancy services and R&D (14,58)
Evidence of success
This is an on-going project, so the final impact can’t be determined yet. However, at least more than 100 users and 200 family members and carers will test the final prototype and benefit from it. The project will be tested during 2018 in several home care centers and health centers/clinics both in Portugal and the United Kingdom.
Potential for learning or transfer
Transferability would be quite easy as setting up an account for the Home Care in the web platform and then associating to it the several users (medics, staff, etc.) and patients. The exploitation model must defined by the entity interested in transferring the solution. GRACE devices should be purchased (defined quantity), team-size of carers and end-users should be estimated in order to see what would be the best quality/price relation for the transfer (in the existing platform/server or a fresh install specific for that Region?). Other common basic conditions would be basic knowledge of informatics by the medical/carers staff.
The leading recipient needs to have a formal request from the interested region/entity that desires to benefit from the GRACE project, containing the estimated numbers of end-users, carers/staff that will use the platform on that region. This should include the amount of desired devices to be purchased. Funding should be secured by the destination region.
The leading recipient needs to have a formal request from the interested region/entity that desires to benefit from the GRACE project, containing the estimated numbers of end-users, carers/staff that will use the platform on that region. This should include the amount of desired devices to be purchased. Funding should be secured by the destination region.
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Good practice owner
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Organisation
IDE – Institute for the Development of Enterprise in Madeira
Portugal
Região Autónoma da Madeira
Contact
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