AAL project in Denmark

An international project headed by North Denmark EU Office and the Center for TeleInFrastruktur at Aalborg University, aims to help senior citizens with cognitive problems or mild dementia to stay in their homes. The project will test various technological solutions which can reduce public sector costs at the same time as improving the life quality of the elderly, Aalborg University writes in a press release. The project named Intelligent System for Independent Living and Selfcare of Seniors with Cognitive Problems or Mild Dementia (ISISEMD) has a total budget of DKK 33m (USD 5.7m) of which approximately half is funded by the EU.

Project partners are: North Denmark EU Office, Aalborg University, the National Technical University in Athen, Frederikshavn municipality's Department for the Elderly (Denmark), Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (UK), Trikala municipality in Greece, Lappeenranta municipality in Finland, Eltronic, Alcatel-Lucent, Hewlett Packard, Socrate Medical and Converge.