Tag: Ageing
Fourth Active & Assisted Living Investors’ Event
The fourth Active & Assisted Living Market Observatory Investors’ Event was organised alongside the StartupFest Heath 2-3 October, 2018 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The...
ActiveAdvice Guidelines: Dementia
People who suffer from a form of dementia experience the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning. Of course, technology cannot solve the...
ActiveAdvice Guidelines: Volunteering
Volunteering is a great way of contributing to a community, and it has positive impacts on the volunteer: it contributes to improve the quality...
Public procurement of AAL technology in Sweden
The care of older people in Sweden is funded by municipal taxes and government grants. However, in recent times many municipalities are choosing to...
AAL technology: benefits and obstacles
As technology advances, intelligent systems involving artificial components are becoming more and more prevalent within the homes and environments of older adults. The benefits...
Centrica Active Ageing Global Challenge
Centrica is an energy and services company investing in new technology and ideas that will transform the way we live, work and move. Centrica...
AAL Market and Investment Report Published
Demographic changes project an ageing European population, coupled with increasing life expectancy and a reduction in birth rate, it is estimated that the ratio...
The EU Silver Economy: market size, challenges and opportunities
In 2014, the Silver Dollar – Longevity Revolution Primer report provided an estimation of the size of the global Silver Economy, with a focus...
Is my smartwatch sharing too much?
Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the devices that have sensing or actuation capabilities and are connected via the internet. It includes a diversity...
Mediterranean Tower Ventures: An investors’ perspective on the AAL market
Technopolis attended the recent business convention AgeingFit in Nice, France where tech companies, investors, hospitals, care homes, health insurance providers and policy makers met...