Tag: Wellbeing
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...
Path Finder: A Health-Tech solution for walking with confidence
For older adults with mobility constraints, Path Finder has recently been launched. Path Finder is a shoe attachment that provides visual cues to help...
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...
ActiveAdvice Guidelines: Travelling & Journeys
Senior citizens want and have the right to travel safely and comfortably, fully committing to the travel experience without taking unnecessary risks. How can...
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...
Get your sociAAL life on!
Everyone will tell you how important it is to remain physically active as you get older. What you probably won’t hear that much is...
Stress release for caregivers: Taking care of the carer
Between 10 to 25% of Europeans are informally taking care of somebody; and as much as 80% of long-term care is provided by informal...