User Group Definition. The target group of Miraculous-Life (defined to be 65+ years old), is the big group of healthy elderly or with light related physical or cognitive ageing related degradations who live alone at home and can find pleasure and relief in getting help or stimulation to carry out their daily activities. All the elderly participating in the study will be recruited voluntarily based on the following inclusion criteria: Expression of interest in the project. Belonging to the “young old” (over 65 years old) or “older old” age groups (over 80 years old). Living alone in independent homes (i.e., the apartment blocks Silverstaete, Springfield and Greenpark) or in the assisted living facilities (ORBIS Hoogstaete). Being healthy and active (physically, mentally and socially) at the time of the study. Not using a wheelchair inside the home (as this would interfere with the setup of the devices). Signed a consent form after being informed. The elderly participating in the study will be categorized according to their ICT skills, age, gender, profession and nationality. Furthermore, formal and informal caregivers will participate in the project. Informal caregivers will be family members or friends of the elderly participating in the study. Formal caregivers are members of the animation team, care coordinators, nurses and the physician specialist elderly care. The first and the second pre-trial will be carried in a supervised environment setting with a small number of selected users. At least 7 participants will be recruited for each pre-trial, including elderly (primary end-users) living in the assisted living complex and in the care apartments and formal caregivers (secondary end-users) working in the assisted living complex and in the care apartments. Note that the elderly participating in the first pre-trial (month 8) will be encouraged to participate in the second pre-trial (month 16) as well as in the trial (months 26-32) with the aim of (1) collecting longitudinal data and (2) training the group of end-users. During the trial phase, elderly (primary end-user), formal and informal caregivers (secondary end-users) will be involved. For the ORBIS pilot, ten (10) elderly living in the assisted living complex and ten (10) elderly living in the care apartments will be recruited. For each one of the primary end-users, a care community network will be build consisting of at least two people representing for example the categories: family, neighbour, friend and for...
User Group Definition. The target group of Miraculous-Life (defined to be 65+ years old), is the big group of healthy elderly or with light related physical or cognitive ageing related degradations who live alone at home and can find pleasure and relief in getting help or stimulation to carry out their daily activities. All the elderly participating in the study will be recruited voluntarily based on the following inclusion criteria: Expression of interest in the project. Belonging to the “young old” (over 65 years old) or “older old” age groups (over 80 years old). Living alone in independent homes (i.e., the apartment blocks Silverstaete, Springfield, Greenpark apartments of de Egthe and the MRPS specialized residences) or in the assisted living facilities (ORBIS Hoogstaete and ORBIS de Egthe). Being healthy and active (physically, mentally and socially) at the time of the study. Not using a wheelchair inside the home (as this would interfere with the setup of the devices). Signed a consent form after being informed. The elderly participating in the study will be categorized according to their ICT skills, age, gender, profession and nationality. Furthermore, formal and informal caregivers will participate in the project. Informal caregivers will be family members or friends of the elderly participating in the study. Formal caregivers are members of the animation team, care coordinators, nurses and the physician specialist elderly care. The first pre-trial and the first and second rounds of second pre-trial will be carried in a supervised environment setting with a small number of selected users. At least 9 participants will be recruited for each pre-trial, including 7 elderly (primary end-users) living in the assisted living complex and in the care apartments and 2 formal caregivers (secondary end-users) working in the assisted living complex and in the care apartments. Note that the elderly participating in the first pre-trial (month 8) will be encouraged to participate in the first round of second pre-trial (month 16), in the second round of second pre-trial (month 24) as well as in the trial (months 26-32) with the aim of (1) collecting longitudinal data and (2) training the group of end-users. During the trial phase, elderly (primary end-user), formal and informal caregivers (secondary end-users) will be involved. For the ORBIS pilot, twenty elderly living in the elderly home in the care apartments will be recruited from the ORBIS locations de Egthe and Hoogsta...
