AAL Programme

AAL Programme

Category:
Other

Net4Age Ontology Terms:
design , funding , industry , participation , technology

Description:

A funding programme that aims to create better quality of life for older people and to strengthen industrial opportunities in the field of healthy ageing technology and innovation.

Overview: 
A funding programme that aims to create better quality of life for older people and to strengthen industrial opportunities in the field of healthy ageing technology and innovation.

Objectives: 
Funding projects that work towards creating market-ready products and services for older people.

Initiatives: 
Intervenes from the technology developers perspective, involving and bridging stakeholders looking for help to manage elders' chronic health conditions.
Shortcomings: 
Technology development for ageing well
Relevance: 
4
Relevance Description: 
Relevant
Quality: 
4
Opinion: 
It can be included in the ontology, since it looks at the important dimension of product/technology development for elders' health conditions management.
Overlap: 
Yes
Overlap Detail: 
Smart4Health, and many other although there is a slight change on the perspective.
Sources: 
http://www.aal-europe.eu/
Keywords: 
Active Assisted Living, Social innovation, quality of life, elderly, digital innovation, funding, ecosystem development, community building
Email: 
josepintodacosta@fcsh.unl.pt