Long Lasting Memories Project
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- Objectives - By combining cognitive exercises and physical activity LLM aims to deliver an effective countermeasure against age-related cognitive decline, thus actively improving the quality of life of the elderly. The LLM service can be installed in individual homes, day care centers, or more formal medical settings, enabling the accident-free, personalized and monitored physical and cognitive training of its users.
- Details - The LLM project runs from June 2009 to February 2011 and involves 11 partners from across Europe. During the project, the LLM service will be tested in real life situations in order to consolidate requirements and validate functionality of the solution. The consortium contains a multidisciplinary team including technology development to service providers and public authorities.
- Trials - Four consecutive rounds of testing will take place in five EU Member countries (Austria, France, Greece, Spain, and the UK) for a period of 15 months, thus aiming for a wide impact on the entire Union. Effective cooperation of public authorities and private institutions will be pursued through extensive dissemination activities as an effort to promote a business model based on public-private partnership. Trials will happen in various settings including;
- People living at their houses, utilising the LLM monitoring environment and training services (“At Home” installation).
- People visiting day care centers, utilising a centralised monitoring environment and using the training components as well (“Day care center” installations).
- People being hospitalised in clinical centres and hospitals, utilising a centralised monitoring environment, while following the cognitive. cognitive training and using the physical training component as complementary to their physiotherapy sessions (“Hospital” installations).
Testing will be focused upon elderly volunteers who will be screened and monitored throughout the course of the trials to provide high quality data quantifying the results of the LLM solution. In addition, the testing participants will provide feedback to help improve the solution. Testing will be conducted in accordance with relevant regulations for the protection of the participants; all test protocols will utilise good ethical practices and comply with European and national legislation.
- Technology - The Technology will be composed of three components which will be all connected together. These are;
- The Independent Living Component (ILC) - Composed of ambient assistive sensors monitoring ADLs, generating behavioural trends, alarms etc.
- The Cognitive Training Component (CTC) - Consisting of software based cognitive exercise systems.
- The Physical Training Component (PTC) - Consisting of exercise equipment such as threadmills, bikes etc as appropriate for the person.
