title: iCarer: AAL for the Informal Carers of the Elderly.
abstract: In the context of the long-term care for older adults, informal carers play a key role. Daily competing priorities or a care-skills deficit may lead them to stress, anxiety and/or depression. The iCarer project (AAL-2012-5-239) proposes the design and implementation of a cloud-inspired personalised and adaptive platform which will offer support to informal carers of older adults with cognitive impairment. By means of a holistic approach comprising technologies and services addressing the intelligent and interactive monitoring of activities, knowledge management for personalised guidance and orientation, virtual interaction, e-learning, care coordination facilities and social network services, iCarer aims to reduce the informal carer stress and to enhance the quality of care they provide, thus improving their quality of life. The iCarer platform will be evaluated through a multi-centre non-controlled study (4 months; 48 homes located in England and in Slovenia). Currently the iCarer project is completing the development work. The evaluation trial is expected to start in August 2015.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Bioingeniería y Telemedicina, ETSI de Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine and eHealth Unit, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Garcia-Pacheco
authors.affiliation: Tunstall Healthcare Group, Whitley, Yorkshire, U.K.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charvill
authors.affiliation: School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, U.K.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lofti
authors.affiliation: School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, U.K.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Langensiepen
authors.affiliation: S3 Group, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.affiliation: Pyxima, Tessenderlo, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berckmans
authors.affiliation: Slovene Federation of Pensioners' Associations, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaspersic
authors.affiliation: Telecare Service, Nottingham City Council, Nottingham, U.K.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine and eHealth Unit, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carmona
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine and eHealth Unit, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perez de la Camara
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine and eHealth Unit, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanchez-de-Madariaga
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine and eHealth Unit, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pozo
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine and eHealth Unit, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine and eHealth Unit, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Bioingeniería y Telemedicina, ETSI de Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Gomez
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education*; D000067917:Cloud Computing; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005060:Europe; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface