Ageing

Connected Health and Telemedicine

Tech that redesigns the healthcare system for future generations to deliver greater co-ordinated care in home, in clinic and in a retirement living or aged care environment by improving/ transforming communication and connectivity between care givers, clinicians and other professionals, family and the older person.

Assisted living and mobility

Reflects the concept that older people want to live later years socially engaged and as independently as possible and away from hospitals or care homes.

Intergenerational services

Often, many older people have family care responsibilities. Products that can enhance this engagement will be important in delivering co-ordinated engagement across generation.

Adaptable housing

The physical environment that older people live in has a major effect on well-being. The adaptation of the existing housing stock and evolution of the retirement living and aged care “villages” to better meet the needs of an older population and deliver increased compliance with emerging regulatory regimes.

Financial systems

Products focused on delivering better customer engagement and increases compliance to minimize “elder abuse”.

Food/ Nutrition

Poor nutrition, both malnutrition/ under-nutrition and over-eating are key issues for older people. Limited access to food, socio-economic hardships, a lack of information and knowledge about nutrition, poor food choices (e.g. eating high-fat foods), disease and the use of medications, tooth loss, social isolation, cognitive or physical disabilities that inhibit one’s ability to buy foods and prepare them, emergency situations all impact well-being for older people. There are many other areas where functional foods can be exploited including heart health, cognitive health, digestive health, sarcopenia (muscle loss with ageing), “mood food” or nutricosmetics

Tourism

Technologies focused on develop globally competitive (smart) tourism market considering older travellers’ needs thereby contributing to economic growth, utilizing and enhancing existing capacities in Europe and beyond.