Adapting Technology to Elderly People
From: Medical Design Technology - 02/03/2011
By: EurekAlert

Massive Art Multimedia in Austria and CoSi Elektronik in Germany have a
history of collaboration on successful technical projects. A brainstorming
session between their developers produced the idea of bringing together many
aspects of the modern computing world and applying them specifically to the
one group in society that is least likely to already feel those benefits -
senior citizens. As with so many projects of this nature, the funding for
development was out of reach of two SMEs. By facilitating the funding process
EUREKA permitted the development of the project now known as myVitali.  

It is widely acknowledged that by assisting senior citizens to look after
their health at home, their independence can be maintained for longer,
providing a higher quality of life for the retiree and lower care costs for
the state and family. Therefore, myVitali enables healthcare professionals to
monitor and communicate with larger numbers of people and to offer a greater
level of assistance to each one.  

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/News/Feeds/2011/02/sections-international-news-adapting-technology-to-elderly-people/

Links:
myVitali
http://www.myvitali.com/en/

Massive Art Multimedia (in German)
http://www.massiveart.com/