Programs, Projects & Initiatives
Profound | EU funded Thematic Network focusing on falls prevention
European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP AHA) | Triple win for Europe realised in the three areas of prevention and health promotion, care and cure, and active and independent living of elderly people. The overarching target of this partnership will be to increase the average healthy lifespan by two years by 2020
EIP AHA Marketplace | Communication and information hub for all actors involved in Active and Healthy Ageing throughout Europe
Epposi | Multistakeholder think tank on Self Care, HTA, eHealth and Neonatal screening
Fall prevention EU | Current EU funded and previous EU funded projects and networks that focus on Falls Prevention in older people
Friendly Restroom | A user centred research project developing prototypes of new self adapting toilets which support older and disabled citizens
GENIE | Learning about older people; design, technology and accessibility (case study library)
SPRINTT | Sarcopenia and physical frailty in older people: multi-component treatment strategies
Publications and articles
The Lancet (October 2012)
Video capture of the circumstances of falls in elderly people residing in long-term care: an observational study
Age UK
Falls prevention advice
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Falls Among Older Adults: An Overview
National Institute on Ageing
Falls and Fractures
Veiligheid.nl
Samen ongevallen te lijf
Gerontology associations
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Klinische Geriatrie
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Geriatrie und Gerontologie
Schweizerische Fachgesellschaft für Geriatrie
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Gerontologie
Other
DINED | The dined.nl website gives an overview on how anthropometric data can be used when facing design challenges. Additionally it provides a free available set of anthropometric data in a format that is optimized for use in product design
Beperkingenpak | A tool that enables designers and entrepreneurs to experience what it is like to be a senior with a physical limitations and use this experience to find solutions.
Wolk Company | The airbag that protects the hip when falling down
Made to Measure (book) | Looking at the relationship between anthropometry and industrial design engineering
The design of home appliances for young and old consumers (book) | When designing products to he handled at home or in a professional situation or in the public domain, designers ought to base their choices of technical properties on the capacities, habits and preferences of the user group. Although there is a continuing increase in the grey sector of society, design-relevant data on elderly users are almost nonexistent. This hook attempts to narrow this gap in gerontechnology: product design for the elderly