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Who would not want a life including useful and fun activities in which you meet other people? This is also for elderly people. However, due to disabilities some elderly are unable to take initiative in this matter. Citard Active supports the elderly to overcome this problem, as it enables people to be socially active for a longer period in their lives. How? Through an easy to use app. Anyone with a tablet (or any other device; ipads, PCs) can easily download the app and participate in Citard Active.

Citard Active enables the elder population to be socially and physically active for a longer period of time. By using the Citard Active app the elderly can also enlarge and maintain their social network. Moreover, it provides them the option of sharing agendas, with family or friends, to see in which activities they will participate or did participate in the past. Additionally, the app encourages the elderly to take part in the activities taking into consideration their ageing related cognitive and physical behaviour changes.

What is Citard Active?

Elderly can see the all possible activities, register and unregister from them. After registering, the elder receives a reminder before the start of that activity. This has proved to be very useful with care centers. Not only do participants now remember their activity but they are also reminded to bring certain accessories that are necessary for the activity, such as their glasses or a coat.

How it works?

Elderly communicate with elderly

Elderly people can easily contact their friends by inviting them to an activity. In this case they can simply send an invitation and get an answer. Moreover the activity or meeting can be easily created also by the elderly.

Behaviour Analysis

Another important option of Citard Active is the behaviour analysis. The system registers the normal behavioural pattern of the elderly and detects when changes occur and the person is more passive than usual. In that case the app stimulates the user to participate in activities. If the elder does not respond, an alert is provided to the caregiver. This is an important feature as passivity can indicate

psychological and physical problems.

The Citard Active app also offers the possibility to know the whereabouts of the elderly. The caregiver can assess, by means of the location of the elderly, whether the elder is on his way to the activity or has already arrived.

Location Tracking

Caregivers and administrators have dedicated pages to control the system. Caregivers can add activities and manage the elderly in the system. Administrators can control the different settings and preferences of the system.

Caregivers and administrators

After being given permission from their relative, family members can also log in to Citard Active and have access to their relative’s personal page and agenda. On this page the activities the elderly has participated and will participate are displayed.

This page is especially handy for relatives that live far from the elderly, as activities are forgotten or not considered important enough to mention during a phone conversation. Relatives can now ask for specific activities, which contribute to maintain and enlarge the elderly social network. Moreover, the relatives get an overview of which activities are organised in the near future and can stimulate the elderly to participate.

Families are also involved

Citard Active provides the elderly means to:

• Register for various activities.• Remember when an activity starts.• Remember to bring certain accessories that are necessary for the activity.• Expand their social network with family members and friends.• Plan and create activities by themselves .• See the weather forecast.• Stimulate the participation in activities -- achieved by the behavioural analysis.• Be tracked in case they need help reaching an activity’s location.

* Memory and space requirements are subject to change, depending on the usage.

System SpecificationsFor the care organization: Need to have a server to centralize information with the following requirements:

- Running Linux, Windows or OS X;- Running MySQL Server and Apache Server- Java JDK 7- Minimum of 8GB of memory and 50GB of free space*

For the elderly: Need a tablet running Android or iOS with the Citard Active app.

For caregivers, family and administrators: Need a normal PC with a modern browser to connect to Citard Active

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CITARD Services Ltd. is an international SME active in the Information Technology sector and concentrating in the eHealth and Ambient Assisted Living areas.

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