- Co-creation with stakeholders and elderly
- Controlled tests in naturalistic environments
- Early consideration of business and economic perspectives
- Consideration of various scenarios along the care continuum
The consortium will begin with an in-depth analysis of requirements involved in the deployment in a naturalistic use-case environment in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in Denmark. Project-internal sub-groups will approach the analysis from a different area of expertise and focus (e.g., Business and Economic perspective; Data Analytics and Recommender Systems perspective; Motivation and Acceptance perspective; Sensing and Monitoring, Rehabilitation Technology perspective). Then key aspects of REACH will be tested in controlled laboratory environments to ascertain the proper operation of the subsystems in development. Following successful laboratory experimentation, the consortium partners will deploy the resulting prototypes in Pilot use-case environments to further develop and test-deploy REACH’s verified sub-systems in use-case relevant scenarios.
Trial phase | Locations | Trial details |
Test Period 1: Early testing (year 1) | HUG, ZZ, Lyngby, SK | Testing of existing sensors/equipment, more explanatory, duration ranging from several hours up to eight weeks. |
Test Period 2: Pre-testing 1 (end of year 2) | Academic labs of TUM, TU/e, EPFL, and DTU | Evaluate the selected technologies developed in REACH in labs of academic partners, simulating care environments – short duration test/several days. |
Test Period 3: Pre-testing 2 (year 3) | HUG, Schön Klinik, Zuidzorg, and Lyngby | Evaluate some selected technologies in real world environments – short duration test/1-3 weeks. |
Test Period 4: Final testing / demonstration (year 4) | Unstructured, real-world environment at Lyngby | Evaluate some selected technologies in real world environments – longer duration test/more than 3 weeks. |
Following the “V-Model” approach, a variety of testing formats provide input for system, sub-system, and components development and verification/validation.
Outline of how individual testing phases relate to individual REACH project phases in a V-Model scheme
With the overall system architecture detailed and the first early trials completed, it becomes obvious that it is impractical to test each Touchpoint (each covering a certain early detection and intervention “theme”) regarding the complex, subsequent chain of early detection, motivational techniques, and programmed interventions in a single trial. Therefore, a concept for the decomposition of the testing scheme was developed.
Concept for decomposition of testing approach
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Early Detection |
Motivational Techniques
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Programmed Interventions |
TP1 Personal Mobility Device
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Frailty and risk of falls |
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TP2 Active Environment
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Mobility |
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TP3 Socializing and Nutrition
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Social interaction and nutrition
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TP4 Gaming and Training
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General physical and cognitive ability |
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TP5 Wearables
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General physical and cognitive ability |
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