TENDER

With an increasingly growing population in Europe, cognitive impairments as well as heart diseases are a major social and health issue. According to the WHO in a 2018 report, dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease remains one of the biggest global public health challenges our generation is facing. In the same time, other reports from the same organisation suggests that Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represented the 31% of all global deaths in 2016, and it is deemed as the leading cause of premature death (37% of all deaths under the age of 70) and disability in Europe and worldwide (WHO). Moreover, the number of people living with dementia worldwide today is estimated at 44 million, set to almost double by 2030 and is likely to rise to about 152 million by 2050. Cognitive impairment, however, is a disabling comorbidity that represents a major challenge for HealthCare Systems and it is frequent in people affected by other diseases such as Parkinson’s. In the case of people who suffer Parkinson/s disease, they experience issues such as: 1) loss of judgment, 2) alterations in behaviour, 3) sudden mood changes and 4) difficulties in planning and organizing, which are symptoms far less known in comparison with the symptoms related to motion alteration. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Cardiovascular diseases, mainly found in senior people as multi-morbidities have an estimated cost for the EU economy of more than EUR 196 billion a year and a trillion US dollars at worldwide level with forecast estimation double by 2030. Therefore, this considerable concern is moving public authorities (National Health Systems NHSs), policy makers, researchers and private businesses to join forces to develop holistic solutions to extend autonomy of people affected by these diseases while maintaining, or even improving, their Quality of Life (QoL).

TeNDER Project will create an integrated care ecosystem for assisting people with chronic diseases of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and comorbidity with Cardiovascular Diseases through the use of affect based micro tools. These micro tools will be able to recognize the mood of a person and thus adapt the system’s probes to the person’s needs via a multi-sensorial system, even in the most severe cases, and match with clinical (from Electronic Health Records EHRs) and clerical patient information, while preserving privacy, monitoring the ethical principles, providing data protection and security, with the result of an increased quality of life.

Consortium

Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Maggioli
Datawizard
Ubiwhere
Elgoline d.o.o.
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
European Hospital and Healthcare Federation
Servicio Madrileno de Salud
Schon Klinik Bad Aibling SE & CO KG
Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Slovensko zdruzenje za pomoc pri demenci,
Spomincica – Alzheimer Slovenija
Asociacion Parkinson Madrid