GRaCE-AGE: a new European project started this month for supporting older adults in the community

GRaCE-AGE is a new EIT Health project that was approved last week and will start this month. It was developed at Aston University and will run within the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WM-AHSN) under the leadership of Dr Buckingham.

In addition to Aston University (as part of WM-AHSN), Core and Associate Partners include:

-     Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

-     Two sensor companies, one in Belgium and one in Holland

-     Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

GRaCE-AGE is novel web-based software that combines clinical expertise with data from sensors to assess and manage mental health and wellbeing of older adults living at home. It connects older adults to family, friends, and clinical services to create a "canopy of care" that can continuously monitor and support them.

Key Outputs

* ATHENS (Advanced Technology Higher Education Network/SOCRATES)
 session

* Continuing Professional Development training for health professionals

* Discharge planning

* GRaCE-AGE web-based software system

* Internships and placements

* Risk and safety ontology

* Sensors linked to the GRaCE-AGE decision support system

* Undergraduate and/or postgraduate module