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Telematics for the integration of disabled and older people: Telematics applications programme, Fourth R & D framework programme (1994-98)
— synopses of projects, January 1999 | | Corporate Author | Telematics Applications Programme, European Commission; TIDE - Technological Initiative for the Socioeconomic Integration of the Disabled and Elderly |
| Publisher | Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1999 |
| Pages | 141 pp |
| Source | European Commission, Telematics Programme, Disabled and Elderly Unit, DG XIII/C5, Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles, Belgium. |
| Keywords | Information technology ; Physical disabilities ; Integration [elderly] ; Computers ; Projects ; Directories ; European Union ; Europe. |
| Annotation | Telematics applications are concerned with assistive technology, defined as "technology which can help compensate for functional limitation, facilitate independent living, and which can enable disabled and older people to realise their full potential". This is a synopsis of 53 projects funded under the European Union's Fourth Framework Programme's Telematics Application Programme for the integration of the disabled and older people. Telematics applications for the integration of disabled and older people was preceded by pilot and bridge phases of TIDE (Technology Initiative for Disabled and Elderly People), on which an overview is provided. An alphabetical listing of the projects giving detailed information is preceded by a summary table which groups projects under the following themes: access to technologies and related services; life at home and remote care; mobility and transport; control and manipulation; restoration and enhancement of functions; and market issues and quality of life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001031002 B |
| Classmark | UVB: BN: F:TO: 3O: 3E: 69: WFC: 74 |
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