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A Community-Based Activity Center to Promote Social Engagement and Counteract Decline of Elders Living Independently

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Abstract

Global ageing of the population is deeply affecting the everyday lives of the frailest, by exposing them to increasing isolation and loneliness that, in turn, can cause or accelerate cognitive decline. The use of digital technologies and, in particular, social networks can be an effective tool to mitigate this phenomenon, by helping older age people to stay connected and be stimulated in the cognitive and physical sphere. In this work, we present a platform called Community-Based Activity Center (CBAC) a central tool developed within the scope of the European project MoveCare, an effort to leverage intelligent Ambient-Assisted Living technologies to promote active well-being for the elderly. CBAC conveys cross-domain stimulation in the cognitive, physical, and social scopes by providing a virtual community where different types of activities can be carried out alone or together with caregivers, members of the family, friends, and peers. We followed a modular approach, developing a flexible platform that be integrated with AI-based recommendations and that allows for transparent monitoring. The effectiveness of our platform has been extensively tested in a preliminary usability test and in a pilot experimental campaign that involved 25 selected seniors on a time span of 10 weeks.

Supported by the European Commission H2020 projects MoveCare, grant ICT-26-2016 – GA 732158, and Essence, grant SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2B - GA 101016112.

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We gratefully acknowledge the European Commission H2020 project MoveCare grant ICT-26-2016b – GA 732158 and the European Commission H2020 project Essence grant SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2B - GA 101016112 for financial partial support to the authors of this work.

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    Matteo Luperto, Nicola Basilico, Alessandro Vuono & N. Alberto Borghese

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  3. IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

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  4. Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Simona Ferrante

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Luperto, M. et al. (2021). A Community-Based Activity Center to Promote Social Engagement and Counteract Decline of Elders Living Independently. In: Baldoni, M., Bandini, S. (eds) AIxIA 2020 – Advances in Artificial Intelligence. AIxIA 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12414. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77091-4_24

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