Web Content Article A preliminary market analysis: identifying the context in which NESTORE is evolving A stream of activities of NESTORE focuses on the development and validation of NESTORE ecosystem and on the definition of an exploitation strategy. Preliminary activities aim at depicting an overview of the context in which the project evolves through the analysis of older adults' profiles and preferences and potential competitors. |
Web Content Article The gender approach in NESTORE: social coaching Men and women are unequally at risk of loneliness and may have different preferences to engage in social activities. The University of Zurich explains why so and how NESTORE has developed recommendations for social participation accordingly. |
Web Content Article Co-Designing NESTORE with those who might use it Based on a participatory methodology developed in the UK, researchers helped to translate both users’ perspectives and to co-design activities for technologists with the development of co-design tools. ‘Exhibition in a box’ (Chamberlain & Craig) was the co-design tool utilised in the first phase of workshops in the UK to identify user needs and values. |
Web Content Article What is an e-coach? As part of its preliminary research activities, NESTORE conducted a review of academic resources around "virtual coaching". The review enabled partners to refine their own definition of intervention techniques and coaching strategies for people to adopt healthy lifestyles. |
Web Content Article Euronews presents NESTORE NESTORE made the news: thanks to Euronews, we dive into the insights of our Dutch pilot and its focus on the system's design and its usability. Great work from Preventie Collectie and Politecnico di Milano for this shooting.<br /><br />Euronews is available on YouTube in 12 languages and you can find NESTORE here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMHKPrC_kCk&feature=youtu.be |
Web Content Article The gender approach in NESTORE: physical coaching Differences between men and women in body composition are well known: males typically have more muscle mass, more bone mass, and a lower percentage of body fat than women. But is that all? And how this influences NESTORE's recommendations for physical activities? Our partner CNR answers. |
Web Content Article A flourishing of co-design across Europe Finding ways to design with people is at the heart of the research underpinning NESTORE. Since the project began, researchers in Lab4Living have been sharing their experience and expertise of co-design with colleagues on the project in Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. |
Web Content Article Meet the experts: Simone Porcelli talks physical activity Dr. Simone Procelli is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Technologies of the National Research Council (CNR-ITB), Italy. In NESTORE, he is the expert for physical activity. He answers our questions. |
Web Content Article NESTORE advisors stress key principles to facilitate the adoption of the virtual coach The third and last official meeting of the Forum of Advisory Stakeholders (FAS) in October 2019 was the occasion for a round of feedback from our knowledgeable members, who appreciated the efforts and progresses done so far by the project. |
Web Content Article COVID19: Keeping you healthy is our NESTORE priority! NESTORE is a project aiming to develop a virtual coach that will help us stay healthy and independent as we age. The outbreak of COVID-19, a new form of coronavirus, and its rapid spread around the world has obviously required the project partners to make rapid decisions to keep everyone safe and healthy. |
Web Content Article Meet the experts: Noemi Boqué Terré talks nutrition PhD. Noemi Boqué is nutritionist and a researcher at the Eurecat’s Nutrition and Health Unit. She is the expert appointed by NESTORE partners to provide technologists with advices related to the development of coaching pathways in relation to foods, nutrition and health. She answers our questions. |
Web Content Article How NESTORE became an integrated system At the end of January 2020, technical partners of the NESTORE project gathered in Milan, Italy for a very final integration meeting. The aim of the encounter was to test the last updates of the NESTORE components, exchange the experiences during the tests and discussed the next steps. We are glad to announce that this meeting was productive and successful! |
Web Content Article Meet the experts: Dr. Christina Röcke talks Cognition, Social Relations, and Emotional Well-Being Dr. Christina Röcke is Deputy Director and Head Research Group of the Program “Dynamics of Healthy Ageing” at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. In NESTORE, she was appointed as the expert for cognition, social relations, subjective (emotional) well-being, behaviour change, and quantitative empirical ageing studies. She answers our questions. |
Web Content Article Merry Christmas and happy 2020! We've had a wonderful year with you! The whole NESTORE team wishes you restful and happy holidays and a great start into the new year! We look forward to advancing healthy ageing with you in 2020! |
Web Content Article NESTORE closes its testing phase! We are happy to announce that the testing phase of NESTORE concludes today! During the last weeks, users have been involved in many tests to ensure the smooth operation of our system with our technical partners. |
Web Content Article Collecting health-related data: Will older adults share these with researchers interested in understanding late life health? Not only young, but more and more older adults track activity information. A recent study exploring the use of health-related tracking devices among the 50+ is providing an important context for NESTORE. |
Web Content Article Bringing innovation in the e-health industry based on technological research and development Last December 11, 2018 Gabriela Candea, Manager of the Research & Innovation Department at Ropardo gave a presentation on “Technological Research and Development and Industrial Innovation” at the Romanian Central Region Development Agency. |
Web Content Article Support the coronavirus global response effort On 4 May the European Union joined forces with global partners to kick-start the Coronavirus Global Response, a worldwide pledging effort to raise €7.5 billion of funding to rapidly develop and deploy universally available and affordable diagnostics, treatments and vaccines against the coronavirus. |
Web Content Article The gender approach in NESTORE: cognitive coaching Research has shown sex differences in relation to cognitive capacities between men and women. How does that inform the way NESTORE will support older people in remaining cognitively fit? The University of Zurich explains. |
Web Content Article What are the coaching areas covered by NESTORE? A coach can accompany you in different aspects of your life. The NESTORE companion will be no different as it will be able to advice users in various dimensions of human life from physical activity to social behaviours. |
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