2024-01-15 14:15:00
The aging of the population represents one of the greatest societal challenges. There were 1.2 million dependent elderly people in 2012; they should be 2.3 million in 2060. The demand for monitoring and assistance, care and surveillance at home should follow the same growth, knowing that 9 out of 10 French people in France would prefer to stay at home until the end of their days.
Inaugurated in March 2023, the Living Lab “Aging and well-being” at the University of Côte d’Azur is working on this major issue as part of the “Ulysseus European University” (1).
Located at 27 rue du Professor Delvalle in Nice, this space – managed by Professor David Darmon, general practitioner, vice-president of health at Université Côte d’Azur – is a real catalyst for innovation in the health sector. It recently opened its doors to the public.
Connected apartment and medical office
The opportunity for Côte d’Ivoire residents to discover this living laboratory, made up of an apartment and a medical office connected and equipped with sensors and cameras. “ We organize role-playing sessions (consultation in the office or at home) to experiment, test and evaluate ideas around staying at home. summarizes Luigi Flora, patient co-director of the Center for Innovation in Partnership with Patients and the Public (CI3P). To conduct its research, the Living Lab has a network of more than 400 partner health professionals and more than 60 patient witnesses. “This place brings together public and private actors, companies, associations and individual actors, with the aim of testing “life-size” new services, tools or uses. It is also a training center for health professionals (Learning Lab).”
The Living Lab is made up of the connected apartment and medical office. The objective is to be able to organize scenarios to experiment, test and evaluate ideas around staying at home. Photos Cyril Dodergny et S.W..
Incubator and data center
In order to explore new solutions and implement them, the building also functions as a start-up incubator (read below).
Another important axis of the Innovation Hub: the “data center” which aims to collect and centralize medical data from patients in order to be able to identify trends or risky behaviors among certain segments of the population.
“ All these tools will allow us to design technologies for the daily lives of elderly people, which adapt to their needs. The objective will be to enable the improvement of care and assistance for people, including the exploration of new approaches to care.”
>> 1. The Ulysseus European University Alliance is made up of eight institutions (the University of Côte d’Azur, Seville, Genoa, Košice, the Entrepreneurial School, the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, the University of Münster and the University of Montenegro). Each, depending on their area of expertise, is responsible for questioning themselves and finding solutions on a current theme.
The Living Lab is made up of the connected apartment and medical office. The objective is to be able to organize scenarios to experiment, test and evaluate ideas around staying at home. Photos Cyril Dodergny et S.W..
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