Project - MIES

Background

The aging population is a global and European concern due to the expected increase in the number of aged population, which will put a strain on healthcare systems. Aging involves a gradual decline in physical and mental abilities, leading to vulnerability and dependency, which is influenced by various factors (age related physiological changes, chronic diseases, and psychosocial environment).
A consortium consisting of experts from three organizations has been formed to tackle the challenge AMBAR Telecomunicaciones, IDIVAL y GIF-UC, which have the science, technique, facilities and previous experience necessary.

Objective

The MIES Project (Non-invasive platform for Monitoring and Improving Executive functionS) aims to improve the capacity of clinical monitoring, he evaluation and supervision of several features related to the aging process. The main objective is to do everything possible to integrate ICT in health, demographic change and population welfare.

Mission statement

Attempt to promote healthy aging and improving overall quality of life for older adults. To this end, a non-invasive platform capable of supervising the executive functions will be supervised enabling the indirect determination of key parameters to evaluate the cognitive and physical abilities of people housed in nursing homes.

Vision

Despite the first beneficiary country will be Spain, by being the challenged faced of global nature, the results expected in MIES will have a great potential to be used world-wide inducing relevant benefits on citizens and their respective societies, health systems and economies.