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E-Seniors/ A non-profit organization as an End-User
E-Seniors is a non-profit non-governmental organization was founded in 2005 and it aims at fighting e-exclusion by providing access to and training in ICT to seniors and/or disabled people.
Our organisation type is:: End user organisation
We are active in the following Technologies: Service innovation, User perspective, Field trials / living lab, Communication / Dissemination / Marketing, Impact assessment, Knowledge transfer, Project management
Applications: Health & wellness, Hobbies , Home care, Information and learning, Knowledge Transfer, Mobility, Safety, security, privacy, Skills enhancement, Social interaction
E-Seniors is a non-profit non-governmental organization was founded in 2005 and it aims at fighting e-exclusion by providing access to and training in ICT to seniors and/or disabled people. Its main objectives are:
- Shrinking, and where possible, bridging the digital gap between generations,
- Caring for elders by fighting seniors’ isolation,
- Opening new horizons for efficient use of free time.
Since its creation E-Seniors have provided courses on ICT usage for seniors. Besides teaching “basic computer skills”, E-Seniors have opened more thematically-oriented workshops for “advanced” students. Through its work for elderly people and with them the organization also tries to increase awareness about the importance of ICT solutions in everyday life.
Knowing the challenges facing seniors, healthy or dependant, E-Seniors invest resources in developing new applications and services to enable independent living as well as helping keep their physical and mental health.
E-Seniors have a substantial experience in projects related to ICT for Seniors and are currently participating in the following projects as an end-user organization:
- ICT-PSP project « Long Lasting memories » aiming at providing a unified solution for cognitive and physical health and autonomous living for senior citizens
- AAL project “NACODEAL” (Natural Communication Device fort Assisted Living) aiming the development of a mobile device which will help them to easily perform everyday life tasks
- AAL project “STIMULATE” , providing a complete platform to plan travels and execution functions, associated with personalized assistance dedicated to senior citizens
- AAL project “ASSISTANT” , assisting seniors in their use of public transport by an application available on PCs and Smartphones.
- AAL project “Mobility Motivator” : Creating a fun environment, aided by augmented reality, for stimulating and controlling the physical activity, and for the cognitive stimulation, of the chronically ill.
- CSC (Conscious Senior eCitizen) : the main objective of which is to make elderly people life in modern IT Word much easier and more comfortable; Local initiative in training seniors with “pads” (iPads and others) and evaluating this process, this in the framework of a project initiated by the French state secretary of digital development and the delegation of internet users.
1. In the first stages of the project - advice and assistance for:
- Identifying target user groups
- Analyzing user needs, acceptance and requirements: usability and accessibility problems
- Advice and guidance about characteristics of tests in regard to users and project objectives
- Designing: scenarios and usage definitions
2. In the stage of production/ project development:
- Generating content adapted to users
- Translating and localizing
3. Practical field tests and user feedback/validation:
- Setting up user groups: interview/filtering
- Carrying out tests
- Validating pilot application and prototype interfaces and issuing recommendations with regards to specific approaches more adapted to a senior public
- Gathering conclusions from users feedback in order to make recommendations improving product design
4. During the whole project (together with all partners)
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Addressing ethical Issues: informing and monitoring – together with other user groups (if exist)
- Disseminating information about the project(s)
