The aim of INAA is to improve the quality of life (reducing feelings of loneliness, maintaining a meaningful life, creating a feeling of solidarity) and autonomy of frail elderly people living independently, allowing them to maintain a high level of physical functioning. In addition, this...

The ETXEAN ONDO pilot project is an integrated care approach which was implemented in the Basque Country. It aimed to provide adequate support and care for elderly people living at home or in nursing homes, for family members and care professionals. The key elements of this model were the...

Badalona Serveis Assistencials (BSA) is an integrated private care organisation, funded entirely by public capital. It manages the Hospital Municipal de Badalona, the Homecare Integrated Service, the Socio Health Centre El Carme, 7 Primary Care Centres and the Centre for Sexual and Reproductive...

This report aims to provide information about the Commitments that joined the EIP on AHA in the Second Invitation for Commitment in April 2013 and to report this data, whenever possible, with that from the commitments that joined the First Invitation for Commitment (June 2012), providing...

As the initial Monitoring Framework may not be fully relevant for the overarching objective of the EIP on AHA and the Triple Win, either because the Action Groups commitments cannot use specific indicators or because some of the indicators initially thought of may not be best suited for...

The rise of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) may be considered as one of the decisive trends of economic evolution of industrialised countries in recent decades. This paper uses the concept of vertical integrated sectors and the subsystem approach to input-output matrix analysis to...

This study presents and discusses the status of integrated personal health systems (IPHS) in France. It aims to illustrate through case studies the patient and health monitoring systems that are available, the level of implementation of these systems, the impact they have on the general...

This study presents and discusses the status of integrated personal health systems (IPHS) in Germany. It aims to illustrate through case studies the patient and health monitoring systems that are available, the level of implementation of these systems, the impact they have on the general...

The paper aims at extending the analysis of the firm’s absorptive capacity (AC) by taking stock of its manifold nature. Innovation cooperation is recognised as one of its antecedents, along with R&D, but with different possible outcomes, depending on the kind of partner. Human capital is...

The first phase of the SEA-SoNS ("Assessing the Benefits of Social Networks on Organizations”) project aimed to analyse the current market situation for a limited number of social media stakeholders, to identify and analyse best practices for these selected stakeholders, and to define and...