Category: Health

Technical support to the City of Palaio Faliro for the H2020 Project, Smart Bear

Posted editorPosted in Smart Bear, Palaio Faliro, Horizon 2020, Health

AfIC provides technical support to the pilot city of Palaio Faliro for implementation of the H2020 digital heath project, Smart Bear, #SMARTBEAR. SMART BEAR (https://www.smart-bear.eu/), SMART BEAR will deliver a solution offering: – Continuous and objective monitoring and interventions for 21st century precise and personalised medicine towards optimising disease and associated risks’ management – Measurable improvements to the Quality of […]

Implementation of a Value Based Health Care model in senior, independent living patients, with Hypertension and T2DM

Posted editorPosted in Horizon 2020, Health, No category

Would’ it be more fair for health care users, health care professionals and the Health System itself, to implement integrated health care service reimbursement models , based on the improvement of outcomes that matter most to patients, such as quality of life, self efficacy in self management of chronic conditions and so on? In the current edition of BMC Geriatrics, […]

Focus Group with Informal Caregivers of Patients with Type II Diabetes and Hypertension for the H2020 Project ValueCare

Posted editorPosted in ValueCare, Horizon 2020, Health

A focus group with informal caregivers of elderly patients with Type II Diabetes and Hypertension was conducted online. The ValueCare model and the digital solution were discussed and challenges were identified. The main challenges that the project will encounter in the Athens pilot, are the digital illiteracy of older old adults and the unwillingness and lack of motivation they will […]

Focus Groups with Health and Social Care Professionals for VALUECARE

Posted editorPosted in Horizon 2020, News, Health, People, Board of Directors

Health and Social Care professionals have so many important things to say for the improvement of integrated care serviced for older people with Daibetes Mellitus and hypertension using mobile health solutions! We are grateful for their insight and wisdom, and for participating in our  #FocusGroups towards designing the #Valuecare mobile app. We all wish this is a new, exciting, useful […]

New Services to Local Authorities!

Posted editorPosted in Smart Cities, European Community, News, Health, Board of Directors

AfIC has signed contracts with the Municipalities of Alimos and Palaio Faliro to provide support technical services for the following E.C. funded projects repsectively: “Support Services of Alimos Municipality for the Implementation and Monitoring of the European Project Intelligent Cities Challenge”  and “Design, preparation and implementation of support groups for elderly beneficiaries of the E.C. funded SMARTBEAR project for combatting […]

HEALTHY AGEING FOR IMPACT IN THE 21ST CENTURY – Global Online Leaders Training

Posted editorPosted in WHO, Events, Health, Board of Directors, International Collaborators

The President of AfIC Mr. Anastasios Rentoumis was selected by WHO to attend the online course for Health Ageing Leaders and he completed the course successfully. We congratulate Mr. Rentoumis for this success that opens up new possibilities for cooperation with WHO and other countries beyond Europe.    

ValueCare Project Animation Video Clip

Posted editorPosted in Horizon 2020, News, Health, International Collaborators

AfIC, has created an animation video clip for the H2020 project ValueCare. In Athens, and at the Municipality of Palaio Faliro, the target group for the ValueCare project is older adult patients over the age of 65 (and their informal caregivers), suffering from Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and living independently in the community after hospitalization. This pilot will use both […]

Advocacy Campaign for Vaccination Uptake

Posted editorPosted in Health, People, Board of Directors, International Collaborators, Core Services

We have cooperated with the Coalition for Vaccination and the European Association of Nurses Association (EFN) to create 3 video clips in 3 major European Languages (EN, DE, FR) in order to increase the uptake of vaccination by Health Professionals to other Health Professionals and Citizens across Europe! The Campaign runs in several websites, youtube accounts and fb all over […]

Physical Activity Uptake by the Older Adults and Frailty: Results from a Longitudinal Study in 4 Countries

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Frailty is a multidimensional concept characterized by the loss of reserves, including energy, physical ability, cognition, and health. The prevalence of frailty strongly increases with age and is a very serious threat to public health systems sustainability. The results of a 1 year intervention study in 4 European Countries (Greece, the UK, Spain and the Netherlands) studying the relationship between […]