Mnemosyne: Developing a white book
The Mnemosyne project partners conducted during the initial stages of the project specific regional reports. These reports are aimed at identifying the particular needs and opportunities posed by teleassistance services. With the aggregated data gathered in these studies the consortium produced a general report integrating the needs, relevant initiatives and best practices identified in each of the participant territories. This report allowed the Mnemosyne partners to grasp the most important requirements that the future platform should comply with and the technical, organisational and operational structures to be used. The results of the general report will be included in the project’s final white book.
Following this general analysis the consortium started to work in the definition and development of the technical characteristics of the service agreeing during the 2nd project meeting in Tilburg on the modules typology to be integrated in the platform (and developed by METID).
Following this, the pilot test activities started in May 2011 in the premises of the FSSM, and based on an already existent digital platform provided by De Wever. The pilot test activities, that counted with the participation of 30 families and that were guided by a professional team, included the direct use of the platform, the testing of its modules and contents and the use of the interaction areas for users and health professionals. The results of the pilot test will be published in the annexes of the project white book.
The development of the pilot test, together with the additional studies, has allowed the consortium to indentify the viability of implementing teleassistance services for the care and monitoring of patients with mild and moderate cases of dementia. The conclusions, insights and recommendations gathered during the course of the Mnemosyne project will be published in the final White Book produced by the FHOÖ and Promente.
