Suggested Web Links

This is a limited and selective list of other activities similar to the MATCH project. (The list is simply alphabetical by category.) Note that pages linked from here are beyond our control, e.g. the site may become unavailable.

Home Care Technology Projects

• Ambient intelligence for The Networked Home Environment (AMIGO)

  This project is funded by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme to research and develop open, standardised, interoperable middleware and intelligent user services for the networked home environment. It aims to offer users intuitive, personalised and unobtrusive interaction by providing seamless interoperability of services and applications.

• Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi)

  This is an industry initiative with around 35 active companies in the area of networked access to the home, to vehicles, etc. OSGi is the foundation for home networks on MATCH.

• Reconfigurable Ubiquitous Networked Embedded Systems (RUNES)

  This is a European-led project supported by research funding from the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme. The RUNES project has a vision to enable the creation of large-scale, widely distributed, heterogeneous, networked and embedded systems that interoperate and adapt to their environments. RUNES aims to provide an adaptive middleware platform and application development tools that allow programmers the flexibility to interact with the environment where necessary, whilst affording a level of abstraction that facilitates ease of application construction and use.

• Ubiquitous Computing for Healthcare in The Community (UbiCare)

  The academic partners were Imperial College London, Lancaster University, and the University of Southampton. A number of industry partners were also involved. Among the technologies developed was Ubiquitous Monitoring Environment for Wearable and Implantable Sensors (UbiMon).

Organisations for Telecare

• Joint Improvement Team (JIT, Scotland)

  The Joint Improvement Team was established to work directly with local health and social care partnerships across Scotland. Its main focus is to provide practical support and additional capacity to partnerships to help address the issues and challenges they face. The ultimate goal is to deliver better health and social care services to those who need them.

• Telecare Services Assocation

  The Telecare Services Assocation is an industry body for telecare and telehealth. It consists mostly of UK members, and aims to support telecare and telehealth through promotion and standards.

Organisations for E-Health and Ageing Research

• National Council for Aging Care

  As this is an American website, some policies will differ from the UK. Its aim is to connect older people, their families and carers with the support needed for emotional and financial wellbeing.

• Intelligent Assistive Technology and Systems Lab (IATSL)

  Located at the University of Toronto, IATSL is involved in many projects designed to develop assistive technology that is adaptive, flexible and intelligent. The aim is to enable users to participate fully in their daily lives.

• National Centre on Independent Living (NCIL)

  Funded by the Department of Health, NCIL is unique as a small, national membership organisation controlled and run by disabled people. NCIL has been at the forefront in the development of appropriate policy and practice, both nationally and locally, leading to full inclusion and equal citizenship of all disabled people. The site has up-to-date news links regarding home care services.

• Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare (SCTT)

  The Centre aims to provide a centre of expertise to define and disseminate best practice, and to develop interoperable standards, protocols and processes to support telehealth solutions.

• Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research Capacity (SPARC)

  Established in 2005, SPARC is a four year initiative designed to raise the profile of ageing research. The web site provides links to past workshops and other links to useful related sites.

• Telemedicine and E-Health Information Service (TEIS)

  This site provides information about telemedicine and e-health. Its objectives are to bring together those working in the fields of telemedicine, telecare and e-health; to encourage them to share information and experience; and to provide an information resource on telemedicine activity in the UK.

Charities for Older and Disabled People

• Age UK

  Age UK is the largest charity in the UK for helping to make the most of later life.

• Disabled Living Foundation

  This organisation provides a lot of useful information on new assistive technologies and other assisted living devices.

• Foundation for Assistive Technologies (FAST)

  This is a charity working with users of assistive technologies to bring them together with technology developers, the NHS and other professional organisations. There is a excellent searchable database for research and development projects in the UK. There is also a monthly email bulletin .