ACE: Accelerating the home care innovation ecosystem of the future in the north sea region

Currently, one in five households in the EU requires professional care. The healthcare system and medical facilities are unable to cope with this growing demand, especially given the shortage of personnel. ACE aims to accelerate the adoption of innovations that meet these needs.

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The EU is undergoing a demographic shift: 20.8% of the population is aged 65 or older. In the North Sea Region, this percentage is even higher and is expected to continue rising. So far, there has been limited exchange among stakeholders regarding innovations and best practices.

Objective

To shape the future of home care, it is essential to place various parties at the heart of the project: home care providers, innovators (companies), end users, researchers, and public organisations. In other words, the entire ecosystem must be represented within the consortium.

This is the goal of ACE, which employs a unique approach that not only seeks to accelerate innovation but also promotes transnational knowledge exchange across the North Sea Region.

Outcomes

The ACE project supports the home care ecosystem in the North Sea Region by encouraging innovations that enable care users to live independently at home for longer. These innovations may include wearables, e-health solutions, smart home technologies, and more.

ACE has established a (digital) community of over 350 stakeholders and aims to scale up more than 30 innovations to a higher Technology Readiness Level (TRL). These innovations will better align with the needs of the target group and suggest adaptations for the daily practices of over 150 home care providers in the region.

Co-funded by the Interreg North Sea Programme from 2023 to 2026, ACE invites older adults, care providers, and solution developers to join the project and become pioneers in this rapidly evolving care system.

More information

Would you like to know more? Visit the ACE Interreg North Sea-website

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Want to know more about ACE?

Please contact us.

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Ria Hein

Programme Manager Life Sciences & Medtech
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Lotte Konings

Junior Programme Manager

Partners

  • Oost NL Development Agency (Netherlands)
  • BOM Brabant Development Agency (Netherlands)
  • RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (Sweden, Lead Partner)
  • Innovation Skåne (Sweden)
  • Höganäs Care (Sweden)
  • Aarhus Municipality (Denmark)
  • Vesthimmerlands Municipality (Denmark)
  • ESN European Social Network (Belgium)
  • Thomas More University Living and Care Lab (Belgium)
  • Boone NV PRoF (Belgium)
  • Biotech Santé Bretagne (France)
  • CoWork’Hit Innovation Centre (France)
  • TUHH Hamburg University of Technology (Germany)
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