I.S.R.A.A. is an Italian public senior care provider based in Treviso. 700 employees (70 nurses, 350 carers, 15 psychologists, 17 physical rehabilitation trainers, 12 GPs, 21 care managers, with total budget/year 30 Ml€. I.S.R.A.A. covers a wide range of the possible needs of seniors: 600 seniors with dementia disease in home care, 850 living in 4 nursing homes, 2 day care centres completely dedicated to seniors suffering from different types and level of dementia. ISRAA also provides 32 flats for autonomous seniors. I.S.R.A.A. has knowledge and experience in assisting seniors to remain independent as much as possible despite of their functional and cognitive limitations, by promoting positive feelings in an age-friendly environment, to improve the seniors’ self-efficacy and to raise their perception of quality of life.
At EU level I.S.R.A.A is member of EIP-AHA initiative as member taking part of D4 AFE group and coordinating C2.5 Group on Business model in care and ICT design for olders, of S.I.P.I. (Italian Society of Psychology on Ageing – Padua University), ENSA Network, ELISAN Network, Nord Sea Dementia Group. In 2013/2015 I.S.R.A.A has been partner in LLP-GRUNDTVIG, Project named “IN MOTION”, with methodological supervisor role to define specific guidelines for active ageing and healthy lifestyles about nutrition, motion and cognitive stimulation.
Since 2013 I.S.R.A.A has been involved as partner and lead applicant in several EU programmes tackling various themes: frailty prevention (in 3rd Health Programme), Elderly abuse (Erasmus+), and ambient sensors for motion tracking (FTI-Horizon 2020). ISRAA is partner of ENACT Project in H2020 www.enact-project.eu.
Specific know how has been developed regarding user engagement and codesign in the use of technology for the independent living of older and for the early diagnosis of the major neurological diseases that are H2020 DTH11-2019 www.projectvaluecare.eu and niCE Life Project in Interreg Central Europe.