[ecrea] Call for interest: "Silver Users: elderly people, health and technologies for medical treatment – feasibility study of a research project"

Call for interest.

"Silver Users: elderly people, health and technologies for medical treatment – feasibility study of a research project"

Osscom, an academic research centre in Communications and Media Studies based at the Catholic University of Milan (Italy), is undertaking the exploratory research “Silver Users: elderly people, health and technologies for medical treatment – feasibility study of a research project” with the purpose of reviewing the literature and of gathering publications and already available information about the potential of eHealth tools to support selfcare of the elderly, comprising health care practices using the internet.

http://silverusers.wordpress.com/about-project

The research project will give the opportunity of studying eHealth devices potentialities for elderly people.

The research will be broken down into the following steps:

1. Reviewing of international scientific literature dealing with eHealth topic, i.e. relation between elderly and technology, usability of technological devices designated for elderly people segment;

2. Identifying institutional sources in order to gather already available data about this topic;

3. Setting up a network consisting of researchers and skilled people in medical, scientific, technological fields, devices design, informatics and engineering also through expert interviews (to doctors, specialized operators, projectors, informatics).

The initiative is aimed at developing an international qualitative research project and at organizing an international meeting to present and to discuss the results. One of the final goals of this call for interest could be the establishment of a temporary working group to develop the studies of eHealth tools and communications practices for elderly people.

For these reasons, Fausto Colombo, Piermarco Aroldi and Simone Carlo and the OssCom research group are proud to open “a call for interest” for researchers and research groups wanting to develop a network of academics involved in this particular topic.

Applications should be forwarded in electronic form (preferably PDF) to (simone.carlo /at/ unicatt.it)<mailto:(simone.carlo /at/ unicatt.it)>  with:

1. c.v.
2. cover letter
3. a description of how personal research agenda relates to elderly, ICT, and health (one page maximum length)
4. list of personal publications about ICT and Elderly; ICT and eHealth; eHealth and Elderly
5. up to 2 papers

Expressions of interest are due by Monday 9 January 2011.

Full details of the project are available through the website page.
http://silverusers.wordpress.com/about-project

For further information about our research centre:

http://silverusers.wordpress.com/about/
http://centridiricerca.unicatt.it/osscom
OssCom – Catholic University of Milan
Largo Gemelli, 1
20123
Milan (Italy)
+39 0272342845
(simone.carlo /at/ unicatt.it)<mailto:(simone.carlo /at/ unicatt.it)>
skype: simone.carlo80


Warm regards,

Simone Carlo, PhD
Project coordinator




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