The work packages are as follows:

Sub WP 1.1: Development of user requirements
Task 1.1.1 Draft version of user requirements
Task 1.1.2 Presentation of demonstrators to users and experts
Task 1.1.3 Selection of items for the assessment studies
Task 1.1.4 Final version of user requirements (Month 30)

Sub WP 1.2: Development and adaptation of prototypes
Task 1.2.1 Purchase of commercially available products (month 6)
Task 1.2.2 Developing new devices
Task 1.2.3 Production of test series

WP 2: Development of methodology for assessment of effects of using the devices
Task 2.1 Compilation of information and preparation of reviews
Task 2.2 Integration of the aspects into a unified assessment methodology
Task 2.3 Development of a protocol for the assessment studies

WP 3: Cost benefit analysis
Task 3.1 Compilation of available literature and information
Task 3.2 Development of a first version of cost- benefit methodology
Task 3.4 Synthesis and analysis of the cost- benefits of the enabling technologies in the four countries
Task 3.5 Development of the final version of the cost-benefit methodology

Sub-WP 4.1: Assessment study in England
Sub-WP 4.2: Assessment study in Ireland
Sub-WP 4.3: Assessment study in Norway
Sub-WP 4.4: Assessment study in Finland
All the national studies will follow the same methodology which is developed in WP 2, and be based on approval by national ethics committees.

Sub-WP 4.5: Cross-national analysis
Task 4.5.1 Joint report from the assessment studies in four countries (Month 36)

WP 5: Dissemination and exploitation of results
Task 5.1 Develop and disseminate information to a larger audience. Poster, brochure, web site, workshops, presentations and publications, final conference in Norway.
Task 5.2 Dissemination and co-operation with specific groups
Task 5.3 Produce a Technology Implementation Plan

WP 6: Project management
(Including the final project report)

This is the web site of an exciting research project which is aimed at "marrying the new with the familiar" when developing and introducing new technology to people with dementia and their carers.

Funded by the European Commission under the Programme "Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources", Contract No. QLK6 - 2000 - 00653