The IAF's Projects
Current Projects
Research project
International Expertise for life in old age - AGE-INT
International Expertise from Switzerland for Innovative Solutions for an Ageing Society
AGE-INT is the largest national research project dealing with the challenges and opportunities of demographic change in a practice-oriented manner with a trans- and interdisciplinary project team in the three largest language regions of…
Research project
Digital Skills 50+
Digital skills and training needs of people 50+
Expired Projects
Research project
Development and testing of a questionnaire on the topic of "Robots as support for older people".
The topic of "robots as support for older people" is highly topical. So far, however, there is little knowledge about the actual attitudes, fears and hopes of the Swiss population regarding this topic.
Research project
Affective factors of robot acceptance among people 60+
Against the backdrop of the societal challenges posed by demographic change and the expected shortage of skilled workers in the care sector, the use of robots to assist in care or service activities for older people is being discussed.
Research project
Needs assessment in the communities of Speicher and Trogen for community residents 65+
A needs assessment is to be carried out to find out how community residents aged 65+ would like to live and reside and what needs arise in this context.
Research project
Smart Cuff
As part of the "Smart Cuff" project, the IKOA, in cooperation with various project partners, is conducting field tests of wearable medical devices that use sensors to measure and record various vital data, such as blood pressure or temperature.
Research project
Satisfaction survey in the Rotmonten old people's home
On behalf of the retirement home Rotmonten (SG), the IAF conducted a comprehensive satisfaction survey of residents of the retirement home and their relatives.
Research project
Digitisation & Age - On the use of digital services by people 65+
As part of the study "Digitalisation & Ageing", the IAF conducted a survey (online & paper-pencil) of people 65+ on their attitudes and perceptions of self-service technologies (digitalised services).