Projects of IAF
Current Projects
Research project
“InGe Dialogue” The Use of an Innovative Dialogue Format to Promote Intergenerational Encounters in Nursing Homes and Childcare Centers
Intergenerational programs foster encounters between young and old and strengthen social cohesion. Despite their potential, stable structures for the sustainable integration of such programs in care institutions are lacking in Switzerland. This project addresses this gap by bringing together various stakeholders within a dialogue…
Research project
Tandem Finance – Tackling the Silent Burden of Financial Caregiving
The Tandem-Finance project lays the foundation for an innovative digital platform in the field of financial caregiving, enabling older adults to retain greater autonomy as they age while reducing the burden on caregivers. The goal is to develop a secure, user-friendly tool that can be integrated into e-banking solutions and is…
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Luma Life – Transfer of current findings from dementia research into AI companions to support people with early-stage dementia and their families in the home environment
Luma Life is developing a platform for voice-first AI companions to support people with early-stage dementia at home. As part of this Innovation cheque project, the team of the Institute for Ageing Research IAF conducts a literature search, which will be translated into an interaction model together with Luma Life, aiming to…
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HealthyAge Environments - Age- and climate-friendly green spaces
We are working in co-creation with all stakeholders to develop ideas for healthy, intergenerational, and climate-friendly indoor and outdoor spaces in retirement and nursing homes. The goal is to create a modular website with practical solutions for green spaces.
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VIRAS: Accessible Shopping
The ILT Institute for Lab Automation and Mechatronics at OST is developing an autonomous shopping cart for blind and visually impaired people in close cooperation with Swiss associations for the blind. VIRAS navigates them through the store and helps identify the desired product on the shelf.
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Alfred – Testing the voice-controlled AI companion for older people
To what extent can older people in retirement homes use the voice-controlled AI companion Alfred independently and what are the possible potentials and barriers to its use?
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Creating Age-friendly Communities for Older People: A Case and Implementation Study on Ibasho
In the framework of the Japanese concept and project Ibasho (founder: Dr. Emi Kiyota), integrative, local caring communities are developed, launched, and maintained together with and by older adults.
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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
TIGA– Transformative Intergenerational Gastronomy in Eldery Care Facilities
TIGA focuses on creative impulses to bring more life to the gastronomy of elder care facilities and fosters innovative meeting places that go beyond traditional dining. The emphasis is on social participation, joy of life, and intergenerational dialogue. Together with residents, professionals, and external partners, new spaces for…
Expired Projects
General project
European Film Festival of Generations in Switzerland
The European Film Festival of Generations is being organised in Switzerland for the first time this year. The IAF Institute for Ageing Research is coordinating the organisation of individual events in the canton of St. Gallen.
Research project
Moflin
To what extent does the AI robot Moflin have the potential to be used as an instrument for activation therapies in institutions for the older people?
Service project
Growing Old in Mosnang
Assessment of the situation for a well-founded ageing policy - care situation and mood
Research project
FreiZeit (Leisure / Free Time)
Periods between encounters and without care: methodological plural explorations of the experience of persons with dementia
Research project
Tenna Hospice - Accompaniment and Documentation
"Alte Sennerei" Tenna is an innovative, civic and social housing project in the Safiental (GR).
Research project
Robotics platform
Development and implementation of an information platform for existing robotic systems in the field of care and support for ageing people
Research project
WisdomOfAge - EU-Project (AAL)
A Seniors Digital Platform for Knowledge Transfer towards Industrial Companies
Research project
HEROES - EU-Project (AAL)
Video platform for the search for care or nursing professionals for a self-determined life at home
The EU project HEROES, with international partners, aims to speed up and make more cost-effective the search for care and nursing professionals through an online platform.
Research project
Easierphone
The Easierphone app is designed to make it easier for older people to use their smartphones through simplified functions and navigation. The app can be used both individually by an older person and in tandem with the support of a carer (via remote access to the app).
Research project
Digital Skills 50+
Digital skills and training needs of people 50+
Research project
Covid-19 Ageism: Age Discrimination in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic.On the subjective experiences of people aged 65 and over in German-speaking Switzerland
Against the background of the classification of persons aged 65 and over as a risk group in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Institute for Research on Ageing investigated how persons in this age group experienced the initial months of the pandemic and what their subjective experiences of ageism were during this period.
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Successful use of service robotics in elderly care and nursing through human-centred design
The successful use of service robots in elderly care and nursing requires the consideration of different dimensions (people, technology, business, law).