Project: Confident motion

Acronym	COM'ON (Reference Number: aal-2011-4-019)
Duration	01/03/2012 - 01/07/2014
Project Topic	COM’ON address the perceived orientation/navigation challenges and special needs that older persons (having mild to moderate problems with moving around) experience throughout the whole chain of travel, using public transportation. Weak or missing parts in the chain may significantly reduce the value of otherwise good services. Travelling by public transport entails a lot of uncertainties for older people. Major barriers are functional limitations as well as fear and lack of self-efficacy, making them feel insecure and avoid situations they believe exceed their coping skills . The loss of independent mobility are likely to imply poorer health and for older people to be institutionalised, resulting in increased need for health services and higher medical costs as also the ability to keep up social networks and participate in community is harmed. In European cities travel information is already accessible. However, no dedicated service exists for older people, who need additional information and assistance in order to feel confident on the move. COM’ON will take on a holistic approach to this challenge and combine the sound concept and proven rationale inherent to the Travel Plans with a personal travel assistant prototype to create a digital confident motion platform that allows for multiple mobile services supporting older persons needs for coping with outdoor mobility issues – the COM’ON service platform. Building on assistive dedicated services, COM’ON will create specific planning, sharing and on-journey services helping older persons maintain their outdoor mobility. COM’ON will exploit the assistive capability of smartphones by addressing dual-task coping issues that older persons face when managing information and navigation in public sphere. In fact using mobile phone navigation tools on the streets may be dangerous for seniors; this is why COM'ON apps will carefully respond to universal design principles.
Network	AAL
Call	Call 4 – Mobility

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
	ACTIMO		Denmark
	Business Models Inc		Netherlands
	City of Luxembourg		Luxembourg
	Concept Factory		Luxembourg
	Copenhagen Living Lab		Denmark
	Enthoven Associates Yellow Window		Belgium
	Laurea University of Applied Sciences		Finland
	Learn By Audio		Denmark
	Mobile Care and Safety Oy		Finland
	Nearparent Oy		Finland
	NIGZ		Netherlands
	The i2CAT Foundation		Spain
	Waag Society		Netherlands
	Xtel aps		Denmark