How Serious Games Can Help Prevent or Delay Dementia
As populations age, dementia has become one of the most pressing health challenges of our time. While there is no cure, research increasingly points to the power of cognitive stimulation in slowing decline and improving quality of life. One particularly promising approach is the use of serious games—digital games designed not just for entertainment, but […]
Co-Creating Value with Stakeholders: COMFORTage Workshops and Exploitation Pathways
COMFORTage intends to provide a comprehensive framework to deal with dementia and frailty screening, prevention and support. The use of technologies proposed by the project brings new systemic perspectives but also complex challenges. To make sure COMFORTage solutions reflect real needs, the project organised five co-creation workshops with patients and carers, healthcare professionals, researchers, technology […]
Daily Oral Health Routine for Cognitive Wellbeing
Wellbeing is about more than just physical health—it encompasses your mental clarity, emotional balance, social connections, sense of purpose, and overall quality of life. The good news is that simple, consistent daily habits can significantly enhance wellbeing and help maintain independence and vitality, which is especially relevant to older adults. As we age, establishing a […]
Why Your Health Needs a Team
Why Your Health Needs a Team: The Power of Interdisciplinary, Comprehensive, and Personalized Care What Makes Modern Healthcare Different? Today’s healthcare challenges are more complex than ever. We’re living longer, but with more chronic conditions. Complex problems are not amenable to single-discipline investigation, especially when it comes to conditions like dementia, diabetes, and heart disease […]
COMFORTage and the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
The European Health Data Space (EHDS) is a flagship initiative of the European Union (EU) aimed at transforming the way health data is managed, shared, and utilized across member states. It is part of the broader European strategy to foster a secure, standardized, and interoperable digital single market for data while ensuring that health-related data […]
3 Days of Technical Progress, Pilot Collaboration and Responsible Innovation
COMFORTage General Assembly 2025 From 19 to 21 November 2025, the COMFORTage consortium met for a three-day General Assembly (GA). The event brought together technical teams, pilot partners and ethics specialists. It aimed to align progress, refine tools and strengthen collaboration. As a result, these three days offered a clear view of the project’s advances […]
Clinical study: challenges/co-design of pilot scenarios I
The COMFORTage project addresses the complex challenge of developing personalized and technologically advanced interventions for the prevention and management of frailty and cognitive decline in older adults. At the heart of this initiative lies a collaborative co-design approach, essential for coordinating the work of thirteen distinct yet interconnected clinical pilot studies, distributed across different levels […]
UPRC Coordinating COMFORTage
UPRC Coordinating COMFORTage: Enabling a European Vision for Healthy Ageing through Innovation and Integration The University of Piraeus Research Center (UPRC) serves as the coordinator of COMFORTage, a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action (RIA) that brings together 38 organizations from 18 countries to tackle the urgent challenges of ageing in Europe. Running from January […]
Data Modelling and Holistic Health Records (HHR): Transforming Healthcare Data Management in COMFORTage
How intelligent data modeling is revolutionizing Healthcare management through HHR standards and advanced processing pipelines The Challenge: Healthcare Data Complexity In today’s healthcare landscape, managing Holistic Health Records (HHR) data presents unprecedented challenges. Healthcare organizations struggle with fragmented data sources, inconsistent formats, and the critical need for real-time access to professional information. The COMFORTage project […]
How COMFORTage is Shaping the Future of Health Data with EHDS
As Europe moves towards a unified digital health ecosystem, the European Health Data Space (EHDS) emerges as a transformative initiative, redefining how health data is accessed, shared, and used across member states. At the heart of this transformation is COMFORTage, a forward-looking project building a secure, interoperable infrastructure tailored to the needs of Europe’s ageing […]