CrossCare

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The need for care for the Flemish and Dutch elderly will increase tremendously in the coming years. Other developments such as the growing group of elderly people living alone, the pressure on the labour market for health care and budget constraints are major challenges. To provide solutions in the border regions, research and innovation are necessary. ‘CrossCare’ aims to encourage, steer and accelerate innovation in healthcare. The project supports the development and implementation of innovations by offering an experimental cross-border testing groundin the form of Living Labs. They give companies or care organizations the opportunity to work out in a meticulous way a successful product or service. Six experienced Living Labs (Care Ville Innovage, LiCalab, Brainport Healthy Living Lab, CIC and EIZT) join forces. Every innovation project receives the customized support of one Flemish and one Dutch lab. Each lab guides developers with new or improved care concepts, services, processes and products and gives the opportunity to test it in practice. In this way the network of CrossCare offers a wide ecosystem wherein valuable partnerships can be developed.

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