Gérontopôle Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Mission

Support

Type of actor

Support player

Fields of intervention

Health / Social care / Social / Medical Device

Intervention zone

Regional

This player helps you innovate in the social and medico-social sector

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What is Gérontopôle Nouvelle-Aquitaine?

The Gérontopôle NA is a public interest group financed by the Agence Régionale de Santé and the Conseil Régional Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Its main objective is to support research and innovation in the field of healthy aging.

Go to the GERONTOPOLE website

This player helps you innovate in the social and medico-social sector

Missions

  • Strengthen "public/private" innovation and research cooperations between with research, corporate and user players, and healthcare and autonomy professionals;
  • Accelerate the development and deployment of innovations co-constructed with users & professionals in the sector;
  • Enrich knowledge on uses that better respond to societal changes and the challenges of demographic transition, evaluate them in real-life situations and encourage their deployment.

I have a project. How can I get in touch with Gérontopôle NA?

For all projects related to the frail elderly, those losing their autonomy, those suffering from illness or disability, Gérontopôle NA is useful for:

  • Benefiting from a monitoring service on public policy developments on active and healthy aging in France and Europe;
  • Benefit from a Design service, exploring the real potential of new solution ideas or revealing the usage values of future solutions (user experience);
  • Access places for testing, experimenting and evaluating solutions in real-life situations throughout the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (university laboratories or private players, technology transfer centers...);
  • Benefit from assistance with the financial set-up of projects and in the search for funding;
  • Benefit from support in promoting and spreading solutions, sharing best practices, publications..., and disseminating your information (calls for projects, etc.).

At what stage of my project should I contact Gérontopôle NA?

  • In the ideation phase: from idea to non-functional prototype;
  • In the experimentation phase: testing in real-life situations up to the pre-commercial stage;
  • In the medicoeconomic evaluation phase;
  • In the phase of commercialization.

Does it finance projects?

No, but Gérontopôle NA provides support for the financial set-up of projects right through to the search for funding.

Accessible resources

The Gérontopôle NA provides a number of publications (État des lieux: prevention des chutes des personnes âgées, Annuaire régional des acteurs de la Silver économie...).

Practical guide

All the questions you need to ask about Gérontopôle NA.

24 rue Atlantis 87280 Limoges

Gérontopôle Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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