Gérontopôle Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mission
Support
Type of actor
Support player
Fields of intervention
Health / Social care / Social / Medical Device
Intervention zone
Regional

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.
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.
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