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Acknowledgment: Funded by the European Union (AI4HOPE, 101136769). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Health and Digital Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
This work was funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee [Grant No. 101136769].
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The consortium’s diversity encourages collaboration across disciplines and countries, helping partners consider the needs of people with dementia and their caregivers from multiple points of view.
Connecting People, Disciplines and Innovation
For Vera, a clinician and project partner from the University Hospital of Bonn, AI4HOPE demonstrates the value of bringing together people with different professional, personal and cultural perspectives. The consortium’s diversity encourages collaboration across disciplines and countries, helping partners consider the needs of people with dementia and their caregivers from multiple points of view.
Vera also highlights an important balance at the heart of the project: digital tools should complement, rather than replace, personal interaction. From her clinical perspective, careful evaluation and meaningful integration into existing care practices are essential if new technologies are to provide genuine, practical benefits.
“I appreciate being part of the AI4HOPE research consortium. It feels like a colourful potpourri! We are a bunch of colleagues from 13 European countries with very diverse professional, personal, and cultural backgrounds. This broadens how we think and work together. I collaborate not only with clinicians from other fields, but also with IT specialists, project managers, researchers from the natural and social sciences, and policy experts.” Projects like this really help sustain meaningful interaction across disciplines and borders!
The digital tools of AI4HOPE are supposed to support patients with dementia and their caregivers in daily life and decision-making. As a clinician, I know how challenging these situations can be. I am more of a hands-on practitioner - who highly values personal interaction – and I do have a careful take of digital tools... But interestingly, these tools may actually support patients interacting. Thorough evaluation and meaningful integration of interventions into care are essential. In that sense, our researcher potpourri is engaged in the AI4HOPE project to have practical benefits for patients and their caregivers.”
Her reflections capture AI4HOPE’s broader ambition: combining technological innovation, clinical experience and international cooperation to develop tools that are responsible, useful, and centred on the everyday needs of patients and caregivers.