JOIN-IN aims to provide a means for older
adults homebound people to escape social
isolation. Within the project JOIN-IN will
offered a variety of activities to motivate,
but also to activate the seniors: communication
by social networking, multiplayer
gaming, exergaming and virtual exercising.
The activities are accessible via PC or TV
and set-top box. The users are involved
in the project development at all stages.
Based on the assumption that social networking
can provide a means for socialising
elderly people, JOIN-IN developed:
s an extensible social and gaming (social,
cognitive and exergames) platform
for the elderly, with the infrastructure
in place to extend and enhance
the ecosystem allowing to register
additional games;
s ”Memofix” - a computer game aimed
at the older generation to maintain
and enhance cognitive abilities and
facilitate socialising;
s a biking exergame that enables users
to take part in multi- or single player
online biking trips using a home stationary
exercise bike;
s exercising videos designed and
demonstrated by physiotherapists to
allow the elderly individuals to perform
exercises safely at home;
s video conferencing that offers bilateral
or group conferences; it has been
linked to the Memofix and provides
the basis for activities which involve
a moderator.

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• Western Europe and North America

• Older persons

Many elderly people live alone and many of those suffer from social isolation. Social isolation is a major health challenge. Yet, elderly individuals affected are difficult to reach. The Join-In Consortium developed a comprehensive social networking platform for elderly citizens to encourage and support communication and socialising in elderly. Connected to the integrative platform and its portal are • ”Memofix”, a computer game aimed at the older generation to maintain and enhance cognitive abilities and facilitating socialising, which is responsive to different hardware platforms; • a biking exergame that enables users to take part in multi- or single player online biking trips using a home stationary exercise bike; • exercises including a framework to allow elderly people to perform virtual moderated exercises; • video conferencing that allows bilateral or group conferences; it has been linked to the Memofix and provides the basis for activities which involve a moderator.