New technological solutions for the optimisation of indoor air quality and minimisation of airborne transmission of pathogens
Miren Iturburu
Researcher
Miren Iturburu Yarza: Licentiate in Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country in 1989. Career as a specialist and researcher for the development and innovation of printing inks in private industry (Hunolt, S.A.). In 2007, she shifted her career towards the field of ageing. She specialises in Psychosocial Intervention in Gerontology, a course taught by the Matia Institute and Lahar Elkargoa in 2009, and in 2011 earned her Master's in Ageing at the University of Murcia. Since 2007, she has been working at the Matia Gerontological Institute as a researcher on issues related to the field of the elderly and on psychosocial disabilities. She participates in and coordinates research project both in Spain and throughout Europe of different sessions such as, SaveAge, Agnes, DM2, HiSozial, Frailtek, Tourism4all and RAPP.
miren.iturburu@matia.eus
Projects
Egiten ikasi aims to design and develop innovative and contrasted pedagogical resources, based on research and developed in co-creation processes, that favor the acquisition of attitudinal and instrumental competencies for care in the framework of ACP, to promote the advancement of this care appr
QAVAD is a European Erasmus + project that, from the binomial accompaniment/care and training, seeks to promote the development or maintenance of cognitive, motor and social skills, essential for the quality of life of those people who require support and wish to remain in their homes.
The EXTENSOR project addresses a relevant problem, musculoskeletal disorders are the first cause of sick leave and represent 45.8% of the cost of occupational diseases in the Basque Country.
The main objective of the project is to research, develop and study the application of virtual reality solutions aimed at generating well-being in the elderly.
The SAREA project aims to improve child and elderly care services in Guipuzcoa and the Atlantic Pyrenees through the development of innovative models and practices that enhance the empowerment of users and families in the design of their life projects.
From a functional point of view, frailty is a state of high vulnerability in which the ability of frail elderly people to adapt to adverse events such as a fall or the flu is reduced, leading to functional deterioration and dependence.
It is a social action program based on the training of social workers to improve the quality of life of dependent elderly people and people with functional diversity. The project focuses on combining "life projects" and "care projects", providing personalized support through holistic solutions.
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Euskadi Lagunkoia is an initiative promoted by the Department of Employment and Social Policies of the Basque Government and implemented by the Fundación Matia, which aims to encourage participation by the elderly, and citizens in general, in order to improve neighbourhoods and environments in th
RAPP is a 3-year research project (2013-2016) funded by the European Commission through its FP7 programme. The RAPP project will provide an open source software platform to support the creation and delivery of robotic applications.
The increasing demand of leisure and cultural services by the segment of people with functional diversity requires tourist destinations to be prepared to provide this part of society with a service with guaranteed quality.
The ELDERBASK project, funded by the ETORTEK Programme of the Basque Government, is posed with an integrative view of technological capabilities (IK4 and TECNALIA), and geriatric are (Matia Gerontological Institute and BIOEF), and has as its ultimate goal the development of an industry and servic
Improving health care, and rising awareness about maintaining a happy lifetime, healthy aging and high standards of life quality are increasing the long life expectancy of EU citizens which is a true source of pride for the EU.
Publications
17 May 2023
Proyecto:
INCARE
17 June 2020
Proyecto:
SALTO Project (Social Animation for Life quality training and tools)
Line of Knowledge:
01 January 2020
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FRAILTEK
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04 July 2019
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21 March 2019
Miren IturburuArrieta, H., Rezola-Pardo, C., Gil, S.M., Virgala, J., Antón, I., González-Templado, V., Irazusta, Rodríguez-Larrad
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21 March 2019
Miren IturburuSanz, B., Arrieta, H., Hervás, G., Rezola-Pardo, C., Ruiz-Litago, F., Gil, S.M., Rodríguez-Larrad, A., Irazusta, J.
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04 March 2019
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10 January 2019
Miren IturburuChloe Rezola-Pardo, Haritz Arrieta, Susana María Gil, Javier Yanguas, Jon Irazusta, Begoña Sanz y Ana Rodriguez-Larrad
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01 January 2016
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01 January 2016
Miren IturburuSofia E. Reppou, Emmanouil G. Tsardoulias, Athanassios M. Kintsakis, Andreas L. Symeonidis2, Pericles A. Mitkas, Fotis E. Psomopoulos, George T. Karagiannis, Cezary Zielinski, Vincent Prunet, Jean-Pierre Merlet, Alexandros Gkiokas
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Participation in forums
Fecha: 20.05.2021
Type: Conference
Fecha: 25.09.2019
Type: Conference
Contribution: Presentation
Fecha: 12.04.2019
Type: Seminar
Contribution: Presentation
Fecha: 21.06.2018
Type: Course
Contribution: Presentation
Blog posts
On 11 and 12 December, the first meeting of the RAPP project, Robotic Applications for Delivering Smart User Empowering Applications, took place in Thess
Webinars
"Building wellbeing from the meaningful and the everyday", an event jointly organised by Zahartzaroa and Matia Fundazioa, in which a new collaborative research space will be presented, as well as the first product housed in this space, a new guide to meaningful everyday activities for people with