Mexico City chooses Butler application to bring new technologies closer to the elderly



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## Mexico City chooses Butler application to bring new technologies closer to the elderly The softwares are developed by the UJI, the UV and the UPV

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  Mariano Alcañiz, Cristina Botella and Rosa Baños. | FOTO: ÀLEX PÉREZ

Mexico City DF has chosen Butler application, developed by three Valencian public universities (Universitat Jaume I, University of Valencia, and Polytechnic University of Valencia) to conduct a pilot study with the aim of facilitating access and the use of new technologies to the older people in the capital of Mexico.

The Butler system has participated in LLGA/Cities Pilot the Future 2013, a competition organized by *Cytymart.com* that has attracted in recent years more than 40 cities. The contest aims to find innovative solutions proposed by companies, institutions and entrepreneurs for the major social, urban and environmental challenges faced by cities, with the objective of improving citizens’ quality of life. Butler has been awarded first prize in Mexico City and has competed with other 456 technological proposals worldwide that were presented in the senior category.

Butler is an application developed within the framework of the Prometeus project of excellence funded by the Valencian Regional Government. It is led by professor Cristina Botella at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, and is directed by professor Rosa Baños at the University of Valencia and professor Mariano Alcañiz at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. The pilot study conducted in Mexico City during the next year will enable senior citizens to approach technology while the system introduces psychological techniques designed to act as protective factors and to improve their quality of life. At the same time, the data obtained will enable the research group at the three Valencian universities to conduct a study on the use and benefits that Butler can bring.

According to the researcher Cristina Botella, “the award is an important recognition at an international level of Butler’s capacity to improve the quality of life of the elderly and to educate all citizens about the possibility of a better and sustainable future based on the use of technology”. She adds that “it provides further support to an application developed in Spain to put it in touch with cities around the world”.

Butler has already proven effective in several studies, whose results have been published in numerous national and international scientific journals. At present, a pilot study is being conducted in the Senior Home in Arnedo (La Rioja) with excellent results. Another study is about to start in the Home for the Elderly in Jerez de los Caballeros (Badajoz). In addition, the system has been accepted by the European Union to be part of the action European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Aging (EIP-AHA), an outstanding initiative of European partners that aims to increase the quality of life and the health of the older people.

The programme gathers the most common Internet applications on a single platform. It has achieved that people over 60 years be able to use the Internet for themselves, even if they have never used it. Besides, one of the most important benefits of the system is that can improve the users’ mood, because it has tools that are used to learn relaxation techniques and positive psychology, thus improving the quality of life and psychological wellbeing.

Butler is currently underway and open to the public on [www.mundomayordomo.com](http://www.mundomayordomo.com).

Video: <http://blogs.uji.es/cienciatv/2013/05/29/la-ciudad-de-mexico-elige-la-aplicacion-mayordomo-para-acercar-a-los-mayores-las-nuevas-tecnologia/>

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