Espaitec launches a new co-creative project to help people with Parkinson's disease and dysphagia



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## Espaitec launches a new co-creative project to help people with Parkinson's disease and dysphagia In the initiative developed in the UJI.>LAB, the Espaitec livinglab, the students of the Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development of the UJI and the Parkinson's Association of Castellón are taking part

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Espaitec, the Science and Technology Park of the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló, has launched the SPENDER project, articulated through the UJI.>LAB Challenge. This initiative has been conceived in response to the need for the use of thickener dispensers during the ingestion of food or liquids by people with Parkinson's disease with dysphagia, i.e. with difficulties when swallowing food or liquids.

Currently, people with Parkinson's disease dysphagia, when away from home, resort to carrying the drink or food previously prepared with the thickener, or use children's devices to store and dispense the thickener on the spot. For example, powdered milk dispensers for babies, which usually have some kind of screw locking mechanism, making them difficult to handle. This situation limits the inclusion of people with this pathology and conditions their life outside their home and comfort zone.

**The UJI.>LAB Challenge SPENDER**

The co-creative process between students of the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development of the Universitat Jaume I and members of the Parkinson's Association of Castellón will materialize with the design and 3D printing through the FabLab of Espaitec, the prototyping laboratory, of various models of dispensers with a simple mechanism to obtain the doses of thickener needed by people with Parkinson's disease and dysphagia. In this way, users will be able to add the thickener anywhere in an easy, discreet way, and also adapted to people with reduced mobility, always maintaining their anonymity.

**UJI.>LAB**

The UJI.>LAB, Espaitec's livinglab, is an environment for generating open and experiential innovation in which the talent of the university community and the society of the province of Castellón (citizen science) come together to co-creatively solve environmental challenges using specific methodologies.

The UJI.>LAB project has the financial support of the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI).

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