ERMES

Ecosistema urbano per l'invecchiamento attivo e in salute
Urban Ecosystem for Active and Healthy Aging

Project Description

The ERMES project aims to define and implement an innovative and inclusive urbanization model that includes the creation of a residential community for the elderly equipped with intelligent services through ICT technologies. The project is integrated with the urban fabric, social context, and health services, both local and remote, and is aimed at promoting and maintaining maximum autonomy from the perspective of active and healthy aging.

ERMES proposes an urbanization model customized based on individual needs and the specific characteristics of the urban territory, providing for the creation of autonomous living spaces in the urban community of Ginosa (CS), equipped with "intelligent" products and services and shared care and recreational spaces, integrated in a socio-health model aimed at ensuring inclusion, security, wellbeing, health and assistance for the elderly population.

Keywords

• Active and Healthy Ageing
• Urbanization
• Innovative technologies
• Social inclusion

Expected Results

• ✅ Implementation of new care strategies based on a multidisciplinary network of socio-health services
• ✅ Creation of an inclusive and sustainable ecosystem aimed at promoting elderly autonomy, prevention and management of age-related chronic diseases

Project Information

Coordinator	IRCCS INRCA
Scientific Director	Prof. Fabrizia Lattanzio
Research Area	Socio-Economic Gerontology
Total Budget	€ 4,815,000
INRCA Budget	€ 1,200,000
Duration	02/13/2023 - 02/12/2027

Project Partners

• CNR - National Research Council
• Municipality of Ginosa
• Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza [CSS] – IRCCS
• IRCCS - Fondazione Santa Lucia
• IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna
• IRCCS NEUROMED – Mediterranean Neurological Institute
• University of Florence
• Sapienza University of Rome
• University of Bologna

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System Startup (Docker)

This setup expects a local image named ermes:latest.

1) Build the ERMES image

Run from the repository root:

docker build -t ermes:latest .

2) Start the stack with Docker Compose

After building the image, choose one deployment profile.

Option A: public ports exposed (no Nginx Proxy Manager)

docker compose --profile public up -d

Option B: Nginx Proxy Manager integration

docker compose --profile npm up -d

The npm profile requires an existing external Docker network named npm-network (or the network used by your NPM instance).

3) Useful commands

View logs:

docker compose logs -f

Stop services:

docker compose down

Profile behavior summary

1. public profile

• Starts ermes-public and exposes port 3000:3000.
• Use this when ERMES is accessed directly without NPM.

2. npm profile

• Starts ermes-npm and connects it to both ermes-network and npm-network.
• Does not publish public ports for ERMES.
• Use this when traffic is routed by Nginx Proxy Manager.

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License

See LICENSE file for details.

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Project funded as part of the Active and Healthy Aging research program.