I work as EU Project Manager at the Grants and Innovation Office (GIO), Office of External Relations (ER). In particular, I am in charge of project development and management for large research and innovation projects funded by the European Union under Horizon 2020 and other programmes. Currently, I am focused on the Predictive Cognitive Maintenance Decision Support System (PreCoM) project (November 2017-October 2020) (www.precom-project.eu), which aims to deploy and test a predictive cognitive maintenance decision support system to improve preventive maintenance and ultimately increase in-service efficiency of machines.
Furthermore, I am Associate Researcher at the Centre for Ageing and Life-Course Studies of the Linnaeus University, contributing to advance ageing research related to healthcare, technology and social policy issues.
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
- Lamura, G., Di Rosa, M., Papa, R., Poli, A., Barbabella, F. (2019). Implications of the use of migrant care work and web-based services on family caregivers' health. International Journal of Care and Caring. 3. 97-116.
- Melchiorre, M.G., Papa, R., Rijken, M., van Ginneken, E., Hujala, A., et al. (2018). eHealth in integrated care programs for people with multimorbidity in Europe : Insights from the ICARE4EU project. Health Policy. 122. 53-63.
- Barbabella, F., Poli, A., Hanson, E., Andréasson, F., Salzmann, B., et al. (2018). Usage and Usability of a Web-based Program for Family Caregivers of Older People in Three European Countries : A Mixed-Methods Evaluation. Computers, Informatics, Nursing. 36. 232-241.
- Melchiorre, M.G., Lamura, G., Barbabella, F. (2018). eHealth for people with multimorbidity : results from the ICARE4EU project and insights from the "10 e's" by Gunther Eysenbach. PLoS ONE. 13. 1-26.
- Melchiorre, M.G., Di Rosa, M., Barbabella, F., Barbini, N., Lattanzio, F., et al. (2017). Validation of the Italian Version of the Caregiver Abuse Screen among Family Caregivers of Older People with Alzheimer's Disease. BioMed Research International.
- Struckmann, V., Barbabella, F., Dimova, A., van Ginneken, E. (2017). Integrated Diabetes Care Delivered by Patients - A Case Study from Bulgaria. International Journal of Integrated Care. 17.
- Schmidt, A.E., Ilinca, S., Schulmann, K., Rodrigues, R., Principi, A., et al. (2016). Fit for caring : factors associated with informal care provision by older caregivers with and without multimorbidity. European Journal of Ageing. 13. 103-113.
- Barbabella, F., Chiatti, C., Di Rosa, M., Lamura, G., Martin-Matthews, A., et al. (2016). Launching an interdisciplinary “International Summer School on Ageing” (ISSA) : Aims, methodology and outcomes. Educational gerontology. 42. 253-264.
- Barbabella, F., Poli, A., Andréasson, F., Salzmann, B., Papa, R., et al. (2016). A web-based psychosocial intervention for family caregivers of older people : results from a mixed-methods study in three European countries. JMIR Research Protocols. 5. 1-16.
- Barbabella, F., Chiatti, C., Rimland, J.M., Melchiorre, M.G., Lamura, G., et al. (2016). Socioeconomic Predictors of the Employment of Migrant Care Workers by Italian Families Assisting Older Alzheimer's Disease Patients : Evidence From the Up-Tech Study. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 71. 514-525.
- Lamura, G., Chiatti, C., Barbabella, F., Di Rosa, M., Papa, R. (2015). ISSA 2012 : Methodological, logistic and evaluation issues emerging from the first edition of the ISSA. Irish Ageing Studies Review. 6. 44-44.
- Chiatti, C., Barbabella, F., Di Rosa, M., Lamura, G., Martin-Matthews, A., et al. (2015). ISSA 2012 : The medium-term impact of the first ISSA in the eyes of its participants. Irish Ageing Studies Review. 6. 44-44.
- Lamura, G., Barbabella, F. (2015). Social Exclusion And Service Use Amongst Older Europeans. Irish Ageing Studies Review. 6. 38-38.
- Efthymiou, A., Vlachogiann, A., Nika, A., Barbabella, F., Poli, A., et al. (2015). Web services for Greek informal carers. Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 18. 51-53.
- Poli, A., Lancioni, C., Papa, R., Civerchia, P., Barbabella, F., et al. (2015). Promoting self-empowerment and recognition of carers’ role : Piloting the INNOVAGE-Eurocarers platform in the Italian context. Irish Ageing Studies Review. 6. 88-88.
- Andréasson, F., Hanson, E., Lancioni, C., Papa, R., Barbabella, F., et al. (2015). The INNOVAGE-Eurocarers platform and current ICT-based services for informal carers of older people in Sweden. Irish Ageing Studies Review. 6. 88-88.
- Barbabella, F., Melchiorre, M.G., Quattrini, S., Papa, R., Lamura, G. (2015). Using eHealth to improve integrated care for older people with multimorbidity : Francesco Barbabella. European Journal of Public Health. 25. 48-48.
- Barbabella, F., Melchiorre, M.G., Quattrini, S., Papa, R., Lattanzio, F., et al. (2015). Caring For People With Multiple Chronic Conditions In Italy : Policy And Practices. Irish Ageing Studies Review. 6. 71-71.
- Schmidt, A., Ilinca, S., Schulmann, K., Rodrigues, R., Principi, A., et al. (2015). Comparing caregiving patterns of older people in poor and good health in Europe. Irish Ageing Studies Review. 6. 50-50.
- Barbabella, F., Lancioni, C., Andréasson, F., Papa, R., Poli, A., et al. (2015). How web-based services can support family carers of older people : New ways to promote social inclusion and quality of life. Irish Ageing Studies Review. 6. 87-87.
- Salzmann, B., Döhner, H., Lancioni, C., Papa, R., Barbabella, F., et al. (2015). Testing the INNOVAGE-Eurocarers web platform among German carers : Challenges and potentials. Irish Ageing Studies Review. 6. 88-88.
- Efthymiou, A., Poli, A., Döhner, H., Hanson, E., Barbabella, F., et al. (2015). The role of Eurocarers in promoting web-based support services for informal carers in Europe. Irish Ageing Studies Review. 6. 88-89.
- Lamura, G., Barbabella, F. (2013). Le politiche per la cura della popolazione anziana : il quadro internazionale. I luoghi della cura. XI. 9-12.
- Barbabella, F., Di Rosa, M., Chiatti, C., Melchiorre, M.G., Lamura, G. (2013). Opportunities and challenges of migrant work in the Italian long-term care system. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 17. S133-S133.
- Di Rosa, M., Barbabella, F., Chiatti, C., Melchiorre, M.G., Lamura, G. (2013). Private employment of home care workers and use of health services by disabled older people in Italy. Euroregional Journal of Socio-Economic Analysis. 1. 33-42.
- Barbabella, F., Di Rosa, M., Lamura, G. (2013). Come opera l’assistenza domiciliare negli altri paesi europei?. Welfare Oggi. 30-34.
- Barbabella, F., Chiatti, C., Lamura, G. (2013). Increasing inclusion and participation of the young-old and the old-old. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 17. S132-S132.
- Barbabella, F., Lamura, G., Schmidt, A.E. (2013). Personnes âgées dépendantes : la technologie au service desproches soignants. Securité Sociale - CHSS. 6. 325-328.
- Lamura, G., Chiatti, C., Barbabella, F., Di Rosa, M. (2013). Current LTC challenges in Italy. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 17. S227-S227.
- Barbabella, F., Schmidt, A., Chiatti, C., Lamura, G. (2013). Impact of ICT-based interventions on family caregivers : A cross-analysis of 54 good practices in Europe. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 17. S447-S447.
- Barbabella, F., Schmidt, A., Chiatti, C., Lamura, G. (2012). A theoretical framework for assessing the impact of ICT-based interventions for carers. Gerontechnology. 11. 393-393.
- Barbabella, F., Chiatti, C., Principi, A., Lamura, G. (2011). Volontariato in età matura : opportunità, barriere e best practices per il coinvolgimento degli anziani. Quaderni Europei sul Nuovo Welfare. 16.
- Greco, C., Barbabella, F., Lucchetti, M. (2010). La promozione della salute alla sfida del web. Prospettive Sociali e Sanitarie. 14. 11-14.
- Lamura, G., Chiatti, C., Di Rosa, M., Melchiorre, M.G., Barbabella, F., et al. (2010). Migrant Workers in the Long-Term Care Sector : Lessons from Italy. Health and Ageing. 22. 8-12.
- Lucchetti, M., Chiatti, C., Greco, C., Barbabella, F. (2009). Invecchiamento demografico e invecchiamento in buona salute. Economia Marche. 1. 65-90.
Conference paper (Refereed)
- Andréasson, F., Hanson, E., Poli, A., Barbabella, F., Lancioni, C., et al. (2016). The use of on-line social network and services by family carers with high digital skills : The case of the Swedish sample. .
- Andréasson, F., Hanson, E., Lancioni, C., Papa, R., Barbabella, F., et al. (2015). The INNOVAGE-Eurocarers platform and current ICT-based services for informal carers of older people in Sweden. .
- Andréasson, F., Hanson, E., Lancioni, C., Papa, R., Barbabella, F., et al. (2015). Online support for carers : using a social forum and social network as a means of developing the role of informal caregiving. Presented at the 6th International Carers Conference - Care and caring: future proofing the new demographics, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 3-6, 2015.
- Barbabella, F., Efthymiou, A., Poli, A., Lancioni, C., Andréasson, F., et al. (2015). A multilingual web platform supporting informal carers in 27 EU member states. Broader, bigger, better: AAL solutions for Europe. Proceedings of the 6th AAL Forum 2014. 169-172.
- Barbabella, F., Chiatti, C., Masera, F., Bonfranceschi, F., Rimland, J.M., et al. (2014). Experimentation of an integrated system of services and AAL solutions for Alzheimer’s Disease patients and their caregivers in Marche : The UP-TECH project. Ambient Assisted Living : Italian Forum 2013. 157-165.
- Bevilacqua, R., Di Rosa, M., Felici, E., Stara, V., Barbabella, F., et al. (2014). Towards an impact assessment framework for ICT-based systems supporting older people : Making evaluation comprehensive through appropriate concepts and metrics. Ambient Assisted Living : Italian Forum 2013. 215-222.
- Petzold, M., Barbabella, F., Bobeth, J., Kern, D., Mayer, C., et al. (2013). Towards an Ambient Assisted Living User Interaction Taxonomy. CHI '13 Extended Abstracts of the ACM International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 49-54.
- Barbabella, F., Schmidt, A., Lamontagne-Godwin, F., Rodrigues, R., Ruppe, G., et al. (2012). Assessing the Impact of ICT-based Solutions for Carers in Europe : Preliminary Findings from the CARICT Project. Conference “Challenge Social Innovation: Innovating innovation by research – 100 years after Schumpeter”.
Book (Refereed)
- Barbabella, F. (2015). Family carers : Technology-based support services. Rome, Aracne editrice.
Chapter in book (Refereed)
- Campbell, J., Ikegami, N., Gori, C., Barbabella, F., D'amico, F., et al. (2016). How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users : a comparative snapshot. Long-term care reforms in OECD countries : Successes and failures. Bristol, Policy Press. 47-76.
- Gori, C., Barbabella, F., Campbell, J., Ikegami, N., D'amico, F., et al. (2016). How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users : changes over time. Long-term care reforms in OECD countries : Successes and failures. Bristol, Policy Press. 77-116.
- Barbabella, F., Chiatti, C., Di Rosa, M. (2015). La bussola di NNA : lo stato dell'arte basato sui dati. L'assistenza agli anziani non autosufficienti in Italia : 5° Rapporto, Un futuro da ricostruire. Rimini, Maggioli Editore. 15-33.
- Di Rosa, M., Barbabella, F., Poli, A., Balducci, F. (2015). L’altra bussola : le strategie di sostegno familiare e privato. L'assistenza agli anziani non autosufficienti in Italia : 5° Rapporto, Un futuro da ricostruire. Rimini, Maggioli Editore. 35-54.
- Barbabella, F., Chiatti, C., Di Rosa, M., Pelliccia, L. (2013). Alcuni profili dell’assistenza nelle regioni. L'assistenza agli anziani non autosufficienti in Italia : 4° Rapporto, Tra crisi e ripartenza. Rimini, Maggioli Editore. 29-43.
- Chiatti, C., Barbabella, F., Masera, F. (2013). Gli standard ed i requisiti di qualità nei servizi di assistenza residenziale. L'assistenza agli anziani non autosufficienti in Italia : 4° Rapporto, Tra crisi e ripartenza. Rimini, Maggioli Editore. 71-91.
- Barbabella, F., Chiatti, C., Di Rosa, M., Gori, C. (2013). La bussola di N.N.A. : lo stato dell'arte basato sui dati. L'assistenza agli anziani non autosufficienti in Italia : 4° Rapporto, Tra crisi e ripartenza. Rimini, Maggioli Editore. 11-28.
- Chiatti, C., Barbabella, F., Lamura, G., Gori, C. (2011). La "bussola" di N.N.A. : lo stato dell'arte basato sui dati. L'assistenza agli anziani non autosufficienti in Italia : 3° Rapporto, Il monitoraggio degli interventie il punto sulla residenzialità. Rimini, Maggioli Editore. 13-34.
- Chiatti, C., Barbabella, F., Lamura, G., Gori, C. (2010). La "bussola" di NNA : lo stato dell'arte basato sui dati. L'assistenza agli anziani non autosufficienti in Italia : 2° Rapporto, Rapporto promosso dall’IRCCS-INRCA per il Network nazionale per l’invecchiamento. Rimini, Maggioli Editore. 13-39.
Article, review/survey (Refereed)
- Papa, R., Efthymiou, A., Lamura, G., Piccinini, F., Onorati, G., et al. (2020). Review and Selection of Online Resources for Carers of Frail Adults or Older People in Five European Countries : Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. JMIR Publications, Inc. 8.
Article, book review (Refereed)
- Barbabella, F. (2014). [ Review of ] Blanche Le Bihan, Claude Martin, Trudie Knijn (eds.): Work and Care Under Pressure. Care Arrangements Across Europe. Czech Sociological Review. 50. 999-1001.
- Barbabella, F. (2013). [ Review of ] Alison Pilnick, Jon Hindmarsh, Virginia Teas Gill (Eds.): Communication in Healthcare Settings. Policy, Participation and New Technologies. Czech Sociological Review. 49. 485-487.
Conference paper (Other academic)
- Barbabella, F., Poli, A., Andréasson, F., Salzmann, B., Lancioni, C., et al. (2016). The effectiveness of a web-based psycho-social intervention for family carers of older people : a multicentre pilot study. .
Chapter in book (Other academic)
- Di Rosa, M., Barbabella, F., Poli, A., Santini, S., Lamura, G. (2017). Migrant care workers in Italian households : recent trends and future perspectives. The Routledge Handbook of Social Care Work Around the World. Routledge. 142-155.
- Barbabella, F., Di Rosa, M., Melchiorre, M.G., Lamura, G. (2016). The employment of migrant workers in Italy’s elder care : Opportunities and challenges. Ageing in Contexts of Migration. London, Routledge. 159-171.
- Chiatti, C., Di Rosa, M., Barbabella, F., Greco, C., Melchiorre, M.G., et al. (2013). Migrant care work for elderly households in Italy. Ageing in the Mediterranean. Bristol, Policy Press. 235-256.
Report (Other academic)
- Magnusson, L., Hanson, E., Larsson Skoglund, A., Ilett, R., Sennemark, E., et al. (2016). Kvalitet i äldreomsorg ur ett anhörigperspektiv. Kalmar, Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga. 106.
- Barbabella, F., Efthymiou, A., Poli, A., Döhner, H., Hanson, E., et al. (2015). Deliverable D3.2 Publication of the final implementation of the web platform. Brussels, InnovAge project, EU 7th Framework, Social Innovations promoting active and healthy ageing.
- Barbabella, F., Efthymiou, A., Lancioni, C., Döhner, H., Goodwin, F., et al. (2013). Deliverable D3.1 Report on the web-based support specification. Brussels, InnovAge project, EU 7th Framework, Social Innovations promoting active and healthy ageing.
Article, book review (Other academic)
- Barbabella, F. (2014). [ Review of ] Blanche Le Bihan, Claude Martin and Trudie Knijn (eds.) : Work and Care Under Pressure. Care Arrangements Across Europe. Amsterdam 2013: Amsterdam University Press, 197 pp. Czech Sociological Review. 6. 999-1001.
- Barbabella, F. (2013). [ Review of ] Alison Pilnick, Jon Hindmarsh, Virginia Teas Gill (eds.) : Communication in Healthcare Settings. Policy, Participation and New Technologies. Czech Sociological Review. 3. 485-487.
Book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
- Lamura, G., Chiatti, C., Barbabella, F., Di Rosa, M. (2014). Filling the gap in long-term professional care through systematic migration policies : Synthesis Report. Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union.
- Carretero, S., Stewart, J., Centeno, C., Barbabella, F., Schmidt, A., et al. (2012). Can Technology-based Services support Long-term Care Challenges in Home Care? : Analysis of evidence from social innovation good practices across the EU : CARICT project summary report. Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union.
Report (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
- Carretero, S., Stewart, J., Centeno, C., Barbabella, F., Schmidt, A., et al. (2012). Can Technology-based Services support Long-term Care Challenges in Home Care? : Analysis of Evidence from Social Innovation Good Practices across the EU: CARICT Project Summary Report. Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union. 108.