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( Neelie Kroes , Vice-President of the EC, 25 Jan 2011 )

Applying ICT solutions to the ageing / special needs population, a way to make welfare sustainable. ICT for Socialization, Active / Healthy Ageing City of Girona Social Cohesion Council – UdG- BCDS Research Group (José Luis Marzo , M Mercè Rovira ).

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( Neelie Kroes , Vice-President of the EC, 25 Jan 2011 )

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  1. Applying ICT solutions to the ageing / special needs population, a way to make welfare sustainable ICT for Socialization, Active / Healthy Ageing City of GironaSocial Cohesion Council – UdG-BCDSResearch Group (José Luis Marzo, M MercèRovira) (NeelieKroes, Vice-President of the EC, 25 Jan 2011) “…demography is not on our side. More than 30% of Europeans will be 65 or over in 2025. Chronic conditions are going up just as a shortage of specialists and carers emerges. …a huge care gap unless technology fills it. It means our systems are guaranteed to collapse if we do not make radical changes • EC - Innovation Partnership on Active & Healthy Ageing (Mar. 2011 • Key dimensions: • Being active locally and regionally but benefiting from global knowledge and experiences; • Focusing on implementation and tangible results to the citizens through coordinated actions; • Thinking outside of the usual channels, structures and definitions

  2. Data projections (Europe) …Not really optimistic

  3. Personal choices in case of dependency

  4. Objectives Personalisation of an intuitive, easy-to-use videoconferencing system to assist ageing / disable / chronically ill people with limited ICT experience to help ageing people to • Stay healthy, socially active, well informed, safely assisted, • At their own home, personally autonomous, for longer Activities • Identification of needs (with social/health professionals) • Description of real life scenarios within the target groups • Design, identification, personalization of appropriate ICT tools • Test with real users at every identified scenario • In depth evaluation and redesign of solutions with family, carers, and professionals

  5. Physical disability scenario activities

  6. Intellectual disability scenario activities

  7. Social rehabilitation Fundació La Sopa Centre d’Acolliment scenario activities

  8. Active and healthy ageing scenario activities

  9. Health ICS CatSalut scenario activities

  10. Loneliness prevention scenario activities

  11. Professional communication scenario activities

  12. “there are solutions out there, but... Do we have the answers?” (technology exists… do we know how to explain the needs?) Universitat de Girona (Catalonia – Spain)M Mercè Rovira - merce.rovira@udg.edu

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