nestlingproject

1. nestlingproject www.netwellcentre.org Dr Ann O’Hanlon ann.ohanlon@dkit.ie Value Ageing Transforming communities, environments and technologies for ageing-in-place

2. Netwell Centre • Dundalk is on the North east of Ireland • half way between Dublin and Belfast • On the border between N Ireland and the Republic of Ireland • Population of over 30,000 • Netwell Centre is a research centre • Based in Dundalk Institute of Technology • Multidisciplinary: psychology, social policy, engineering, environment • Postgraduate and undergraduate students

3. The ‘Nestling Project’ • The ‘Nestling Project’ is a collaborative initiative in the north east of Ireland, aimed at meeting older people’s hopes to ‘age-in-place’ in comfort and dignity. The aim is to optimise quality of life and well-being through: • a greater understanding of the lives of older people (Project 1) • more strategic service interventions (Projects 2) • use and availability of technology (Projects 3) • CAVE • Mock-up apartment • 16 unit pilot ‘aware’ homes project at Barracks St.,Dundalk. • a more supportive or age-friendly community (Projects 4)

4. NESTLING PROJECT Project 1 Older Adults Project 3 Technology Project 2 Carers/HSWs Project 2A HSWs Project 2B Intervention Project 3B Home-in-Lab Project 3A CAVE Project 3C GNH 50-64yrs 65+ Profs Louth National Family OAs Community HSWs (n=37) OAs (n=46) Others T1 T2 T3 Cultaca PHNs Vols Residential Groups Leisure Groups Health Groups Project 4 Community development: Age friendly communities

5. Study 3A – Simulated Home – CAVE`

7. “Can a 3D virtual environment effectively inform design of homes and products for older users”

8. "Can an immersive 3D virtual environment allow analysis through interaction of large scale diverse or geospatial medical data"

9. Great Northern Haven 16 Smart Homes for Ambient Assisted Living

12. Sensors Presence, Doors & windows, Alert buttons and cords, Light switches, Heating, Water, Power. Plus Health Care Devices

13. Security Fire Alarm, Access control swipe card, Intruder Alarm, Video Intercom

14. wholistic agenda ….. WHO Age-Friendly Cities Project 4 • Buildings and outdoor spaces • Housing • Transport • Respect and inclusion • Social participation • Civic participation and employment • Information and communication • Community and health services An age-friendly city encourages active ageing by optimising opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age. WHO Guide. 2008

15. important things Dundalk’s change agenda organising | learning | communicating • Sense of safety and security • Cross-generational community vitality and sustainability • Joined up services and access to better information • Environments that are considerate of seniors’ increasing frailty • Sustainable physical environments that reinforce community • Transportation – public and private • Affordability • From burden to bounty – older people as a resource • Shared spaces, places and pace

16. NESTLING PROJECT Project 1 Older Adults Project 3 Technology Project 2 Carers/HSWs Project 2A HSWs Project 2B Intervention Project 3B Home-in-Lab Project 3A CAVE Project 3C GNH 50-64yrs 65+ Profs Louth National Family OAs Community HSWs (n=37) OAs (n=46) Others T1 T2 T3 Cultaca PHNs Vols Residential Groups Leisure Groups Health Groups Project 4 Community development: Age friendly communities

17. Work Package 1: developments impacting on dignity and non-discrimination of older people • Aim: comprehensive, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral analyses of the main ICT developments impacting on dignity and non-discrimiation issues of older people • Problem definition and WP implementation plans (Netwell) • Analysis of EU policies on eInclusion and eAccessibility (CSSC) • Collection of Business Cases (QUB) • Reporting and disseminating (Netwell)

18. Human resources

19. Overall problem definition and WP implementation plans Timeframe: m1 - m6 Resources: Internal resources + 1 seconded ESR from FRONTIDA The WP implementation plans include: • an operational definition human dignity and non discrimination of older population • Goals and Objectives • Deliverables • Human resource allocation • Dissemination Plans • Transfer of Knowledge • Stakeholders • Dissemination Plan

20. Analysis of EU policies on eInclusion and eAccessibility Responsible Beneficiary:CSSC Timeframe: m6 – m12. Resources: Internal resources + 1 seconded ESR from NETWELL - Collect, compare and discuss main EC policy documents: • areas of eInclusion and eAccessibility of older population • Agenda setting: how has EC agenda been set? What are EC policy priorities in these areas? • Policy Formulation: what parties have been and are involved in policy formulation? What policy options have been considered? • Adoption: when and by whom eInclusion and eAccessibility policies have been adopted? What are their sources of legitimation? • Implementation: have stakeholders been involved in policy implementation? • Evaluation: are there mechanisms of formal or informal review of these policies? Did these policies achieve expected results?

21. Collection of Business Cases Responsible Beneficiary: QUB Timeframe: m12-24 Resources: Internal resources + 1 seconded ESR from INNOVA - The responsible beneficiary will collect and compare approx. 10 business cases concerning public and private sector projects in the field of eInclusion and eAccessibility. Data will be collected according to the following grid: • What are the specific problems addressed by the project? • What are the strategic goals of the project? • What are the project’s basic requirements? • Cost/benefit justification of the project, which should include both financial and non‐financial cost and benefits, in order to take into account also societal benefits and costs. • How does the project protect human dignity of elderly people? • How does the project oppose discrimination against older people? • Lesson learned from the project

22. Reporting and disseminating Responsible Beneficiary: NETWELL Timeframe: m24-36 Resources: Internal resources + 1 newly recruited ER - The responsible beneficiary will collect and compare the three reports generated by A1.1, 1.2, and1.3 to draft the final report of the whole WP. This draft report will be then validated through the following procedures: • Elite Interviews: the draft report will be sent to European specialists that will be then interviewed about the report. Approx. 5 elite interviews will be collected. • Stakeholder review: the draft report will be sent for review to representative of primary, secondary and tertiary stakeholder groups. • Public consultation: submitted to an online public consultation. • Further to the validation process, the main remarks and comments will be incorporated in the document along with all actors involved in the validation process: eventually the report will be finalised.

23. Dissemination The final report will be disseminated amongst the main stakeholders and EU policy makers. The main dissemination targets will be: • academic community: scientific journals, academic conferences • the policy maker community: policy meetings with European, national and • regional relevant authorities; face to face contacts; delivery of documents to appropriate offices and agencies • end user community: contacts with consumer / user associations and advocacy groups • dissemination will be documented by a final dissemination report.

24. Deliverables • M6: WP problem definition and implementation plan (NETWELL) • M12: Report on EU policies on eInclusion and eAccessibility (CSSC) • M24: Report on Business Cases (QUB) • M36: Final Report of WP1 (NETWELL) • M46: WP1 Dissemination Report (NETWELL)