Rese­arch and Inno­va­tion in tech­no­lo­gy for acti­ve and heal­thy age­ing. Wha­t’s next?

12/11/2020 @9:30 – 12:00

Under this COVID-19 pan­de­mic, new appro­ach for inde­pen­dent living is requ­ired. Govern­ments need to address the long-term susta­ina­bi­li­ty of social care. COVID19 has thrown into high relief the long-stan­ding chal­len­ges facing social care and the pre­ca­rio­usness of a sec­tor that has been under-valu­ed and under-fun­ded for too long. It has also given it pro­mi­nen­ce and a pla­ce in the public psy­che which means we have the basis for addres­sing the­se chal­len­ges and buil­ding a con­sen­sus not just aro­und fun­ding but aro­und the futu­re role of social care. New model for Social Care must look bey­ond the actu­al resi­den­tial care appro­ach, foste­ring new models for inde­pen­dent living in seniors. This work­shop will tac­kle this deba­te.

Ple­ase note that the regi­stra­tion deadli­ne for this work­shop is 1/11!

 

How to upsca­le the imple­men­ta­tion of digi­tal health solu­tions for the elder­ly

13/11/2020 @13:00 – 15:00

Coun­tries worl­dwi­de are facing the same demo­gra­phic chan­ges. Glo­bal­ly, the num­ber of older per­sons is gro­wing faster than the num­ber of people in all youn­ger age gro­ups. This in turn puts a stra­in on health care sys­tems and has cre­ated a gre­ater need for smart, digi­tal health solu­tions that can redu­ce the rela­ted costs atta­ched to this deve­lop­ment. The digi­tal tech com­pa­nies have sin­ce long taken up this chal­len­ge, cre­ating a lar­ge varie­ty of pro­ducts and servi­ces that can help hospi­tals. Howe­ver, many of the­se smart health servi­ces and pro­ducts could be upsca­led fur­ther. The aim of this work­shop is to shed light on and iden­ti­fy the “bot­tle­necks” and show­ca­se solu­tions for the fur­ther upsca­ling and imple­men­ta­tion of digi­tal health solu­tions for the elder­ly.

 

e‑Health and Tele­me­di­ci­ne solu­tions empo­we­ring per­son-cen­tred care: Wha­t’s been going on?

17/11/2020 @10:00 – 12:30

The­re is a gap in the appli­ca­tion of tech­no­lo­gy in Euro­pe. After the coro­na­vi­rus cri­sis, this gap has beco­me even more evi­dent. Whi­le rural are­as and the age­ing popu­la­tion were alre­ady prio­ri­ty are­as of atten­tion, the­se mon­ths have high­li­gh­ted the weak are­as that cur­ren­tly exist the sys­tem, leaving many gro­ups in vul­ne­ra­ble situ­ations. Tele­me­di­ci­ne is based on the con­cept of impro­ving and faci­li­ta­ting per­so­na­li­zed patient care, as well as impro­ving the patient’s quali­ty of life. Howe­ver… is it eno­ugh to respond to the cur­rent chal­len­ge?

In this work­shop, experts will expla­in the pro­gress and efforts of dif­fe­rent Euro­pe­an and natio­nal pro­jects to answer to the­se chal­len­ges. In addi­tion, the need to pro­mo­te exchan­ge in col­la­bo­ra­ti­ve networks will be empha­si­sed.

 

Regi­stra­tion is now open for all work­shops.