Title: AGEING IN SOCIETY: Ambient Assisted Living in age-friendly communities
1AGEING IN SOCIETYAmbient Assisted Living in
age-friendly communities
- Author Rodd Bond M.R.I.A.I.
- Organisation Netwell Centre,
- School of Nursing, Midwifery, Health Studies
Applied Sciences - Dundalk Institute of Technology (IRL)
- Member of EU AGE Platform (expert group on UD
and IL)
2- Gathers 140 associations from 27 EU Member
States - 114 Full Members (9 European-wide organizations
and 105 national or regional-level associations) - 18 Observer Members (NGOs outside EU, regional
and local authorities, research centres etc.) - Represents 25 million older people across Europe
- Promotes and defends the interests of the 150
million older people in Europe - A network that does not stop growing!
3the background
4Levels of interdependence
Cognitive decline High use of respite
services Multiple chronic diseases
Positive views on Bio-metric security
INDEPENDENCE
LEVELS OF DEPENDENCE
CARE LEVELS
Independent at home
Need care in the home / community setting
Need care in a long term / nursing home setting
Positive views on home monitoring
HOME/COMMUNITY SETTING
LONG TERM SETTING
Service centre Independence.
LOCATION
Isolation in the home Declining functional
status Concerns with falling
5The Nestling Project
- Demonstration project around Barrack St.,
- Multi-stakeholder collaboration
- Fusion environment, technology, care model
- Evidence-base for growth and intensification
- Stimulate product/service innovation
- Foster culture of CQI in community
- Build sustainability
- Alignment with national and international
initiatives
6Incremental impact model (based on CHMC 2005)
7Extent of AAL space
8Louth within WHO Global age-friendly cities
framework
- It promotes active ageing
- The process of optimising opportunities for
health, participation and security in order to
enhance quality of life as people age (Active
Ageing A Policy framework, WHO, 2002)
- Prioritised areas
- Transportation
- Neighbourhood safety security
- engaging with primary care
- Information from trusted sources
ICT isnt a single petal or leaf, - it can
impact on, and animate almost every dimension of
older peoples experiences.
9Burden or Bounty ?
Current costs associated with the management of
acute and chronic care
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Acute Care
Vulnerable
Reducing Burden ?
Curent costs associated with long term care
Reduced independence
Well-being promotion Injury prevention
Costs allocated to prevention
Liberating Bounty ?
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Active Ageing
Community / civic engagement Person-centred
empowerment Active ageing wellness
learning Employment - participation
Costs allocated to engagement and well-being
and participation
10Which market is it ?
Public private health
Threshold of reduced independence
Vulnerable
Public health Public housing
Consumer market
Active Ageing
- Inclusion ?
- Access
- Digital literacy
Low SES
High SES
11Acceptance and use - Technology Ageing( ref
National Academy of Sciences 2005)
From a Universal Design perspective - Whats
unique about ageing and older people ?
Ageing sensory / mobility / cognitive
Communications Learning
Transportation
Living at home
Compensating and accommodating age-related
decline
Health wellness
At work and leisure
Methodological issues
Participation Longitudinal studies Multi-factorial
Context-dependent Ethical
12Some AAL Workshop feedback we need
- to achieve a better balance between technology
push and market pull in developing the sector. - to foster the organisational, process and
cultural changes necessary to meet the challenge
of personal life quality management at home. - to address interoperability in the context of
services evolution and intensification over time
- to see AAL within the broader experience of
living and positive ageing in society, in our
cities and in our communities - to consider the affectiveness (as much as the
functionality) of system and their interfaces