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e-Inclusion :: report: Developing indicators and impact assessment methodologies on ICT for Ageing Well

Developing indicators and impact assessment methodologies on ICT for Ageing Well - Results and major findings of the Exploratory Workshop held on 19 October 2009

The emerging demographic change towards an ageing population is introducing drastic changes in our society. We therefore need to find ways to motivate and assist older people to stay active for longer in the labour market, to prevent social isolation and promote societal inclusion and finally to help people stay independent for as long as possible.

There have been numerous experiments and smaller scale pilot projects developing and testing Independent living, telecare and telehealth solutions. A challenge is however still to strengthen measurement of the anticipated improved quality of life for the users and socio-economic benefits for the care systems in a scientifically acceptable way. Solid evidence on common indicators and statistically significant impact measurement methodologies are essential to convince policy makers and industry to invest further in wide deployment and uptake of solutions.

The scale and frequency of trials is now increasing due to the large interest in the ageing well domain. There is thus a strong need to align even more the individual projects' approaches, to set up mechanisms for best practice exchange on indicators and methodologies employed in order to advance comprehensiveness and ensure comparability of evidence collected to be used for meaningful policy and investment decisions.

The purpose of this workshop has been therefore to bring together relevant representatives of ongoing or planned major trials in this field, who shared knowledge and contributed with practical experience with a view to defining good practice and recommendations for the future. A major contribution came from participants in the pilot projects for ageing well launched under the European Commission's CIP ICT Policy Support Programme.

Outcome

An initial set of possible common indicators stemming from the ongoing projects and pilots work was analysed; ground-rules for constructing statistically significant impact measurement methodologies in this field were discussed and initial recommendations and guidelines for comparable future impact measurements arose from an interactive brainstorming and discussion amongst the participants.

The results are to be further taken up by a follow-up work in a form of a repository of existing relevant documents to serve as background for further discussions and intensified and structured best practice exchange. The purpose is to develop a common framework for arriving at solid and comparable evidence to facilitate policy decisions and further investment for wide deployment and uptake of solutions.

Read the report of the workshop for the full results   .

Forum

An ePractice forum has been set-up, as a place to exchange further views, approaches, documentation, with the aim to reach a structured and shared set of indicators and assessment methodologies, ensuring reliability and comparability of assessments at EU level.

Presentations

View the presentations done at the workshop:

• Presentation by the European Commission

• Presentation on the Persona & Dreaming project indicators, presentation by Marco d'Angelantonio, Coordinator, Dreaming Project, HiMsa, and Claus Nielsen, International Manager, Delta

• ISS approach on HTA within the Clear project, presentation by Mauro Grigioni, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy

• ISISMED project (Intelligent System for Independent living and self-care of SEniors with cognitive problems or Mild Dementia), presentation by Kjeld B. Olesen and  Anelia Mitseva, North Denmark EU-Office

• Long Lasting Memories project, presentation by Panos Bamidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, , Greece

• Aging well – Opportunities to Pursue EU-US Synergisms, presentation by Paolo Bonato, Harvard Medical School

Last update: 13/09/2011