European Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing

Design for All Workshop and ENSA Elderly and Disability thematic networks

Jan Komarek

European CommissionDG Information Society and Media

17th May 2012

Demographic Ageing – From Challenge to Opportunity

Social Necessity Major Opportunity

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From curing diseases to improved functioning

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Innovation and Ageing

Social Inclusion

PublicServices

Volunteering

Independent Living

Age FriendlyEnvironments

IntegratedCare

FlexibleWork

Prevention

How can Innovation Contribute?

• It is all about partnerships and changing mindsets

• Society: From them to us• Policy: From burden to opportunity• Industry: From long-tail to first

movers

• ICT can help achieving the Triple Win

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New Knowledge

More Years Bett

er LivesAlzheim

er’s

JPIs

Ageing well action plan

eHealth action plan

Public Health Programme

StructuralFundsEIBESF

National

funds

Deployment support

Ageing Well The EU Picture

Polic

y Ar

eas

New solutions

AAL

Proven Ideas

FP7 ICT & Ageing well

FP7 eHealth

FP7 Health

Active and Healthy Ageing Partnership

CIP ICT & Ageing well

CIP eHealth

Evidence and innovation guidelines

Research Innovation Deployment

European Innovation Partnershipon Active and Healthy Ageing

bringing together interested stakeholders from public and private

sectors

across the entire innovation value cycle

to cooperate, share same vision and aim to deliver

innovative solutions for an ageing society,

responding to their needs and demands

At scale

bringing together interested stakeholders from public and private

sectors

across the entire innovation value cycle

to cooperate, share same vision and aim to deliver

innovative solutions for an ageing society,

responding to their needs and demands

At scale

HEADLINE TARGET+2 HEALTHY LIFE YEARS

by 2020

A TRIPLE WIN FOR EUROPE

HEADLINE TARGET+2 HEALTHY LIFE YEARS

by 2020

A TRIPLE WIN FOR EUROPE

health & quality of life of European citizens, incl. older peopleImprovingImproving

long-term sustainability & efficiency of Europe’s health and social care systems

long-term sustainability & efficiency of Europe’s health and social care systemsSupportingSupporting

growth & expansion of EU industryFosteringFostering

Added value of the Partnership

FACILITATING SCALING UP & MULTIPLYING

BRIDGING GAPS &SPEEDING UP INNOVATION PROCESS

IMPROVING FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS

JOINING UPRESOURCES & EXPERTISE

Building synergies

Existing EU funding tools

AligningAligning

Use efficiencyUse efficiency

SynergiesSynergies

CoordinationCoordinationOptimisation

Optimisation

OverlapOverlap Replacement

ReplacementDuplicationDuplication

STEERING GROUP

Patients’ organisation

Programmes/ Financial Instruments

(AAL, JPI, e-health)

European Parliament Council of the EU/

Member States

Older peopleorganisation

Health Workforce

Industry (ICT, pharmaceuticals, food, medical devices, telecoms)

Regions

Hospitals/Providers

Academic/Expert

Out-of- box

InsurersFinance/

Investment

Commissioners(Health, Digital Agenda)

Steering Group

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StakeholdersStakeholders

……Workshops

Strategic Implementation Plan building

blocks

EIP specific actions

Workshops

Strategic Implementation Plan building

blocks

EIP specific actions

Developing the Strategic Implementation Plan

Prevention, screening & early diagnosis

Care & Cure Active ageing & independent living

•Health literacy, patient empowerment, ethics and adherence

•Personal health management

•Prevention, early diagnosis of functional and cognitive decline

•Guidelines for care, workforce (multimorbidity, polypharmacy, frailty and collaborative care)

•Multimorbidity and R&D

•Capacity building and replicability of successful integrated care systems

•Assisted daily living for older people with cognitive impairment

•Flexible and interoperable ICT solutions for active and independent living

•Innovation improving social inclusion of older people

Vision / Foundation•Focus on holistic and multidisciplinary approach

•Development of dynamic and sustainable care systems of tomorrow

•New paradigm of ageing

•Innovation in service of the elderly people

•Regulatory and standardisation conditions

•Effective funding

•Evidence base, reference examples, repository for age-friendly innovation

•Marketplace to facilitate cooperation among various stakeholders

Horizontal issues

Strategic Framework of the PartnershipStrategic Implementation Plan

Specific Action Falls prevention

HOW

•innovative tools for screening of risk factors

•European network of ideas, actors, programmes, good practices

•assessment tools, evidence based standards, best practice guidelines for falls prevention

AIM

• identification of risk factors of falls and injuries of older people

•reduced falls of older people

• older citizen as a co-producer of his/her own health

DELIVERABLE

•validated programmes on early diagnosis & prevention of falls in at least 10 EU countries & 15 regions

DELIVERABLE

•programmes for chronic conditions in >50 regions, available to >10% of target population

•replication/scale-up of proven & effective interested care models in at least 20 regions in 15 MSs

HOW

• scalable, reproducible organisational models for integrated care

•trainings/coaching of end-users

•evaluation mechanisms for assessment of good operational practices in integrated care models

•networks of stakeholders

AIM

• communication & integration between different health & social care providers

• reduction of avoidable & unnecessary hospitalisation of older patients

•improved performance of care systems serving older people

Specific Action Integrated care models for chronic conditions

Conclusions

• Demographic change is a major challenge but can be turned into a large opportunity through innovation

• Ageing and innovation a major priority for the EU, large investments are made (>1 Billion €)

• Join the movement and the EIP as well as the other initiatives

Thank you for your attention• EU ICT and Ageing Well Initiatives

http://ec.europa.eu/einclusion

• ICT Policy Support Programmehttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/index_en.htm

• Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programmehttp://www.aal-europe.eu/

• More Years – Better Liveshttp://www.jp-demographic.eu

• Active and Healthy Ageing Partnershiphttp://ec.europa.eu/active-healthy-ageing