”Grandma´, may I use your iPad, please?”

Ingeborg BøBoard member EFQUEL, ICDE, SeniornetPast President EDEN, past ex. dir. NADE

Norway

EDEN Annual ConferencePorto

6 - 9 June 2012

- Openness- Friendliness- Collaboration

between generations

Trends technological development

New gadgets and devices

Personalisation

Contextualisation

Communication through social media

Globalisation - openness to the world

Public information only available on the net

Welfare technology

Life situationSeniors

Digital outsiders

Many excluded from participation in the digital society

People live longer

Better health

Many live alone

Need more help to be able to stay at home longer

More demanding

Shortage of personnel in the nursing homes

Less resources available

Younger generation

Digital natives

Live separated from older generations

Responsibility for parents and grandparents

Live their lives on the internet

New ways of communication

Demanding obligations:

careers and family

Norwegian senior-political indicators 2011

Survey: attitude towards seniors: Statement: “Employees over 50 years old are less able to master pc and ict than younger employees.”

2010 2011

Leadersagree

67% 56%

Employeesagree

67% 62%

Synovate for Center for seniorpolicy, 2011

Characteristics or stereotypes ?

Seniors Experience

Broad knowledge

Wisdom

Critical

Conservative

Reluctant to change

Old patters

Rest

Young Curious

Eager to learn

Open-minded

Radical

Unafraid of change

Playful

Why bridge the gap?Seniors Participate more actively in

modern society: banking, public information, tickets, information

Inclusion

Communication

Welfare technology

Reduce public expenses

Self sustained

More joy

Learning

Young Learn to help others

Attitude towards seniors

Respect

Learn about the past

Critical thinking

Tolerance

Conversation

More joy

Learning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZ1DJRleRE

Seniornet Norway

Goal: All seniors in the country shall be active users of the internet

2006 2012

Clubs 20 160Volunteers 100 850Employees 3 6Trained per year 1.000 >25.000Budget (NOK) 2.1 m 5.5 m

Seniornet Norway: Development

OpplæringsstederKlubber 160 stk.

Why? 26% of the polulation of Norway, 1.3 million, are above 55 years old

35% of the seniors, or435 000, have no knowledge about pc or internet

(National statistics; 2011) SSB)

Tools:

Motivate– teach- maintain

SeniorSurf dayNewspaper, home pageCollaboration with other NGOsTailormade basic training, just for seniors«Pyramide training”: Train the teachers!Training and meeting places where seniors live and meet

(seniorcentres, libraries, schools….)

Goals for 2012:

Increase the network of learningplaces with 50 new places (target 200)

Offer training and guidance to at least 25 000 seniors

Collaborate with schools

Exploit the potential of welfare technology,

Engage groups with low participation in the use of ICT, immigrants

SeniorSurf at Drømtorp Secondary School

Voluntary class: ICT Service

Recognition:

Rosingprisen 2006Awarded by the

Norwegian Computer Society

EU eInclusion Award – Ageing Well:

Finalist in Vienna in December 2008

Training camp inSpain

ICTcamp 2012

in Gausdal, Norway

SeniorSurf 2012

Opening at Drømtorp secondary school

By Rigmor AasrudMinister of governmentadministration, reform and church affairs

Similar networks in other countries

United Kingdom: UK Online Centreshttp://www.ukonlinecentres.com/

Sweden:http://www.seniornet.se/

USA:http://www.seniornet.org/

International: United generationshttp://www.unitedgenerations.org/en/40.homepage/ Denmark:http://www.aeldresagen.dk/sider/forside.aspx

Welfare technologyDignio AS is a Norwegian startup

committed to innovation in Home health care.

http://www.dignio.com/

In the perfect world..

Our senior fellow citizens are in full control of their lives. Live safely at home as long as they wish. Can contact a trained health worker whenever they want - even if it's not necessarry. Are assured that someone is watching over them if something goes wrong. Live a life to its fullest.

http://www.dignio.com/node/4

Some Projects

MobileSage http://www.mobilesage.eu/ EU AAL

The idea of MobileSage is to provide elderly people with context-sensitive, personalized and location-sensitive tools which allow them to carry out and solve everyday tasks and problems in the self-serve society when and where they occur, “just-in-time”.

Situated Adaptive Guidance for the Mobile Elderly

T&Tnet EU AAL

http://www.itfunk.org/docs/prosjekter/AAL-TTnet.htm

Travel & Transport solutions through emotional-social NET-working

T&Tnet provides solutions to help elderly get to a specific destination by making use of a different transport means, and it offers navigation and orientation adapted to the user preference in real time.

Dilemmas

Ingeborg Moreus HansenPresident of Seniornet Norway:

“Nothing can substitute the touch of a warm hand.”

Sherry Turkle, professor of the social studies of science and technology,MIT:

“Alone together.Why we expect more from technology and less from each other”Basic Books 2011

Challenges to the EDEN family

•Create content of interest for seniors•Respect informal learning•Approach seniors as an interesting target group•Create learning arenas where seniors are•Engage generation Y in learning activities for seniors

Tore Renberg: ”Grandma's Got Cable TV”

Promise

“Yes, girls, you are welcome to use my iPad, And let us play together,”Grandma