Demographic Change

Innovation, Products, Services and Growth

Silas Olsson HealthAccess

Sweden

References: European Commission, The Swedish Institute of Assistive Technology (SIAT); Swedish Family Care

Competence Centre; Västerås municipality; Industries from Sweden/Europe; and others referred to in the presentation

”Local Scenarios of Demographic Change: Policies and

Strategies for Sustainable Development, Skills and Employment”

Conference organised by:

Ministry of Regional Development in Poland, Lodzkie Voivodship

Self-Government in cooperation with the OECD

21-22 March 2013, Lodz, Poland

Some Main Characteristics of Regional Development in Sweden

• Innovation

• Entrepreneurship

• Infrastucture (Communication, Broadband, etc.)

• Competence boost for industry and public sector

• The Regions are in the lead (”decentralisation”)

• Government and Gov. Agencies give support

• Intensive on-going work right now to develop Regional Policies and Strategies for 2014-2020 in the context of EU Cohesion Structural Funds

Some Main Characteristics of Regional Development in Sweden

- EU Context (preliminary)

• Position Paper from EC – November 2012

• Eight Regions – Eight Programmes

• April – View of the Govenment

• Views from external resources like OECD

• June – Draft from the Regions

• September – Documents from the Regions

• Challenge: synergies with other programmes

• October/November – ”Partnershipagreement”

• January/February – Respons from EC

• Mid 2014 – Launch and First Calls

Demographic Trends

Source: UN World Population Prospects (2002 Revision) and Eurostat 2004 Demographic Projections (Baseline scenario)

Distribution of the population (EU25) per age group (1950 – 2050)

Technology and ICT enabled

Innovations and Solutions

(products and services) will play

a substantial role to shape the

consequences of Demographic

Ageing

Same characteristics related to informal carers (family carers) in Sweden

• Population 9.500.000 inhabitants

• 1.300.000 informal carers (family carers)

• 900.000 of the informal carers are within the working age population

• A majority of the informal carers are between 45 and 64 years old and are mostly taking care of their parents (age group 30-44 mostly care of children, and age group 65+ mostly care of spouse/partner)

• Children are, sometimes, informal carers

Ref: The National Board of Health and Welfare. Report ”Anhöriga som ger omsorg till närstående”, August 2012.

ACTION is an acronym for

Assisting Carers using Telematics Interventions

to meet Older People’s Needs.

The service was developed in 1997 by the University of Borås

together with universities and care providers in England, Northern

Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Portugal.

”Gapet” - ICT - Bridging the gap – Linking health care in regions with social care in municipalities and integrate informal carers

• Started 2009

• Carers: 16-89 years, 100 different diagnosis

• More than 2000 users

Karin 83 years old Halland

”I receive messages from children and grandchildren, it’s very pleasant, the ippi is my computer”

Social

interactions:

Communication

via smart

phones, PC,

webcams on one

end to the

normal TV set at

home on the

other end, and

vice versa.

Sten’s vision: Independence for everyone, free to eat by yourself!

10

• Controlled by the user

through finger, foot, mouth

or head control.

• Advanced movements to

reduce spilling

• Small and portable to

bring to restaurants or

outdoor

• Quite and discreet design

Photo:

Jesper Lindström

Hjälpmedelsinstitutet

Social Alarms – a sector under strategic development

Digital tools & systems open up for new services and

new integration with homecare and healthcare

Social Alarms with GPS Localizing and to support a person who lost his/her orientation

Posifon

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European Innovation Partnership:

pilot on Active & Healthy Ageing

Steering key documents:

Europe 2020, Innovation Union, Strategic Implementation Plan

Current State of Play of the EIP on AHA

• 500 commitments

• 300 leading organisations

• 1000 regions & municipalities

• 30 million citizens & 2 million of patients involved

• Marketplace more than 30000 visits and more than

650 registered users

• 1 billion euro mobilised

• 39 innovative good practices (reference sites)

• 3000 partners

Results of the Second Invitation for Commitments

• Received 310 commitments

• All 27 EU MS are more actively involved than in the first call

• In almost all new commitm. health providers are involved (circa 271)

• Public authorities (national, regional, local) are involved in 170

commitments

• SME's are involved in 130 commitments

• Large industry is involved in 79 commitments

The commitments per action group

37 39

107

68

25 34

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

A1:

Prescription

and

adherence

action at

regional level

A2:

Personalised

health

management,

starting with

a Falls

Prevention

Initiative

A3: Action for

prevention of

functional

decline and

frailty

B3:

Replicating

and tutoring

integrated

care for

chronic

diseases,

including

remote

monitoring at

regional level

C2:

Development

of

interoperable

independent

living

solutions,

including

guidelines for

business

models

D4:

Innovation for

Age-friendly

buildings,

cities &

environments

Main Message:

” See the challenges of demographic ageing (also) from the innovation and the economic

growth perspective ”

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Silas Olsson HealthAccess

Sweden

Email: silas.olsson@healthaccess.eu

Mobile: 0046-70-5800901