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”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