Subject: INVITATION: WE4AHA Thematic workshops
From: Anett Ruszanov <[email-masked]>
To: Anett Ruszanov <[email-masked]>
Cc: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Esther Davidsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 07:47:48 +0000

Dear Reference Site colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you that 13
Thematic Workshops have been awarded by the WE4AHA project. They will all take place online in October and November.

All the thematic workshops are open and please do not hesitate to forward the invitation to your contacts who might be interested.

Registration is now open for
all workshops.

Overview of upcoming Thematic Workshops:

Co-mapping
a strategy towards efficient Social Prescription for older adults in Europe

1/10/2020 @9:30 – 11:30

Social prescribing enables GPs, nurses and other primary care professionals to refer older adults to a range of non-clinical services, such as innovative person-centered designed digital solutions and citizens’ science
life-long learning initiatives for promoting Active & Healthy Ageing and supporting older adults’ independent living. This endeavor, addressed to older adults, facing mental health problems or/and socially isolation, is designed to provide social, emotional
and practical support through mental health and well-being improvement. This workshop will present person-centered approaches and ICT tools, developed in the context of H2020 EU projects, as well as different use-cases and policy status across the EU, focusing
on innovative and holistic approaches to support AHA.

Implementing
of in EIP on AHA Action Groups C2-D4 born solutions (mobile applications) to sauvegarde lives of residents in senior facilities based on example of functioning “Senior Riga” Quartier (EIP on AHA Reference site) during COVID- pandemics period

6/10/2020 @9:30 – 11:30

The Senior Coding family of developed applications tends to serve to the residents in senior facilities security options of any European country. Currently, the developed data quality standards satisfy local requirements
of Latvian legislation and are under the process of certifying digital management of standardized electronic health records in Lithuania.

Completely secured way of exchange with the applications used by other care service providers increases the interoperability and improves the smoothness of care
continuum.

The application “Senior Coding”, has been already successfully applied in Senior Riga, the EIP on AHA Reference Site in Baltics. One of the main objectives of the SAFE consortium is to identify solutions for residential
care providers that protect ageing people, and to scale-up these solutions. The Senior Coding family has been identified as one of these solutions, so the planned workshop will contribute to scale it up along up to 10 European countries, starting from Eastern
and Central Europe.

Empowerment of older persons in regions

8/10/2020 @14:00 – 16:30

Empowerment aims to increase healthy lifespan by providing tools (digital and non-digital) and create more opportunities for managing the health of older adults. Empowered senior
citizens enjoy higher independence, a greater control over their own lives and due prominence
in decision making in their communities and in the organisations they belong to. Empowerment needs infrastructure, appliance and skills, however true empowerment also requires access
to reliable and relevant health-related information as well as a connection to peers who are facing the same challenges.

Empowering older people is, without a doubt, beneficial at individual level. However, from an institutional and health and care system perspective, it is crucial. This is because chronic diseases, demographic change and unexpected
pandemics put unprecedented and constant pressure on institutional health and care organisations. Innovation helps us to seek alternative care models and supporting tools that allow the discharge of the institutional health and care from long-term and non-urgent
care needs. In reality, innovations (digital or non-digital) that are designed to serve older adults are often limited by regulations and resources (financial, human…).

The inspiring practices in empowering of senior citizens in various cultural environments are coming from Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Greece and Slovenia, altogether from 7 Reference Sites and from the Active Assisted Living
(AAL) Programme.

Frailty, falls & fractures: Assessment and management at specialised clinics/liaison
services supporting older adults – what can we learn from each other?

13/10/2020 @9:30 – 12:00

Prevention and citizen-centred health services, e.g. falls clinics and fracture liaison services, will play a crucial role in meeting the future challenges of an aging population. These services could benefit from
(digital) tools for citizen empowerment and person-centred care, by improving quality of screening and monitoring, adherence, feedback and evaluation. But what are the needs of the different organisations and how do we know what is worthwhile? Does the organisation
of preventive activities facilitate the development, uptake and implementation of evidence-based (digital) solutions?

To improve data for advancing research, disease prevention and personalised health and care different organisations must classify, label and register in comparable manners, using standardised taxonomies and interoperable
databases and devices. Which are the indicators that every organisation supporting older adults with risks of (recurrent) falls and fractures should be capable of tracking and sharing? How is this work coordinated in Europe?

Scaling up with societal impact

5/10/2020 @14:00 – 15:30

We are also organising a webinar to the Reference Sites as part of the ecosystem building process. This webinar is closed, for Reference Sites only.

The next one will be dedicated to scaling-up with societal impact.

One of the strengths of the EIPonAHA is scaling-up, deploying solutions across regions. WE4AHA project is also fostering transfer of knowledge and innovative practices between regions through twinnings.

But transferring practices by itself is not enough. The transferred/scaled-up solution should create societal impact as well and should reach end-users, professionals, older people and should increase their quality of
life.

Our inspirational speakers to kick off the discussion will be from Campania, Liguria Reference Sites and Central Denmark/Aarhus.

Please use this
registration form to sign up.

Best regards,

The WE4AHA Team

Anett Ruszanov | EU Project Manager

Direct: +32.493.34.46.35

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