Future Ageing and New Technology

Future Aging and New Technology

Tore Tennøe, DirectorThe Norwegian Board of Technology

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The Senior Tsunami – can we surf it?

2009 2020

The New Seniors

•Many, wealthy and educated

•Independent living at home

•Will they redefine ageing?

•New technology enables

– but are we up for it?

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The Double Challenge

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Utsatt sykelighet, konstant familieomsorg

Need for care workers

Body Sensors

Smart Housing

Trygghetssentral

Drift

Omsorgspersonale

Telefon, Internett

Kommunikasjon

Underholdning

Tracking Technologies

Robotics

What do people think?

3 Scenario Workshops

Social pattern:Collective

Health services

Marked basedPublic

Free choice?

National standards

HappyTogether

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Individual

Scenarios

Anne-Berit Gunnar Khalid

Scenario 1 – National standards

Scenario 2 – ”Free choice?”

Scenario 3 – ”Happy together”

What did people say?

•Care technology is ok!

•Concerns about loneliness

•Care sector wants support

•User-friendly interface and technical security essential

Our recommendations

What needs to be done?

• Care package by 2015

• Local incentives and demands

• Privacy: Consent & minimisation

• Innovation: a massive upside

• We only need £ 110 million…

A job for the municipalities

•call centres•infrastructure in new buildings

•as •pilot projects•national competence centre

What about dementia, and lack of consent ?

Consent in advance•voluntary•by GPs•changeable

Minimization and proportionalityNational guidelines are neededBuilding competence

How to protect privacy?