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CitizenAct - Senior Citizens, Actors in Healthy Living with Digital Tools

Spain · Barcelona · Transnational · See the Spain profile · See the Barcelona profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 97% 32/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

CitizenAct goal was to empower senior citizens with new knowledge and necessary skills about digital tools, such as wearable sensors measuring health data and solutions as mobile apps supporting healthy habits like nutrition, physical activities and sleep management that are used

Details

Maturity
Discontinued
Promoter
University of Barcelona — website
Type
Service
Status
Ended
Target groups
Elderly people
Period
2018-12-31 – 2019-12-30
Region (NUTS)
ES511
Keywords
Active ageing, digital inclusion, ICT

Context

eHealth systems, connected solutions or mobile devices play an increasing role in self-care management. These tools are becoming an essential part of innovative care systems. The initiative aimed to empower senior citizens with new knowledge and necessary skills about digital tools, such as wearable sensors measuring health data and solutions as mobile apps supporting healthy habits like nutrition, physical activity and sleep management.

Objectives

To empower senior citizens with new knowledge and necessary skills about digital tools such as wearable sensors measuring health data and mobile apps supporting healthy habits like nutrition, physical activity and sleep management.

Activities

The programme delivered local digital workshops providing ICT training and hackathon-spirit events serving as platforms for co-creation. Seniors assumed dual roles: as users of the digital tools supporting care, and as co-creators providing input for creating innovative virtual tools for senior home care.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)

Commonly funded by

Horizon Europe

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