2. The European Connected Health Alliance
(ECHAlliance)
2nd Health & Wellness vertical programme
The Mobile World Congress 2015,
Barcelona 3 – 4 March 2015.
3. From experimentation to routine: how to implement?
Tuesday 3 March
Ramon Sanahuja
Director de Projectes d’Innovació Social
Ajuntament de Barcelona
5. What is the problem?
Where is it a problem?
When is it a problem?
How big is the problem?
Why is it a problem?
Is the problem changing or evolving?
The challenge
8. The challenge
“ I never though that the
worst of growing older were
being alone”
Concepció. 92 years old.
9. Effects of isolation on health
• 3,5 more possibility to enter in elderly care home
• 1,9 more possibility to visit the doctor.
• 1,3 more possibility to have an Emergency
Comparing elders who live alone with elders who do not live alone:
• 3,4 more possibility to have depression.
• 1,9 more possibility to develop dementia during the following 15
years
10. Data and tendencies Life expectancy in Barcelona. 2002 to 2012.
76.7 76.9
77.7 77.1
78.3 78.3
79 79.2 79.2
80
79.9
83.7 83.8
84.8 84.4 85.4 85.2 85.2 85.3
85.9 86.2 85.7
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Years
Esperança vida Homes Esperança vida Dones
11. Data and tendencies. People over 85 years who live alone
0
2.000
4.000
6.000
8.000
10.000
12.000
14.000
16.000
18.000
20.000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Dones Homes
12. Data and tendencies. Isolation. People over 75 living alone
44,593
54,951
58,164 58,193
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
2001 2005 2011 2014
13. The challenge
Data from 2014
• 345.969 over 65 year in Barcelona
• 22 % of overall population.
• 88.606 over 65 living alone
• Among them 58.193 over 75 years living alone
Source: Statistics Office City of Barcelona
15. Strength and foster the proximity trust networks.
Reduce sense of isolation.
Increase quality of life.
Scale of up to 20.000 people in Barcelona (1/3 of people over 75
who live alone). Public policy together with the third sector.
Transfer to any city: a world with Vincles would be a better world.
The vision: outcomes
16. Over 64 or more
With chronic
condition.
Disability
Isoleted or users of social
services
The vision
52. Lessons learned: trial error methodology
• Potential for Youngsters
• Elders are more active as expected!
• Preloading is key
• The Shadow. F. ex. Set Agenda apointments
• Design is good! : Not being experience in technology it is
not a barrier
• Keep it simple
53. Lessons learned
• Need for more indicators
• Better narrative at the beginning
• Need to learn people interest and past: generate interest!
• First meeting at home is key: great potential for setting up
the network
• Its seems to reduce the sense of isolation