How can technology help elderly care in society by increasing the affectionate relations

1. Care and our Digital realities We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us McLuhan

2. Agenda Changes in society Impact on care, challenges Digital realities The future of care, solutions

3. Changes in society From 1900 to now

5. Village

6. Religion

7. Community

8. My fathers century Self-employed

9. My fathers century Self-employed No insurance

10. My fathers century Self-employed No insurance Family support

11. My fathers century Self-employed No insurance Family support Church and charity

13. Changes in my fathers lifetime Families got dispersed

14. Changes in my fathers lifetime Families got dispersed

15. Changes in my fathers lifetime Families got dispersed Increase of wealth

16. Changes in my fathers lifetime Families got dispersed Increase of wealth Welfare state

17. Changes in my fathers lifetime Families got dispersed Increase of wealth Welfare state Anonymity in cities

18. Changes in my fathers lifetime Families got dispersed Increase of wealth Welfare state Anonymity in cities Loss of public live

19. Limitless possibilities

20. More communication, less contact

21. In search of shared feelings

22. Ageing society

23. Impact on care Do we care?

24. AWBZ* New law approved 1968 Care is institutionalized People feel entitled to care Children feel no obligation Care is professionalized Explosion of costs * Algemene Wet BijzondereZiektekosten

25. Home for the elderly

26. AWBZ Great intentions Independent living, not dependent on charity Product of a social and civilized society… Side effects Dependancy on professionals, less personal Explosion of costs

27. Growth AWBZ

29. 20% lesslaborcapacitythe care gap Need of care services People delivering care

30. Twice the workload in 2025

32. Digital realities The helix of digital and physical realities

33. Mixed realities Physical and Digital

34. Digital space

35. DigitalPub

36. 750million Digital Friends

37. 751million Digital Friends

38. 752 million Digital Friends

39. 753 million Digital Friends

40. 754 million Digital Friends

41. 755 million Digital Friends

42. 756 million Digital Friends

43. Digital marketplace

44. Digital search

45. Digital hardware

46. Digital life

48. The Digital world is just as real as the physical world “Finally a Harvester to go with my Tractor on Farmville. The only problem I see with the Harvester is that it is using the same gas that you use for your Tractor.”

49. Farmville is valued at 25 Billion dollar. Their business model is selling: Digital “farming Equipment” …

50. NeelieKroes ICT radically alters how people inhabit the world, how they interact, how they perceive the world around them: indeed, it is changing what it is to be a human being in society.

51. NeelieKroes ICT radically alters how people inhabit the world, how they interact, how they perceive the world around them: indeed, it is changing what it is to be a human being in society.

52. Sherry Turkle

53. Immersion?

54. Social?

55. Communication?

56. In-dependence Dependance

57. Technology and People Digital contacts often “free” Physical contacts time consuming Mix digital and physical They strengthen each other Evolution We are learning to incorperate the digital world

58. Urban Photo collective

60. Broadcast

61. One2One

62. Community

63. Many2Many

65. mutual dependence

66. Society 3.0 Social technologies to enhance physical contacts Reduction of friction and transaction costs

67. People are willing to help Not too much limitations … Technology can help with limitations

69. Paro

71. Questions How much “treshold” do we need to create real contact How to strike the balance between obligation and voluntarily How to intertwine the digital and physical reality Good and bad Examples

72. Thank you! We shape our care And thereafter our care shapes us …