SIBIS Institut für Sozialforschung Berlin

TechnologyWell-being in Ageing Societies:
Perspectives from China, Germanyand Japan
23. – 25. October 2013, Beijing

Birgid Eberhardt(Sibylle Meyer)

Addressing Assisting Technologies
Informal and professional
Care Givers
All Employees
People with the Need ofSupport
14%

16%20%
50%
Elderly Employees (> 65)

Germany 2050
64,4 – 72,4 Mio., 80% probability

Statistisches Bundesamt (2009): 12. koordinierte Bevölkerungsvorausberechnung
G. Dobelhammer (2012): in J. W. Vaupel (Hrsg.): Demografische Forschung aus Erster Hand, Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung, Rostock
Statistisches Bundesamt (2013): ZENSUS 2011.,Wiesbaden

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Technologies in a Concert of Approaches
Easing the Societal Changes

Encourage
ment ofVolunteering

Company
HealthManagement

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Prevention
Supportfor SelfHelp

Acquisitionof Foreign
Professionals

New FormsofHabitation

Health inHigh Age

Encourageof WorkLifeBalance
Concepts

Compatibility ofFamily,
Care andJob

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What kind of technologies can contribute tosuccessful ageing and/or active ageing?
1. Basic Technologies
Communication
Technologies(wireless,cable)

Microsystem
Technology
Internet ofThings
Performing
Components
ActorsMeasuring
Components

ICT
Materials
Science

Data
Handling…

Information
Processing

Sensors
EnergyHarvesting

Location
Technologies

SemanticAnalysis
Artificial
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What kind of technologies can contribute tosuccessful ageing and/or active ageing?
Computer

2. Applied Technologies

Tablets/
Smartphones

Smart
Home
Domotic
applications

Robotics
Smart
Meter

Telemedicine
Devices

APPs

BatteryTechnology

LightEntertainment
DevicesSmart
TextilesLocal Based
Services
Household
Equipment

e-Mobility

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What kind of technologies can contribute tosuccessful ageing and/or active ageing?
3. Adoption and Services

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Services

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will come
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to help?

Individual
Individual
Rules

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person normallynormallyWhengetting up?
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What kind of technologies can contribute tosuccessful ageing and/or active ageing?
4. Design, Acceptance, Interoperability, Availability in the Market

 Solutions (including technology and services)

designed from the requirements and needs of thepotential users: Acceptance through the recognitionof the benefit!
 Interoperability is necessary for complex solutions.
 Point of Information, Point of Sale with apresentation of solutions
 Not single goods: More “Living Room” than“Bookshelves”, “Sofa”, “Arm Chairs”
 Specialized sales people With a chance to see, touch, try, smell, being
amazed, being emotional affected
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What kind of technologies can contribute tosuccessful ageing and/or active ageing?
5. Solutions for different fields

Support inDaily Life

SafetyCommunication

Handling
Diseases

SocialParticipation

Support ofRehabilitation

Mobility

Fun

Wellness
Fitness

Foster Care

Prevention

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What kind of technologies can contribute tosuccessful ageing and/or active ageing?
5. Range of Solutions
Gadgets, Devices (cheap, easy)• Orientation light• Automatically switching off Iron• e-book-readerDevices with the Need of Configuration• Systems for disorientated people (Geo fencing)• Pill/Medication dispenser

Devices with Need of Support for Installation (Craftsman)• Self extinguishing cooking stove• House automation systems, central switch off• Washlets

Devices with Need of Services• All sorts of Emergency Alarms• Telemedicine Devices
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9How do technologies affect well-being over thelife course?

 To serve over the life course solutions basedon technology have to be Modular: add components, add services
 Adaptable to changing requirements: change
configuration, add more or change to different
components
 Requirements: interoperability between components
and even services; data security and safety Development of answers to ethical questions

 Perspective for solutions: Cross Generation,
supporting the life course.
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Ambulant, Residential and Private Care Giving
Working until High Age
Bridging Missing Infrastructure

ComfortEntertainment
Wellness
Fitness

Diseases

SafetySecurity
Support(Primary-)
Prevention

SecundaryandTertiary
PreventionRehabilitation

Nursing,
Care

Residing and Living
Being mobile
Sharing Social and Cultural Life, having Fun

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PalliativeCareDrivers for Smart Technologies

SocietalChanges

Smart Cities
EnergyCosts
EnergyEfficiency

Renewable
Energies
Smart Grid

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Summary

 Approaches to deal with challenges caused by

the demographical and societal changes are
addressing not only the aged but all societalgroups.
 Major solutions are based on new or adopted
technologies, often in combination with new or
optimized services.
 Technology based solution have a better chance(acceptance, market, …) when implemented as
cross generation solutions.
 There are different driver for smart solutions
that influence each other.
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Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit
Thank you for your attention!

birgid.eberhardt@web.de

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Appendix

TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH IN
GERMANY
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Economics andTechnology…

Demografical
Change: humans
and technology
interaction

Family, Senior
Citizens, Womenand Youth

Human Services

16…

HessenFederal Ministries
Lower-Saxony

HealthEurope

Transport, Buildingand Urban
Development

Education andResearch

AAL Joint
Programme

Microsystems

Call 62013

Call 4

Call 4

Call 3

Call 2

Framework
Programmes

Call 1
2008

Horizon2020
2014 to 2020

FP7
2007-2013

FP6
2002-2006

Research Programms in Germany and Europe

Germany
State Ministries

Research Themes

 AAL Joint Programme: Themes to addressed

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Research Themes

 AAL Joint Programme: Calls
 Call 1 – Chronic Conditions: ICT for the Management andPrevention of Chronic Conditions of Older Adults
 Call 2 – Social Interaction: ICT based Solutions forAdvancement of Social Interaction of Elderly People
 Call 3 - Self-serve Society: ICT-based Solutions for
Advancement of Older Persons’ Independence andParticipation in the “Self-Serve Society”
 Call 4 – Mobility: ICT based solutions for Advancement ofOlder Persons’ Mobility
 Call 5 – Daily Life Activities: ICT-based Solutions for(Self) Management of Daily Life Activities of Older Adults
at Home Call 6 – Supporting occupation in life for older adults:
ICT-based Solutions for Supporting Occupation in Life ofOlder
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Research Themes Federal Ministries
 Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth:
Long-term care, „Intelligent Nursing Homes“,
promotion of volunteer work, multigenerational
houses Economics and Technology: Design for All,
Studies about Telemedicine, Mobility
 Transport, Building and Urban Development:
Funding program „age-appropriate renovation“,
urban redevelopment (barrier free) Health:
Aging and staying healthy; Health in high Age
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Federal Ministry of Health Funded 6 Research Networks „Health in (High)Age“ with 35 Mio.
 AMA: Autonomy with multi morbidity
 ESTER-Net: Prevention before and care withfrailty.
 KORA-Age: Develop and stay in social contacts asimportant factor for well being LUCAS: Counseling, early recognition and healthpromotion
 MultiCare: Recognition and compliance ofinteractions between single diseases
 PRISUS Study: List of medication not valid forpeople in high age

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Research Themes Federal Ministry for Education and Research:Funding Themes
 Work and Competences Health and Quality of Life Mobility and Participation
 Habitation and Safety Fostering and Support
 Municipalities and Elderly

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Research Themes Federal Ministry for Education and Research: Calls
Interdisciplinary Constitution of Competence (Open)

Adaptive, Learning Systems (Open)

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises’ Innovation (Permanent)

Central Knowledge Base for Technology Solutions (2014–2015)

Municipal Advice Center „Better Living through Technology“ (2014–2015, 25 Projects)

Elderlies‘ Technology Messengers (2013-2014, 360.000 Euro, 18 Projects

Technology Adopting to Humans (2013-2016)



Being age 60+ and in the middle of the work Live (2013-2016, 17 Mio. Euro, 12 Projects)

Tomorrow‘s Assisted Care (2012-2014, 17 Mio. Euro, 12 Projects)Being Mobile until High Age (2011-2014, 20 Mio. Euro, 14 Projects)

Humans and Technology Cooperation (2011-2014, 15 Mio. Euro, 10 Projects)Advanced Training in the Field of Age-appropriate Assisting Systems(2011-2013, 5 Mio. Euro, 9 Projects)Age-appropriate Assisting Systems for a Healthy and Independent Living(2009-2013, 45 Mio. Euro, 18 Projects)Energy-self-sufficient Mobility (2012-2016, 15 Mio. Euro)Mobile Diagnostic Systems (2010-2013, 15 Mio. Euro, 11 Projects)

Intelligent Implants (2009-2012, 15 Mio. Euro, 9 Projects)

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Research Themes Federal Ministry for Education and Research:
Accompanying Research User Dependent Innovation Barriers Concerning Ageappropriate Assisting Systems
 Legal Questions Concerning Age-appropriate Assisting
Systems
 Economic Potentials and New Business Models Concerning
Age-appropriate Assisting Systems
 Ethical Questions Concerning Age-appropriate Assisting
Systems Reasons for Referrals to Hospitals of People living in Long
Term Care Houses

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