Technology that Cares: Quadruple Helix Cooperation and SmartLabs ways to promote technological solut

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Technology that Cares Quadruple Helix
Cooperation and SmartLabs ways to promote
technological solutions for care givers and care
receivers

• Inger Danilda, Encounter

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Points of departure

• Quadruple Helix interplay between
  academy/research, policy/public sector,
  industry/enterprises and users/consumers/citizens/
  NGOs
• Solutions promoting interplay between care givers
  and care takers in a home environment
• Interplay between the technology sector (e.g.
  engineers) and the care sector (e.g. nurses) as
  well as informal care takers - competencies,
  language, gender etc. influence communication.
• Universal access and design for all
• Rapid developments in E-health, ICT and mobile
  technology for the care sector. A modern solution
  today may be obsolete tomorrow.

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Swedish Institute for Assistive Technology

• Institute for assistive technology and
  accessibility for persons with disabilities run
  by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and
  the Association of Local Authorities and Regions
  (www.hi.se)
• Activities such as R D, test and support to
  procurement of assistive devices and capacity
  building.
• SIAT activities highlighted at the EU Conference
  on Healthy and Dignified Ageing, Sep 15-16,
  during the Swedish Presidency
• Technology for elderly 2007-2009,
  www.teknikforaldre.se/english
• SmartLab, www.hi.se/en/Swedish-Institute-of-Assist
  ive-Technology-/Smartlab

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SmartLab technology that cares

• A demonstration apartment (i.e. home environment)
• Demonstration of how technology in combination
  with personal efforts can increase security and
  well-being both for the care giver and the care
  receiver.
• Products for environment control, safety in the
  home, care in the home and communication with the
  world around.
• Focus on ICT, mobile technology and persons with
  cognitive disabilities/cognitively impaired.

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Solutions at SmartLab

• Vivago Care Watch for continuous 24 hours
  monitoring of wellbeing (innovation from Finland,
  www.vivago.fi)
• Safety in the home integrated (web-based)
  solutions for monitoring, safety, access and
  information (innovation from Sweden,
  www.alleato.se)