New products and services to improve the wellbeing of elderly people and caregivers at home, respecting their desire to remain at home.

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Summary of the entity:

The Government of Biscay is the provincial executive body of Biscay, which is directly elected by citizens. Core competences of the Government of Biscay are full taxation power, complete development of Social Services and Economic Promotion, among others, such as culture promotion, transport, infrastructure promotion, agriculture and environment, within the wide level of autonomy of the Basque Country. The main function of the Department of Social Action (which participates in this project) is to provide service to all those in Biscay who, due to a personal, family or social situation, have difficulties in leading a dignified and full life.

Summary of the challenge:

Identify products and services that can that contribute to the well-being and quality of life of dependent people and caregivers at home, related to mobility, lifestyles, health, consumption patterns or overload of the caregiver and prevent the unwanted institutionalization of older people.

Description of the global challenge:

Identify products and services that can that contribute to the well-being and quality of life of dependent people and caregivers at home, related to mobility, lifestyles, health, consumption patterns or overload of the caregiver and prevent the unwanted institutionalization of older people.

• Identify key health and social factors – both elderly and caregivers – related to institutionalized long-term care need.
• Forecast evolution in time of the need of care, in order to anticipate the arising needs.
• Detection of key issues of lack of wellbeing to prevent high intensity of need of care and achieve higher quality of life.

Identify new products or services related to mobility, lifestyles, health, consumption patterns or overload of the caregiver.

Sub-challenges composing this experiment:

This challenge is composed of 2 sub-challenges:

• Improve the well-being of elderly people in need of care at home (REACH-2020- READYMADE-BISCAY_2.1)
• Improve the well-being of caregivers at home (REACH-2020- READYMADE-BISCAY_2.2)

Expected global results:

• Identify products and services that can that contribute to the well-being of elderly people in need of care and caregivers at home.

IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF CAREGIVERS AT HOME

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REACH-2020-READYMADE-BISCAY_2.2

Summary of the sub-challenge:

Identify products and services that can that contribute to the well-being of caregivers at home, related to mobility, lifestyles, health, consumption patterns or overload of the caregiver and prevent the unwanted institutionalization of older people.

Description of the challenge:

Identify products and services that can that contribute to the well-being of caregivers at home, related to mobility, lifestyles, health, consumption patterns or overload of the caregiver and prevent the unwanted institutionalization of older people.

• Detection of key issues of lack of wellbeing to prevent high intensity of need of care and achieve higher quality of life.
• Key health and social factors – both elderly and carers – related to institutionalized long-term care need.
• Forecast evolution in time of the need of care, in order to anticipate the arising needs

This sub-challenge will be focused on the caregivers of dependent person at home.

Data to be used:

• Dataset 1: Dependent people and their caregivers

Expected outcomes:

• Detection of key issues of lack of wellbeing to prevent high intensity of need of care and achieve higher quality of life.
• Key health and social factors – both elderly and carers – related to institutionalized long-term care need.
• Forecast evolution in time of the need of care, in order to anticipate the arising needs.