ICT for Ageing Well Newsletter update - 13/03/2014

13th of March 2014

In focus 7 more regions tackle care integration Seven more European regions turn to the challenge of providing better joined-up support to their older population, by bringing social care and healthcare services closer together. The BeyondSilos initiative is an EU co-funded pilot project that allows providers in seven European regions to implement and pilot integrated care services. Up to 10,000 people in Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Germany are expected to receive improved services by 2015. The services will be piloted and evaluated for a period of two years. A key role in the services will be played by different ICT tools (from home health monitoring to shared data records) that will be utilised to enable better cooperation between care professionals, family members and those receiving care. Other news Questions and Answers on "Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT" calls for proposals Horizon 2020 – Societal challenge Health, demographic change and wellbeing - Personalising Health and Care workprogramme 2014-2015 (H2020-PHC-2014-2015) contains the following 4 topics related to active and healthy ageing with ICT: PHC-19-2014: Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT: service robotics within assisted living environments PHC-20-2014: Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT: ICT solutions for independent living with cognitive impairment HCO-01-2014: Support for the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing HCO-02-2014: Joint programming: Co-ordination action for the joint programming initiative (JPI) 'more years better lives the challenges and opportunities of demographic change' The questions received by the "Digital Social Platform" unit of DG CONNECT related to these topics will be answered in this document. It will be updated regularly when new questions are received. p.m. the text of the calls: Personalising Health and Care Health Co-ordination Activities   Funding opportunities WP2014-15 Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (ICT 37) - Phase 1 2014 Support is available for a large number of early stage high risk SMEs in the ICT sector that has the ability to produce innovative products or services that will disrupt, change, or even replace existing markets. Read more... Subscription Information This is the newsletter of the ICT For Ageing Well web site on Europa. It is hosted by the Digital Agenda for Europe Newsroom. In this issue ICT For Ageing Well 7 more regions tackle care integration WP2014-15 Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (ICT 37) - Phase 1 2014 Questions and Answers on "Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT" calls for proposals (08/04/2014 — 09/04/2014) Technology, Care and Ageing: Enhancing Independence (12/05/2014 — 14/05/2014) eHealth Forum 2014 (26/03/2014) AALIANCE2 Final Conference