Santander (EFE).- The Santander City Council participates in an innovative project to manage the frailty of older people with digital solutions and thus promote their independent life.
The Councilor for Innovation, Álvaro Lavín, highlighted in a press release the importance of this programme, which has been in progress since 2019 and which is now in its third and final phase.
Frailty is an age-related condition, affecting one in four adults over the age of 85 in Europe.
“Longevity is one of the greatest achievements of modern societies, but the quality of life of older adults in their later years can be worse due to frailty and long-term illnesses,” Lavín points out.
In Santander, people over the age of 70 represent 20% of the total population, so the City Council wants to promote their care and promote their participation in the social life of the city.
Thus, the objective of the project is to seek digital solutions for the prevention and comprehensive management of frailty in older adults.
They also want to alleviate the “budgetary pressure” of health and care services.
During the last phase of the project, which lasts one year, the developed prototypes will undergo a rigorous evaluation in real conditions.
Innovation in frailty management
The eCare project follows a rigorous evaluation process to identify and support the most effective approaches.
In December 2021, eight innovation proposals were chosen to compete in the public ideas competition, from a set of 19 offers received from consortia of international companies.
In July 2022, four of the eight selected suppliers moved to the second phase.
And for the last ten months, these vendors have dedicated their efforts to developing prototypes for the technical, social, medical, financial, and commercial viability of their solution.
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