eKauri, advanced telecare for elderly people, with disabilities, or in dependency situations

admin on 17 July 2018

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eKauri, advanced telecare for elderly people, with disabilities, or in dependency situations

Association for Independent Living, Eurecat

Third-generation teleassistance that improves the quality of life for elderly people, individuals with disabilities, or those in dependent situations.

eKauri is an innovative tool for individuals who live alone or spend many hours alone at home and find themselves in some form of dependency situation. This device provides support to caregivers and family members with the aim of making the home a safer space, without compromising the privacy and independence of the person.

The system learns from the user and their environment by studying their routines and habits, in order to predict the user’s condition and anticipate future problems. eKauri adapts to each home in a personalized way through presence, lighting, and temperature sensors that monitor the attitude, behavior, and habits of the person.

Caregivers and family members receive alerts, summaries, and statistics about the data processed by the tool. Some of the functionalities include recording accessed rooms, exits from home, and sleep monitoring.

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Location

Barcelona, Catalonia

Partners / Funders

Ramon Molinas Foundation, Alzheimer Catalunya Foundation

Genesis

eKauri was implemented between January 1st and December 31st, 2017, driven by the Association for Independent Living and Eurecat. The objective is to enhance the independence of elderly people, individuals with disabilities, or those in dependency situations.

Implementation level

According to data from the INE in 2021, more than two million people over the age of 65 live alone in Spain. This figure represents a 22% increase compared to the last census in 2011. eKauri addresses this reality through tools that enhance the autonomy of users who require care at home, without the need to leave their residence.

eKauri was one of the projects selected in the Research and Innovation call by the La Caixa Foundation in 2017.

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IPS Methodology for the employment insertion of young people with mental disorders

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IPS Methodology for the employment insertion of young people with mental disorders

Fundació Joia

Pioneering methodology for employment insertion specialized in intervention with the mental health collective

The IPS methodology considers both training and job placement as part of the person’s recovery process from the very beginning. The traditional approach introduced this aspect at the end of clinical intervention with the youth. The new system prevents chronicity, facilitates recovery, and increases work motivation.

Weekly face-to-face contact between clinical professionals and job placement professionals allows for the creation of a climate of trust. In this way, workers from different fields work towards the same goal for the youth.

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Location

Catalonia

Partners / Funders

Salut Mental 9 Barris Association, 9 Barris Foundation, Civic Center Espai Jove Les Basses

Genesis

The IPS methodology was created in the United States. In 2014, it arrived in Catalonia to be applied to adults with mental health disorders. In 2015, the Joia Foundation decided to transfer the methodology to the youth population, which was heavily affected by the economic crisis that began in 2008. The pilot test in Catalonia lasted two years and was implemented in Nou Barris, the district with the highest unemployment and poverty rates in Barcelona. It had the support of the Mental Health Association 9 Barris and the 9 Barris Foundation. The location was the Civic Center Espai Jove Les Basses, a community space with extensive experience in job placement and mental health.

Implementation level

During the two years of the pilot test, 120 young people between the ages of 16 and 35 with various mental disorders were attended to. 54% successfully completed the process with quality employment contracts (lasting more than six months or indefinite). Additionally, 30% decided to pursue further education or training. The successes of the trial allowed the project to be consolidated into the Itínere Joves service, which is included among the six types of programs offered by the Joia Foundation in Barcelona and its metropolitan area.

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Fundació Joia IPS Methodology

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Radars, risk situation prevention network for the elderly

admin on 16 July 2018

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Radars, risk situation prevention network for the elderly

Ajuntament de Barcelona

Network of prevention and community action aimed at reducing the risk of isolation and social exclusion of elderly people

The Radars project helps to detect, assess, and monitor the situation of elderly people. In this way, it enables elderly individuals living alone to continue in their homes with the support of their surroundings.

Neighborhood and commercial radars are individuals who, with a respectful approach, offer support and communicate risk situations to professional services.

The project combines the active role of Social Services with the shared responsibility of neighborhood entities and services. All of this is based on a community approach that allows the development of shared processes for the detection and connection of elderly people to the community network in their neighborhood.

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Location

Barcelona, Catalonia

Partners / Funders

Municipal Institute of Social Services of Barcelona (Barcelona City Council)

Genesis

The Radars project was born in 2008 in the Camp d’en Grassot neighborhood (Gràcia). Faced with the detection, by Social Services, of cases of elderly people living alone or with limited support networks, it was decided to carry out a diagnosis of the situation and needs of this group.

Implementation level

The initiative began to be implemented citywide in 2012, specifically in 15 neighborhoods, and by 2017 it had expanded to 35. In 2022, it was introduced in the Barceloneta and Parc Vila Olímpica areas. Currently, there are inquiries to transfer it to other locations in Catalonia and Spain. The practice has had an impact on the target group, the territorial environment, and the functioning of the responsible organization.

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The relational-linking model, an innovative model of social action

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The relational-linking model, an innovative model of social action

Castell-Platja d’Aro Town Council

Foto: Ajuntament de Castell-Platja d’Aro

For several years the Castell-Platja d’Aro Town Council has applied a model, the so called relational-linking model, in its all social education programs. The model, the theoretical basis of it have been defined in recent decades, fosters a relationship between educator and student, between professional and user, and between professionals, which favors proximity and creation of links, and increases the confidence capital created by the fact of “being” rather than “doing” with the person who requests services from the municipality. The model focuses the professionals’ attention on the person and on his/her trajectory of inclusion and prioritizes the creation of l networks among professionals.

The model has been recently validated though a research project called Human Value whose results, published in March 2018, demonstrated that the model helps to improve people’s quality of life and also serves as a basis to consolidate all supporting services offered by the organization to the citizens.

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Location

Town of Castell-Platja d’Aro

Partners / Funders:

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Genesis

As a result of numerous antisocial incidents that occurred in 2008 among adolescents, different municipal services and the Catalan Government established a transversal work method that provided more flexibility to understand the problems and, at the same time, offered new ways of resolving them The participating professionals introduced a wider and horizontal vision of services’ organization and the model, which is continuously optimized, has proven to offer more options than traditional linear models.

Implementation level

The model is currently applied to all socio-educative services provided by Castell-Platja d’Aro Town Council.

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