AAAida Personal social network to extend the autonomy of

elderly people

Introduction

The population pyramid presents a scenario in which the elderly are a significant percentage of the population

The limit age to stand on its own is increasing

An important parameter of the quality of their welfare: personal autonomy

Families are in the dichotomy of maintaining this autonomy, in parallel with the logical concern for their day-to-day routine

Definitions

Personal autonomy

• Ability to control, manage and take, by their own initiative, personal decisions about how to live according their own preferences and develop the basic activities of daily routine (Spanish Law 39/2006 of promoting personal autonomy and care for dependent persons)

Environment

• Roles around the elderly person such as family, caregivers and the clinicians

AAAida

• Horizontal personal social network that lets you know the status of the people who worry us and concern us

Needs of elderly people and their environment

Social interaction

Elderly people feel more independent as

many years as possible

The peace of their families´

mind

The requested monitoring from caregivers and

clinicians

How to accomplish them? Sharing data

Elderly people, their families,

caregivers and the clinicians share

their data

Data collected in the context of

daily life of elderly people

Data as their habits,

medication, exercise, diet

…

Data to confirm that their lifestyle

remains consistent

Data that avoids having to constantly

be in alert

Elements: bond, measurement, data

Users have bonds •people with an intimate nexus

Bonds have measures •They can be freely created

Measures compiles data •They can be incorporated through several

ways: web, phone, sensors …

Users share bonds measurements with other users •And their data

Use case: Andrea, Pedro, Enrique and Maria

Maria

•She takes care of her parents Andrea and Pedro

Andrea, Maria’s mother

•She does not know about AAAida

•She receives as well all its benefits

Pedro, Maria’s father

•He has has lost his fear of ICT tools at 70

•He can access his data online through AAAida

Enrique, Marias’s husband

•He concerns about his parents-in-law