The Nursing Home of the Future

& Living Lab

Sustainable and Heathy Living Seminar

March 23, 2015, Royal Danish Embassy, Warsaw

Bent Sørensen, Municipality of Aalborg, Denmark

Elder care in Denmark

• A key component of

the Danish welfare

model

• Based on universal

rights

• In general, all

services are tax

financed

Elder care in Denmark

• The municipalities are

responsible for the

nursing homes

• There are 42 nursing

homes in the

Municipality of Aalborg

Elder care in Denmark

• Faced with the

challenge of an

ageing population

• Nursing home

residents having new

needs, demands and

desires

Integrating living lab:

• Sense stimulation

• Mobility

• Inclusion

The Nursing Home of the Future & Living Lab – a new model for nursing care – promoting the life quality of the residents

The Concept

Stimulation of the senses

• The senses form the

basis for living a

meaningful life

• The senses must be

stimulated every day,

and in a variety of ways

The Concept

The Concept

represents a quality of life in it self

Mobility

because the

residents are not

just individuals but

also social beings

The Concept

Inclusion

The Nursing Home of the Future & Living Lab

Facts: •8000 m2 & 5 stores

•75 apartments

•77 residents

•70 health professionals

Facilities: •Health Clinic & Dentist

•Fitness

•Cyber Café

•Restaurant

•Thematic Rooms

Built in 2013

The Apartment

2 rooms

Storage room

Ceiling Lift System covering

bedroom and bathroom

Sensor Floors installed in living

room and bed room

IHC/WI-FI

Wash column

Gross: 79 – 89 m2

The Apartment

The Lobby

The Cyber Café/Thematic Exhibitions

The Medical Clinic

Fitness

Public Restaurant

Themed Room ”Wellness”

Themed Room Orangery

”Hotel Areas”

Fitness

Themed Room Kitchen

Themed Room ”Library”

Multipurpose room

Themed Room ”Music” Themed Room ”Lively Activities”

Foyer

Terrace with outdoor

kitchen

Thematic rooms

The Orangery

The Sweet Kitchen

The Library

Wellness

Music Room

Communals

The Terasses

The health professionals - an interdisciplinary team

• Caretakers

• Nurses

• Occupational therapists

• Physiotherapists

• Educators

• Nutrition assistant

Phases of life

The model

illustrates the

phases of life, that

a resident of The

Nursing Home of

the Future,

tendentially, will

live through

Assistive Technologies

- an important part of the environment of

The Nursing Home of the Future

Assistive technologies

Source: Elsi Technologies

Assistive technologies

The Care Plan Tablet

Ceiling hoist

system, an ideal

solution for

effective and safe

lifting

Assistive technologies

Automatic douche toilet

with warm-water spray

and hot air dryer, height

adjustment, and tilt of

seat; thereby the user

can sit himself down

and also get up without

the aid of others

Assistive technologies

Douche toilet

Mission: to participate in the

development of knowledge,

services, and (technological)

products with in the field of

elder care

Living Lab Nursing Home of the Future

A unit within The Department

of Care for the Elderly and

Disabled, Municipality of

Aalborg

www.fremtidensplejehjem.dk