Funded Projects 2014-2020
Project WELD
| Project Acronym | WELD |
|---|---|
| Project Title | Tailored, situation focused digital service to support subjective wellbeing of the elderly couples in sparsely populated areas |
Summary
Old couples living in sparsely populated areas (SPAs) often are heavy users of social and health care services and they have complex, special needs in everyday life that influence their participation, physical and social activity and subjective wellbeing (SWB). In WELD project these will be tackled with novel, preventive approach. A digital service platform to empower and activate old couples physically and socially and to support their ability to participate in meaningful activities will be developed and tested. The co-creative design process will engage end-users and other stakeholders, utilizing Participation Action Research method. Public health service providers are involved and organisational learning will involve a very practical and pragmatic aspect. As a result,older couples’ need for reactive care decreases, and their accessibility to preventive services, such as respite care and group activities, improves. This will result in lower cost of public service provision in SPAs.
Objectives
The objective of the preparatory project is to develop a high quality main project application.
Lead Partner
- University of Oulu
Finland
Raija Korpelainen
phone +358 50 3125746
e-mail: raija.korpelainen@odl.fi
Partners
Project Info
| Theme Demographics (youth, senior, women, indigenous), social inclusion |
| Priority 1 Innovation |
| Objective 1.2 Increased innovation in public service provision |
| Project duration 31-08-16 to 30-01-17 |
| Total budget 45 000 EUR |
| NPA co-financing 29 250 EUR |
| Target groups regional public authority General public local public authority education/training centre and school |
| Joint Secretariat Desk Officer Ole Damsgaard |