Post on 16-May-2015
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Virpi Kuvaja-Köllner, Anna Karttunen, Aija Kettunen and Kerstin Wessig
The EmotionAAL project has received funding from the European
Community
Started 9/2009, Duration 36 months
Partners from 3 countries
Austria: Vitaphone
Germany:
Universities from Marburg and Kassel
B Braun Melsungen,
Protestant Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt
German Retail Federation
Opsolution NanoPhotonics
German Aerospace Center
Finland: Diaconia University of Applied Sciences and ActiveSoft Ltd.
Integrated health and care concept in rural areas in Europe
that enhances self care management
new biofeedback concepts
in two pilots in rural areas in Finland and Germany
In practice for example: Health corners with web portal in village shops
Was to get information about four main themes before the pilot phase Computer using and Internet connections Interests in doing shopping or health measurements via
the computer Interests for health corners in village shops or schools Distances and use of services and care. This presentation will focus on distances and other important issues for living in the rural areas.
Was done in Finland 7/2010
Questionnaires were sent to 586 people, who were living in Pieksämäki rural areas
Over 64-years old
Response rate 50 %
Was done in Germany 5/2011
Questionnaires were sent to 600 people, who were living in Ringgau rural areas (Hessen), only 57 answers
All age groups
FINLAND GERMANY
Village centre 3 65
Near centre 10 23
Sparsely populated
areas
87 12
FINLAND GERMANY
Shop 12 3
Post office 15 5
Bank 20 4
Bus stop 6 0,5
FINLAND GERMANY
Health centre/ physician
15 4
Pharmacy 15 4
Hospital 21 18
In Finland driving license and own car! Public transport is insufficient in the
rural areas, especially during the summer holidays of schools.
In Germany the closeness of relatives. Different kinds of social and health care
systems and cultures.
The rural areas in Finland and Germany face same problems
- services die out
- distances grow longer
But…Still there is a big difference between distances in Finland and Germany…
The results are comparable only in the issues which have been presented
The aim of Emotionaal project was to support
with ICT solutions the elderly people in rural areas – but
in Finland the most thankful group has been the people from summer residences
The presence of a nurse increases the interest
to visit the health corner
The respondents in Finland prefer to do health measurements at home, not in village shop or village school
Health corner alone does not attract people, there needs to be a person present – such as a nurse!!!
The respondents did not have a lot of interest to get more services to the village shop
Respondents in Finland had the feeling that they are worse off because they are living in sparsely populated areas – the services are not offered in all areas
virpi.kuvaja-kollner@diak.fi
040-19 88 146
https://sites.google.com/site/ekylae/
http://pieksamaki.diak.fi/sosiaalitalous