Pilot Action in Slovakia

ICT Solutions & Community Development

Association of Towns and Communities of Slovakia25-26 February 2013 – Ljubljana, Slovenia

www.zmos.sk

1 Pilot – 2 Activities

Activity #1ICT solution

• Testing of tele-monitoring devices for the Elderly

• Emergency calls centre &training for users

• In Nitra

Activity #2Informal Homecare

• Training of caregivers in 2 stages

• Raising awareness amongtarget groups and promotinginformal homecare

• In Nitra & Petržalka

Nitra• 5th largest city in Slovakia• 83 thousand inhabitants

Petržalka• City district of Bratislava• 112 thousand inhabitants

Activity #1• Comparison of two different systems:

– Mobile tele-monitoring devices using modern technology

– Innovative upgrade of the existing system which enables the use of advanced peripheries

• Focused on:– Removing barriers and reducing social

exclusion– Financial sustainability and purchasing power

of target groups

Activity #1

• Goal:– Finding the most adequate system for use in

the Slovak conditions bearing in mind both sustainability and innovation

– Operation of the system after the end of the HELPS project

Activity #2• Publishing a leaflet promoting informal

homecare and raising awareness among target groups

• 20 people will be trained in providing home based care to vulnerable groups (10 from each city):– Employees of town halls and municipal

organizations responsible for the social affairs– People most familiar with local conditions and with

best access to promote the informal homecare

Activity #2• 2-stage training course:

– Workshop– Field trip

• Training course topics:1. Field social services for the Elderly – new

trends in the EU2. Foreign examples of innovative services3. Use and benefits of ICT systems4. Communication with the Elderly– Topics were consulted with participants

Plan of Implementation

• Activity #1:– Implementation & Testing – October and 1st

half of November 2013

• Activity #2:– Workshop and field trip – September 2013

Current Status

• Procurement processes for both activities are about to begin

• Participants of the training courses were already selected by the participating cities

• First meeting of LSG – this Thursday, Feb 28 in Nitra

Local Support Group

• Members:– Representatives of PP11 + PP12– Social affairs department – City of Nitra Town

Hall– Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of

Philosophy– Tele-monitoring system provider (TBD)– Interest groups

Local Support Group

• Interest groups represented by:– Volunteering Centre in Nitra– Diocese Charity in Nitra– Day Centre in City District Chrenová– Slovak Union of People with Disabilities– branch of Slovak pensioners organization

• Focused mostly on testing of the tele-monitoring devices (Activity #1)

Thank you for your attention!