Vesna Dolničar was an invited speaker at AAL Forum, which is one of the key yearly events in the fields of ambient assisted living (AAL) and Active and Healthy Ageing, organised by AAL Joint Programme, the key EU funding activity in this field (http://www.aal-europe.eu/). She was invited to be a guest speaker as a member of the CORAL European network – Community of Regions for Assisted Living (http://www.coral-europe.eu/). Key constraints on wider uptake of assistive technologies in Slovenia were presented at the Europe Health Cluster session. Mobile phones wer epresented as one of the most effective ways of mainstreaming the e-services for active and healthy ageing. Research activities of this project that can directly contribute to these aims were discussed at the AAL Forum.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 33174877Vesna Dolničar was as an adviser and expert of the European project Innovage - invited to give a presentation at the conference "Ageing population - new opportunities". Various practical steps that should be taken within future policy-making, research and development efforts in this field were discussed during her presentation. These steps include routine activities such as needs assessments studies, fostering partnerships with different stakeholders, setting specifications, and monitoring outcomes. Policy makers and service providers (such as cofunder of this research project) will also have to resolve initial implementation barriers such as funding, cost recovery, training, and implementation details.
B.04 Guest lecture
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