The @geing Online innovation project aims to design, develop and evaluate a tailored application for tablet computers, focusing on the promotion of access to meaningful social activities for older adults in the Botnia region.The tailored application targets community-dwelling older adults at risk for social isolation, and will support older users' opportunities for maintaining social networks and activities on their own terms. In the design and development process, evidence-based prototypes are developed and tested in collaboration with end-users and other stakeholders in three municipalities in the project region. A social innovation approach with strong stakeholder involvement is employed throughout the project in order to ensure a product market for the planned application. The co-design process is conducted by the project partners, working closely together with the identified stakeholders, regional social and health care organizations, as well as IT companies interested in the eHealth field.The project targets small to middle-sized regional businesses that, at the end of the project, can introduce the digital solution in their product line. The project is funded by the Interreg Botnia-Atlantica 2014-2020 programme, the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, and Västerbotten County Council.Project partners: Åbo Akademi University (FI, Lead partner) Umeå University (SE), Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (FI) Project timetable:01/09/2017-31/08/2020 Project Leader:Anna K. Forsman, Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa, FinlandContact details: anna.k.forsman@abo.fi
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