1. Living Village The Community of Care enabled by ICT
University of Twente NL
University of Geneva CH
Orbis medical and healthcare group Sittard NL

2. Rationale and vision
Aim: to prolong and support independent living for elderly citizens in their preferred environment, whilst maintaining/enhancing
Quality of care
Quality of life
Access to needed services
Despite pressures facing service provision:
greying population -> increased demand
diminishing numbers of health and care personnel -> human
resources stretched
budgetary constraints
New models for care and cure, uniting technology, social aspects, medical aspects and human interactions

3. Objective
To develop, trial, deploy and evaluate a new kind of community model based on a novel social model which cares for and empowers elderly citizens and enables them to continue to live independently and safely in their own homes longer with enhanced quality of life and social
The model gives access to all kinds of personally tailored services, including support services, information, care, health and wellbeing and entertainment supported by advanced ICT systems

4. PARC HOOGVELD
A new build development, embedded within an existing neighbourhood, designed to implement the new social model by integrating homes and a community centre, facilitating seamless availablity of community, care, health, welfare and other services.
A testbed environment for the new social and care model and the supporting ICT services

5. The LIVING VILLAGE intelligent home environment
Detects health and other emergencies and facilitates appropriate response
Supports social networking of the elderly citizen with friends, family, peers
Supports citizen centric virtual care network of professionals and informal carers
Caters for infotainment and entertainment needs of the citizen
If they are interested and able, empowers elderly citizens to use their skills and make positive contributions to society eg. by enabling informal work/mentoring/consulting

6. Personalised service mix
Personalised Care Service package
tele services
Human carers
Mobility -
Mental
Health -
Social -
Leisure
and
skills -
Chronic illnesses -
Safety,
security and welfare -
Service Platform

7. Relation between BAN, PAN, HAN and PN
doctor
buddy
HAN
nurse
family
PAN
BAN