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The Healthy Ageing Ecosystem: How Digital Solutions Are Expanding Access to Care, Improving Care Delivery and Empowering Individuals

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5 May 2022


DATE:
5 May 2022 (Thursday)
TIME: 15:00 - 16:00 CEST

One’s health and functional ability is determined by multiple factors, including disease itself.  In this session, we will highlight the changes in how one receives care itself. The panel will emphasize how the use of digital tools, caregiving, multiple healthcare professional management, transportation, nutrition and exercise  are all part of 21st century integrated care approach to healthy ageing  How we approach healthy ageing objectives will also have profound impact on 21st century economic and fiscal outcomes.  This panel will use chronic diseases to highlight the needs and opportunities, including collaborative innovation across sectors.

Panellists
 

  • Mr Michael Hodin (Moderator) - CEO, Global Coalition on Ageing
  • Dr Yuka Sumi - Medical Officer, Ageing and Health, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization
  • Ms Irina Kalderon-Libal, Policy Officer, Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT), European Commission
  • Dr Hidenori Arai - President, National Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG) and Japan Gerontological Society
  • Dr Ian Philip - CEO & Founder, Age Care Technologies

Organisers

Global Coalition on Ageing

Location

Switzerland, online event, Zoom, recording available

Country / Region Focus

Global

Sector

Academia

Health Care

Other

Private Sector

UN Agency

Decade Action Areas

Integrated Care

Long-term Care

Other Information

#AddingLifeToYears, WSIS, digital technologies, digital divides, digital inclusion, digitalization, ITU

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