SHAPES dialogue workshop on digital solutions empowering older people in health and care

The workshop will be streamed simultaneously in English, Portuguese + Spanish along with International Sign and automatic transcription in English.

Digital solutions are frequently pointed out as a facilitator of empowerment, particularly regarding health and care decision-making and action. However, digital solutions are not facilitators of empowerment simply because they exist. Their conception, development, and evaluation is a complex process that requires due consideration of a number of potentially hindering factors and the involvement of a number of partners, with particular relevance for the end-users, to guarantee that the technology is adopted and, ultimately, its use results in added value in daily life. This dialogue workshop will bring together different stakeholders including older adults, SHAPES partners who have studied the complexities of empowerment including the challenges and barriers to empowerment, partners who have developed digital solutions, and stakeholders from the community with experience in deploying digital solutions. The different perspectives will give an integrated view of existing barriers and facilitators, and contribute to fostering communication between parts of a shared modulatory ecosystem, contributing to an in-depth discussion on how SHAPES can further contribute to make a difference and help older adults to have an active role in health and care decision making.