European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing

Maria Iglesia Gomez

Head of Unit

Innovation for Health and Consumers, DG SANCO

7 February 2012

Population structure by major age groups and projections, Europe

Challenge of ageing

Life Expectancy vs. Healthy Life Years (HLYs) 2009

Life Expectancy (LE) at birth 2009-2060

HLYs

at birth

LE

at birth

% of LE without disability

HLYs

at birth

LE

at birth

% of LE without disability

Men Women

60.960.9 76.476.4 79.779.7 62.062.0 82.482.4 75.275.2

Life expectancy will continue to increase...

82,4

76,4

84,5

89

Women Men

LE 2009

LE 206082,4

76,4

84,5

89

Women Men

LE 2009

LE 206082,4

76,4

84,5

89

Women Men

LE 2009

LE 2060

…yet unhealthy life years make up around 20% of a person’s life

PARADIGM SHIFT OF AGEINGFROM TO

societal challenge major opportunity

burden asset

passive care pro-active care

curing diseases improved functioning

HEADLINE TARGET

+2 HEALTHY LIFE YEARS by 2020

A TRIPLE WIN FOR EUROPE

health &quality of life of European citizens, incl. older people

Improving

long-term sustainability & efficiency of Europe’s health and social systems

Supporting

growth & expansion of EU industryFostering

Collaborative innovation

bringing together interested stakeholders from public and private

sectors

across the entire innovation value cycle

to cooperate, share same vision and aim to deliver

innovative solutions for an ageing society,

responding to their needs and demands

Added value of the EIP

FACILITATING SCALING UP & MULTIPLYING

BRIDGING GAPS &SPEEDING UP INNOVATION PROCESS

IMPROVING FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS

JOINING UPRESOURCES & EXPERTISE

BUILDING SYNERGIESExisting EU funding

Aligning Use efficiencySynergies CoordinationOptimisation

Overlap ReplacementDuplication

Strategic Framework of the EIP on AHA

Prevention, screening & early diagnosis

Care & Cure Active ageing & independent living

•Health literacy, patient empowerment, ethics and adherence

•Personal health

management

•Prevention, early

diagnosis of functional and cognitive decline

•Guidelines for care, workforce (multimorbidity, polypharmacy, frailty and collaborative care)

•Multimorbidity and R&D

•Capacity building and replicability of successful integrated care systems

•Assisted daily living for older people with

cognitive impairment

•Flexible and interoperable ICT

solutions for active and independent living

•Innovation improving social inclusion of older people

Vision / Foundation

•Focus on holistic and multidisciplinary approach

•Development of dynamic and sustainable care systems of tomorrow

•New paradigm of ageing

•Innovation in service of the elderly people

•Regulatory and standardisation conditions

•Effective funding

•Evidence base, reference examples, repository for age-friendly innovation

•Marketplace to facilitate cooperation among various stakeholders

Horizontal issues

Specific Action ADHERENCE OF PATIENTS TO TREATEMENTS

WHO

•pharmacists

•health professionals

• carers

•patients

HOW

•advanced clinical

•analytical ICT----enabled tools

•application of clinical protocols

AIM

•identification of non----adherent patients

•counselling them on the use of medication

Specific Action

FALLS PREVENTION INITIATIVE

WHO

• academia

• regulatory authorities• industry

• care providers patients• carers

HOW

•innovative tools for screening (e.g. sarcopenia)

AIM

• fall prevention for older people

• monitoring

• keeping balance functionality

• exercising

Specific Action PREVENTION OF FUNCTIONAL DECLINE & FRAILTY

WHO

• care providers

• regulatory authorities

• patients

HOW

• early diagnostic tool-set (e.g. Functional Capacity Evaluation tool)

• new medical devices

AIM

• identification of pre-frailty conditions

WHO

•care providers

• health professionals

• patients

• social carers

Replicating and Tutoring goodpractices in other regions

HOW

• standardisedsurvey tool identifying health status of mulitmorbidpatients

AIM

• integration between different health & social care providers

• avoidance of hospitalisation of older patients

Specific Action REPLICATING &TUTORING INTEGRATED CARE FOR

CHRONIC DISEASES AT REGIONAL LEVEL

Specific Action DEVELOPMENT OF INTEROPERABLE INDEPENDENT

LIVING SOLUTIONS

WHO

• regulatory authorities• industry

• venture capitalists• procurers

• patients/older people• carers

Guidelines and standards

HOW

• joined-up procurement of independent living solutions

AIM

• sustaining independence in daily life of older persons

Horizontal Action

Age-friendly cities/regions

WHO

•EC

• national authorities (MSs)• stakeholders

HOW

• reference examples

• sound and robust data and evidence

• reliable methodologies

AIM

Platforms of age friendly cities

• Implementation• Invitations for Commitment

• Reference sites

• supporting “Marketplace for innovative ideas”

• Governance• Steering Group – interim body

• Actions Groups – management & implementation of actions

• Conference of Partners – agreement & endorsement of amendments to the SIP, proposal of new actions

Invitation for commitment

� Open to all stakeholders & for at least two months

� Measurable and concrete engagement in support of an action or a group of actions

� Submission of actions via "invitation for commitment"

� Defined criteria based on the EIP principles: engagement, inclusiveness, partnership, critical mass, delivery, advocacy

� Launch upon adoption of the Communication

->Basis for identifying Action Groups to prepare a detailed Action Plan

Reference Sites

� Concrete illustrations of the evidence-based impact in real-life & partnership approach

� Based on a detailed action plan

� Built on a coalition involving various actors active in the EIP

� Willing to:

• implement a substantial part of the actions of the SIP

• perform an assessment of outcomes/impacts

• make outcomes and impact data publicly available (open data)

• cooperate with others across Europe

-> Launched via an expression of interest BUT proceeded with self-assessment

Governance Structure

Coordination meetings

Sherpas + AG (Action Group) leaders + Reference Sites

Steering Group(interim)

European Commission

Ad hoc meetings

• MS representatives•Regional networks

Conference of Partners

•All AGs’ Partners•Annual

Stakeholders(+/- 30)

Stakeholders(+/- 30)

Timetable

Adoption of the Communication 29 February

Launch of ‘invitation for commitments’ 29 February

Launch of ‘invitation for expression of intent 29 February

Stakeholder Conference 3 April

• Thank you for your attention

• http://ec.europa.eu/active-healthy-ageing

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