Activeness and interests of elderly people Case Vaasa

Activeness and interests of elderly people Case Vaasa Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Democrafics Finland /Vaasa FINLAND: -Population 5, 4 million people -Of them 2, 6 million males and 2, 8 million females, 5, 4% speak Swedish -About 900 000 (16, 7%) are over 65 VAASA: -In Vaasa 60 000 inhabitants -69% speak Finnish, 25% Swedish, 6% other languages -about 17, 1 % are over 65 Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Prognosis in Finland/Vaasa -Population projection has been made for the whole country up to 2060 and by region up to 2040 (Statistics Finland) -The number of people over 65 years old will rise up to 27% of the whole population by 2040 and to 29 per cent by 2060 Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Prognosis in Vaasa - In Vaasa : the age group 85+ will rise rapidly: 34% by year 2020, 54% by year 2025

A law to ensure the right of older persons to care according to their needs - Services must be organised so that the services are based on information on the clients needs - Service provision must be client-centered, of a high quality and secure - Individual investigation of the need for social and heath services and a service plan based on that - The decision on access to service must be made within three months - Older people should be entitled to the care and rehabilitation defined in the service plan. Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

- An employee responsible for assisting the older people is to be appointed, who will coordinate the services and be responsible that the older persons will obtain the services mentioned in the service and care plan. - Information obligation involves a new form of anticipatory supervision - The councils for older people must be set up by the local municipal authorities to monitor and influence decision-making (+ The voice of older people) Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Citizens voice/ Vaasa -the aim is to study the many-sided elements of deliberative democracy within the framework of complex health issues -people who hold diverse perspectives negotiate about public issues in a manner that they can all be heard deeper shared understanding -at the municipal level, the decisions are made only in the frame of representative democracy(elected representatives and technocratic experts) -there is a demand to give the public stronger role on tackling these difficult health care issue. Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Case studies: - The first Youth Jury in Finland was arranged in Vaasa on November 2010 - Citizen Jury for people with disabilities is working - Citizen Jury for elderly people is starting soon - This project is funded by the Academy of Finland run by The University Of Vaasa. Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

National Framework for High-Quality Services for Older People - Framework incorporates the latest national strategies in old-age policy, the earlier framework, the latest research findings and the recent changes in operating environment - It also outlines strategies for boosting quality and effectiveness in three dimensions: 1) Staffing levels, staff skills and management 2) Old-age living and environments 3) Developing the right service structure and promoting health and wellfare Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Implementation in Vaasa - Starting the internal structural change of the 24 -hour care for older people - Modifying the present three-tier 24 -hour care (enhanced care service housing, homes for older people, municipal health centre wards) towards a one-tier system of 24 -hour care - Institutional care is not replaced by institutional like solutions - The older people`s right to homelike housing and care surroundings is emphasized to lead an everyday life, even when reduced functional capacity and health require care and attention on a 24 -hour basis Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Social network /Activities - - - Elderly peoples social contacts with family, friends and other people is an important resourse for support, care and friendship The most popular hobby (74%) outside the home in Finland is to visit friends and the family. 70% of parents meet their children once a week. An important part of the elderly peoples lives in Finland is also associations and organizations Many elderly people have a cottage spending a lot of time there or they want to spend time in the forest/nature Finnish elderly people travel a lot (40%) and especially women like to go to a theatre, movies or concerts (43%) The associations and voluntary organizations help the senior citizens to influence the society, organize trips, lectures and do a lot of volunteer work Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Television and Internet activity (Finland) Results from the TV audience Measurement: (Finnpanel 2010) -average TV viewing time(hours) per day: 2: 58 -age group 65+ average: 4: 24 !!! -notice age group 10 -14: only 1: 20 -4 million TV sets in households, 51% one, 30% two sets, 10% three or more, 9% no television Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Internet activity (IAB Europe, 2010): - 98% have an internet connection at home (95 % broadband), 81% used it every day - “It has became a fundamental right” - Online activities: 89% searching information, 74% finding informationservices, products, companies, 79%reading the news - 73% was a member of an social network - Social networking weekly in the age 65+ was quite unusual (7%), monthly 21% Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Aktivointi TV (Active TV) -There already some good projects going on in Finland providing online or teleassistance services to elderly people, for example : Hyvinvointi. TV (Caring TV) and Virtual Elder Care Services on Baltic Islands -The purpose is this project is to develope new techical solutions using open source code This open source model means that it will be developed in a public collaborative, user-generated manner. -In Vaasa, students in University Of Applied Sciences participate the project by producing services and programmes to customers Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

A Regional Study on Health and Welfare - The city of Vaasa is starting to participate in a regional study on welfare and health year 2012 - The municipalities must produce a report of welfare - The study is conducted by The National Institute For Health and Welfare - The purpose is to get statistically reliable information on the´wide scale of welfare indicators - The sample size will be 3000 inhabitants in Vaasa (questionnaire) - Indicator data results can be assed also separately according to residental areas of the City of Vaasa Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

Physical activity for older people in Finland -Only 36% of older people (65 years of age or older) engage suffiently to health enhancing physical activity -About 12% of those over 65 years age take part in organized physical activities, which are mainly organized by municipalities, sports clubs and pensioners`organizations Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

-Mobility is a critical component for the maintenance of independence in old age and predece more severe disability -Individual physical activity counselling session with supportive contact has a positive effect on mobily and helps to maintain functional independence in this age group -In Vaasa, Ikäkeskus (”The Old People`s Centre”) has taken more active role in counselling Jukka Kentala 16. 9. 2011

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