Session A1 – The role and needs of informal carers in AAL

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Session A1
Working Title:	The role and needs of informal carers in AAL
Date:	26/09/2011
Time:	15.00 – 16.30
Chair:	Jackie Marshall Cyrus, Technology Strategy Board, UK
Speakers:	15:05 Licia Bocalletti, Eurocarers, Italy – “Informal Carers: what do they want from assistive technologies?” 15:20 Patrizia Di Santo, StudioCom, Italy – “Informal care networks for older people in Europe” 15:35 James Stewart, Information Society Unit, Institute for Prospective Technology Studies, European Commission Joint Research Centre “Making the users visible: Evidence for ICTs supporting family carers of dependent older people” 15:50 Sue Howard, Yorkshire Film Archive, UK – “Memory Bank – A Creative Approach to involving informal carers’ 16:05 Q&A / discussion
Room:	Leonardo
Session Content
Rationale Carers – formal and informal – play a crucial role in the support and care of older adults with chronic conditions, thus contributing to their lives and wellbeing. Informal carers are (implicitly) included in the target groups of AAL solutions, sometimes as primary end users, sometimes as secondary end users. Formal carers or care organisations are also target groups for AAL solutions but are not the subject of this track. In this session we aim to provide a forum for active learning, discussion and debate around the need to develop effective and meaningful collaboration. We will explore how we can incorporate the needs, wishes and aspirations of informal carers in the development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) based solutions to support older adults and to support people with chronic conditions, including cognitive impairments.