AGE Slovene member ZDUS is partner in a nation-wide project aimed to promote e-care at home. Two years after the launch of the project, its outcome is more than positive.
provided immediate help to the user when he/she needs it,- reduced the number of complications and unnecessary deaths,
- relieved family members or caregivers from stress and care related issues
- reduced costs of medical and formal home care.
Each user received a free e-care package which included user-friendly equipment: an emergency phone, bracelet, mobile movement detector (all of them equipped with an SOS button), a SIM card with a mobile plan that supports unlimited incoming and outgoing calls and data transfer for the e-care service, assistance centre services available at any time, and technical support, maintenance, servicing.
About 28.604 interventions were successfully carried out and more than 97.7% of E-care users were satisfied with the assistance provided. The project received the GoDigital 2023 award for addressing an ageing society.
The project, which has currently about 4.500 users, will be running until 30 June 2025.
photo credit: ZDUS
