Tórshavnar kommuna27-02-2013

Faroe Islands

Føroyar18 islands

18 Islands

ap. 49000 people

Written language 1854

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Faroe Islands Fåreøerne Sheep Islands

FISH INDUSTRY

Home rule government in 1948

Self-governing country within the

Danish Realm

Tórshavnar kommunaTHE TOWNVILLAGES2 ISLANDS

Tórshavn•19.887 residents•2652 residents

66+

Nólsoy 445 people

Hestur 54 people

Hospital in Tórshavn (main) + 2 small

Challenges and opportunities

• The municipality shall overtake the responsibility of the elderly care 1. January 2014

• Financial challenges

• Demograhpic challenges

IS technology an option?

• Wellfare of the elderly?

• Better health services to the elderly?

• Could this project find new ways of providing services for the elderly

Technology

• Health promotion

• Prevention

Ethical challenges

• Dementia

• Chronic illnesses

• The need of professional direct contact

• Opportunities to discuss ethical issues in an early stage

Technology

• Assistant technology• E-learning• Epital• Communication

The future

• The technology has come to stay and will develope

• It is not at question of if we are going to use it

• But how we are going to use it