Urban Health Centres Europe
News
March 17, 2017
The UHCE project will invite you to a two day event entitled “Innovation in care: How to improve quality of life and services for an ageing population?” that will take place in Brussels.
Urban Health Centres Europe
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Urban Health Centres 2.0: Integrated health and social care pathways, early detection of frailty, management of polypharmacy and prevention of falls for active and healthy ageing in European cities
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General objective
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Urban Health Centres 2.0 (UHC2.0) promote innovative integrated health and social care pathways, early detection of frailty, management of polypharmacy and prevention of falls for active and healthy ageing in European cities. The general objective is to develop, implement, and evaluate the UHC2.0 in 5 varied European cities that will act as pilot site, in order to produce and disseminate a transferable and easily implementable model for the innovative UHC2.0. The UHC2.0 should be a platform for the realisation of the priorities of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. In the whole project, a strong communication and optimal dissemination strategy will be realised.
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Expected outcome
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We aim for a reach of > 70% of older people invited for preventive care; implementation integrity of >70%; a half standard deviation (SD) improvement in measures of independence and HR-QoL; a decrease of use-of-care and costs after 14 months of follow-up compared to the baseline measurements; and finally, an appreciation by stakeholders >7 on a 1-10 scale. The project will result in a transferable and easily implementable model for UHC2.0 for integrated health and social care pathways, early detection of frailty, management of polypharmacy and prevention of falls for active and healthy ageing in European cities. A tool box with instruments and protocols and a concise policy document will be produced that contributes to the priorities of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP-AHA).
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This website arises from the project UHC2.0 which has received funding from the European Union, under the Health Programme 2008-2013. The European Commission and the Executive Agency are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained on this website
Publications
MARCH 17, 2017
The flyer of the project is available here.
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Yes, Holland is raising the retirement age very gradually: two months every year. But what we really need is a new perspective on retirement because we need more flexible tailor-made retirement arrangements to stay productive.
