WP4

Pilot actions

• 1 PPP for new management/financing of housing and care + involvement of neighborhood communities: PPP for integrated management and financing of housing and homecare for persons with disabilities and elderly, Trieste (IT);
• 1 Neighbourhood-based link between care and housing + design-for all adaption of 1flat: Adaptation and equipment of a sample flat for independent living of elderly and persons with disabilities, Leipzig (DE);
• 1 Formal/informal carers training: Training programmes and tools for in/formal caregivers, Debrecen/Budapest (HU);
• 1 Access to information and services : Info Point for the elderly, Ljubljana (SI);
• 1 Community development + ICT solutions: Intergenerational self-help groups and AAL support to informal care at neighborhood level, selected municipalities (SK);
• 1 Innovative needs evaluation among elderly living in the city of Brno, Brno (CZ);
• 1 AAL/ICT application: Adaptation of open AAL platforms for social re/integration, Poznan (PL);
• 1 AAL/ICT application: AAL solutions for the elderly residing in integrated supervised flats, Weppersdorf (AT).

HELPS Pilot Actions are issued from the definition of transnational socio-demographic challenges identified by Project Partners and are structured on a common methodology to produce transnational level recommendations.

HELPS Pilot Actions will help to strengthening independent and active living of aged and disabled persons by:

• focusing on community-based development;
• creating local governance platforms;
• paving the way to local action plans.