A narrative approach to improve citizens' ageing and well-being
Care for seniors can improve if their carers understand their personal stories. CCentre uses seniors’ narratives as the basis of its education for health professionals.
CCentre turns the personal stories of seniors into material for a narrative-based educational programme to train healthcare and welfare professionals. This results in training that places citizens’ desires and needs at the core of healthcare. The story-based approach ensures that professionals understand the lives of seniors better, so that they can provide more efficient and fitting healthcare services. When professionals go beyond clinical records and protocols, complementing technical knowledge with human treatment, the overall treatment improves. This innovative educational format was conceived and developed in 2018 and piloted in Barcelona and Copenhagen in 2019. In 2020 it will be made available to the public through a capacity-building digital platform backed by an international advisory board.
Partners

CLC/InnoStars: Belgium-Netherlands
Partner classification: Business
Partner type: Core Partner
Insurance company since 1811 with co-operative background. We serve about 8 million customers in 6 in Europe countries and in Australia. Gross written premium was 20 billion in 2013. There are 15,000 employees in The Netherlans and 4,000 elsewhere.
Achmea Insurance Company
Achmea Insurance Company, Handelsweg 2, 3707 NH Zeist, Netherlands
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Payers


CLC/InnoStars: France
Partner classification: Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs
Partner type: Associate Partner
E-Seniors is an NGO whose objective is to bridge the digital divide by providing seniors with training on ICT. In research projects the association represents the end-users and has the role to test innovative solutions for active and healthy ageing
Association E-Seniors
Association E-Seniors, 19 Cité de Phalsbourg, 75011 Paris, France
Key Activities in Business Creation
Business coaching, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: Belgium-Netherlands
Partner classification: Education
Partner type: Associate Partner
Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing is a knowledge center that pursues innovation, provides education and conducts research in the field of human ageing and vitality. Our mission is to promote and improve the quality of life for the elderly.
Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing
Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333 Leiden, Netherlands


CLC/InnoStars: UK-Ireland
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
Newcastle University has always focused on academic excellence and the impact of their academic work. They seek to address some of the key global societal issues through research in 3 areas: ageing; social renewal; sustainability. Newcastle University collaborates with a range of partners and strategic initiatives. These partnerships help to extend the University’s influence and reinforce their ties with the city, the region and beyond.
Newcastle University
Newcastle University, Newcastle Biomedical Research Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, ICT
Key Activities in Business Creation
Finance & Investment, Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Business Schools, Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Medical faculties


CLC/InnoStars: Spain
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core partner
The main research areas related to EIT Health at the University of Barcelona are: life and medical sciences, the experimental sciences (physics, mathematics, geology and chemistry), economics, business, law, humanities and educational and behavioural sciences. The University of Barcelona has a strong focus on Medical and Health Sciences (3,244 articles were written on this topic in the last six years, half of them in the first quartile, and 48 patents in the same period). UB has also a diverse network of University hospitals such as Hospital Clínic, Bellvitge Hospital and Sant Joan de Déu, and over 10 associated hospitals in the area of Barcelona. Additionally, there are several associated Research Institutes such as IDIBAPS, IDIBELL, ISGlobal, among others. Specialist areas include: nutrition, cancer, genetics, medicine (all specialities), nursing, pharmacy, physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, prevention, drug discovery, bioengineering, law, economics and business development.
University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585, 08007 Barcelona, España
Key Activities in Business Creation
Technology Transfer, Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: Scandinavia
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
With over 40,000 students and more than 9,500 employees, UCPH – founded 1479 – is among the largest comprehensive universities in Europe. It is ranked No. 7 in Europe and no. 39 in the world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015. The University has an international environment where ambitious researchers and students strive for new knowledge and insights. UCPH is placed at the centre of a stimulation entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Greater Copenhagen Area.
University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Universitetsparken 1, 2100 København Ø, Denmark
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Pharma, Med Tech, ICT, Diagnostics, Imaging, Nutrition
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training
