Tackling social isolation & inactivity

For the aging population, loneliness and social isolation, and lack of physical activity, are more than a state of mind; it’s an emerging risk factor that has implications for personal, economic and social well-being. 

Tackling social isolation requires connecting people, EncourAGING them to get-out-and-about.

About EncourAGE 

EncourAGE   is our vision of healthy aging / community health embodied in a blueprint (and prototype). 

It's a digital suite to create a healthy aging society with digital services that aim to activate & assist older adults and unburden care workers.
The activation focuses on energizing older adults:  to activate them physically  and socially.

EncourAGE  connects older aged persons with like minded persons, with carers and with family and friends - which increases the success rate 

EncourAGE   promotes & shares activities that matter to daily lives

EncourAGE  brings to the market a new social, motivational, infrastructure, focusing on promoting activities relevant to the everyday lives of older adults.  It does this by collecting activities and events and ensures that relevant information is shared with the relevant people (end-users and optionally family/friends). 

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EncourAGE  is a digital add-on to the traditional human powered social society that we know today. It adds another 'layer' of IT services provisioning the integration of (local) stakeholder services: care organizations, local councils/municipalities, cinemas, libraries, restaurants etc.
It thus establishes a community that translate these services in 'personalized' interventions
triggering end-users to get out and about ! 

A digital suite connecting apps and devices

The EncourAGE  digital suite supports a number of standard apps and devices (available date to be announced)
and supports 3rd party digital health apps and (monitoring) devices. 

EncourAGE  implementation: we'll help

The establishment of a community system requires a different a methodology with a different organization model and set of principles and processes. Its atypical expertise and experience which likely are not readily available. 

As an extension to the EncourAGE  digital suite we have created a program management outline, using the MSP® methodology.
It provides the guidelines for the conception and operation of a Healthy Aging community. 
An excellent guideline / framework to use, independent of technology used. Check out the knowledge center

Our consulting services are here to help you to translate your healthy aging / vitality ambition and vision into a comprehensive and concrete solution.  We recommend to use an agile and highly visible community driven effort - with focus on 'the concrete solution' and applying a ‘do’ mentality.