Experts highlight the socio health cost savings in the attention to the largest involving the use and development of new technologies.

-breakfast has been retrasmitido in fully accessible formats, with subtitling and interpretation in the language of Spanish signs (LSE), Web page of CENTAC

– underscore that insulation produces mental impairment ” and in this area, new technologies can help to the socialization ” collective

Madrid, may 2012.- experts in the field of active ageing and ICT have highlighted the economic cost savings that involves the development and use of accessible technologies in the sector of social and health assistance to the mayor and its influence on the improvement of the quality of life of the collective, through the maintenance of their physical and cognitive functions.

Thus expressed it in the framework of the breakfast CENTAC sectoral ”, the National Center on accessibility technologies with different themes, organized during this year 2012, and that this time he has dedicated to active ageing and ICT ”, coinciding with the European year for active ageing. These meetings can be seen live, with an accessible format through the website of CENTAC.

CENTAC, Juan Luis Quincoces, director has referred to the savings level public health posed by the development and use of new technologies and has highlighted that there is little information and argument thereon to the purchasers of these services entities ” and that it is necessary explain their use implies efficiency and savings ”.

Must not replace the real life virtual life ”, said, but should provide solutions to needs and, to this end, new technologies are very useful ”. The problem of the not usability ” comes, in his view, the lack of knowledge and information, as well as of the not accessibility ” these tools.

In this line, the director General of the Mayor of the community of Madrid, José Ramón Menéndez, has ensured that the mayor has to integrate into new technologies because it is a channel increasingly more weight with respect to the traditional channels ”. However, has emphasized that it is a collective very heterogeneous ”, which has bet by give the dose of appropriate technology to each person according to their circumstances ”.

José Ramón Menéndez has considered that new technologies are essential to enhance personal autonomy and improve the quality of life of the group, at the time referred to the fact that good health that count, the mayor has to have the means to carry out an active life and, in this sense, the social autonomy is fundamental ”.

Manager products and eHealth in Telefónica Spain, David Labajo, business development has emphasized that new technologies are a tool, if used well, make spectacular results in the quality of life for the user and at the level of cost savings ”.

Thus explained that 80 per cent of public health resources are allocated to chronic diseases and several studies established a savings of between 15% and 30% in managing these diseases, through ICT solutions in the health care field.

Technology there is ”, he said, what happens is that people in general are unaware of and its scope. there are as far from the intrusion tools to solve many problems ”, has underlined.

In this sense, the Personalia Telecare director, Domingo García, has coincided in pointing out the big savings ” and more in these moments of crisis ” posed by the ICT solutions applied to social and health services for the largest. In this line, has relied on that the Administration is account of this potential, and has set the example of telecare, which prevents hospital admissions and the saturation of the emergency services.

In addition, has stressed the importance of has been the largest and asked what needs to be ” in the field of new technologies to develop products and services, and in his opinion, the accent should be put it on prevention, for example, to prevent falls at home.

The breakfast also participated in Soledad Ballesteros, Professor of Psychology basic at the UNED and head of the research group on active aging and neurodegenerative diseases participant of the European project AGNES on active ageing and new technologies, funded by the European Commission.

The professor pointed out that active ageing aims that the elderly live longer and in the best possible way in an autonomous way and at all levels, both physical and cognitive. This line has affected that insulation produces mental impairment ” and in this area, new technologies can help these people to live longer in his house, connected to friends and family, through social networks.

En este sentido, ha asegurado que según la mayor parte de las encuestas, las personas mayores prefieren vivir en su casa, pero, ha puntualizado, tiene que ser de forma segura”, a través, por ejemplo, de cámaras digitales que envíen señales al móvil facilitando información sobre caídas u otros incidentes. At this point, the problem is the right to privacy ”, although Soledad Ballesteros has stressed that such facilities have always informed consent.

For its part, Bernardo Bienz, director technical of the Community Social POST 55, a social network for people over 55 years old, has stated that new technologies are a tool to promote active ageing because technology is all ”, but has insisted on the need to involve in the environment more easily ”.

In his view, the not usability ” of new technologies for the elderly is not due to lack of knowledge, but a insecurity ”, since are more careful with his private life ”. Have to be comfortable to relate ”, has apostils.

However, Yes has considered that we should try to that those who may need some technology, know ”, although he has also acknowledged the influence of certain parameters in accessing technology, which must be taken into account ”, such as education, economic level, or age.

For its part, the director of communication of Servimedia, Arturo San Román, has stated that new technologies are essential and should be up to date because you are in them or are not ” and although it has been recognized that much progress has been made in this linefor example, telecare, said that forgets the right to information and to follow in the gap of new technologies ”, which are the large window to real independence ”.

Must be attentive to show existing technologies to the person who, at a given moment, has a need for ”, he said, and has bet by start from the generation who today have 40 years to do preventive work with the aim of avoiding the technological gap ”.