Roundtable participants

Ms. Sonja Hansen, European Project Officer at the Health and Assisted Living Technology Department in Aarhus municipality (Denmark)
Ms. Anna-Karin Holst Johannsen, Project Leader for CareWare Nordic in Aarhus municipality (Denmark)
Ms. Christine Gustafsson, Manager of Quality and Development at the Social Care Department in Eskilstuna municipality (Sweden), Associate Professor at Mälardalen University (Sweden)
Mr. Joakim Svärd, Statistician at the Social Care Department in Eskilstuna municipality (Sweden)
Mr. Morten Lukas, Project Manager of Telehealth Project in the National Welfare Technology Programme in Agder region (Norway)
Ms. Sigþrúður Guðnadóttir, Project Manager in Reykjavík municipality (Iceland)
Ms. Minna-Liisa Luoma, Chief Specialist in Ageing at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) (Finland)

Interview guide for the focus group on active and healthy ageing

Active and Healthy Ageing + Welfare technology in the municipality/region
  1. What is the active and healthy ageing strategy in the municipality? To what extent is welfare technology included in the strategy?
  2. What is the focus of your main projects/initiatives related to active and healthy ageing in the municipality? Do they cover welfare technology?
What challenges related to active and healthy ageing does the municipality face nowadays?

Available indicators

  1. What indicators do you use to develop your projects related to active and healthy ageing/welfare technology?
  2. What are the most relevant groups of indicators of active and healthy ageing/welfare technology, and why?
  3. Who is the provider of these indicators (national statistical offices, the region, the municipality, private actors…)?

Usefulness of indicators

  1. How do you use these indicators to build your active and healthy ageing/welfare technology strategies and projects?
  2. What is the main goal for using the indicators (diagnosis, benchmarking, assessment…)?
  3. How does the availability of indicators influence the policymaking on active and healthy ageing/welfare technology in your municipality?
  4. Do you think these indicators are enough to compile evidence on active and healthy ageing/welfare technology in your municipality?
  5. Do you think they cover the diversity of the elderly in your municipality?

Age-friendly cities and communities representatives

Mr. Kenny Jansson, Uppsala municipality
Ms. Sofia Tillman, Gothenburg municipality

Questions to age-friendly cities and communities

  1. How does your municipality evaluate your work within your age-friendly city programme?
  2. Are there any measuring mechanisms specific to each initiative? If so, how frequently are they monitored and who is responsible for gathering and disseminating the data?
  3. Have indicators been developed? If so, how? Are these in line with local/regional/national baselines?
  4. What are some of your challenges and opportunities in following up the work?
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