Kaj Söderman Development Manager Archipelago Networks LTD ‐ ‐ Region Åboland r.f. Turku Helsinki
The ARCHIPELAGO
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet Skärgårdsnäten AB
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet Some Facts….
y 22.500 inhabitants y 19.000 islands and islets y 12.000 cottages and summer residences y 37 ferries, bigger and smaller y Bi‐lingual (finnish and swedish) y 8 municipalities merged to 2, Västaboland and Kimitoön.
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet Long distances
Examples of distances:
Houtskär - Korpo: 1h 15 min Compare: Roma - L’Aquila Houtskär - Pargas: 2 h 15 min Compare: Roma - Napoli Iniö - Houtskär : 4 h 30 min Compare : Roma - Parma Utö - Pargas : 6 h 20 min Compare : Roma - Trieste Iniö - Utö: 8 t 20 min Compare : San Remo – Napoli (849km)
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet Archipelago Networks LTD
y Fully owned by Region Aboland and the municipalities y Builds and maintains the core network y Network operator y Develops and tests new services
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet Video telephone for alone living elderly people in Turku Archipelago
Innovative actions programme funded by European Regional Development Fund ERDF ArchipelagoELLI y This project aimed to give senior citizens in rural areas, possibility to live at home as long as possible with interactive contact‐tool. y The tool was a videophone with high‐resolution display and good audio. y It functioned trough Internet, and required at least DSL‐ connection at the customers (senior) premises. y These phones were connected to a regional network containing 21‐similar phones placed out to seniors, Health centers (responsible district or community health nurse, doctors) and relatives.
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE USE OF VIDEOPHONE
y Intergration of work, methods, technology, services. y Increased feeling of safety y Fast contact to healthstaff when in need of help y Prevent social isolation y Optimize costs effectiveness and influence
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet ArchipelagoELLI y Seniors who could participate in this project were chosen by their responsible nurses and project coordinator. y Criteria’s for participation was: y Senior‐citizen y Living at rural area y Depending of daily or weekly contact with healthcare and/or relatives y Part of the contact need could possibly be done by phone and visual contact. y No nearby contacts with relatives y Broadband possibility
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet Bildtelefon i Åboland skiss över kontakter/nätverk
Pargas Parsby Pargas seniorstugan Perkala Lamholm HITIS Hälsogård
PARGAS, RÅ INIÖ Högsåra Västanfjärd Hälsohuset Ann-Mari Backman Sommarö
Rehabcenter Kimito NAGU HOUTSKÄR Grannas Hälsogården Reso Anhörig
Nagu Träsk KORPO Björkdahl HVC Fridhem Aspö Nagu Roslax anhörig
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet ArchipelagoELLI
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet ArchipelagoELLI y The phone is very easy to use, just 3 numbers to remember. y Installation takes approximately 30 –45min, and another 30 minutes (including test call) to train the customer to use it.
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet ArchipelagoELLI
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet 11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet RESULTS FROM SURVEY y There has been an inquiry about usage of the phone after some months of the installation. y In the average evaluation were 16 persons interviewed about their experiences of the use of the video telephone. The evaluation was implemented as telephone interview. y Of the answerers were eight person’s customers, five persons employee within social ‐ and the health care sector and 3 people’s relatives to the customers.
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet Results and Conclusions y The phone was easy to use, even for seniors with minor dementia. All seniors where 80+ y Video, eye‐contact with the patient was more of use to the nursing personell than the patients y Savings trough less unnecessary trips, by diagnose trough the phone. y Good image quality an advantage in tending diabetes by reading the readings from the diabetes pen. y Broadband technolgy, mostly wireless connections, caused some extra obstacles y Thunderstorms and other weather phenomenons caused disturbances in electric distributions and in signal quality. y Too many devices for most of the 80+ persons to handle. y The municipalities redeemed the phones for use in elderlycare y The expectation for the project were fullfilled
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet Business? y One stakeholder in the project was a private company, Rehab‐center in Kimito, who had clients in Houtskär and Västanfjärd. Part of the rehabilitation program was done using these phones. y In real life the distance between these customers were about: y 195 km road y 3 ferries y 1 boat y Travel time= 4,5 hours, one way
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet Continuing Business? y As this model saved a lot of driving and time they could take more, outsourced rehabilitation and basic nursing cases from the municipalities . y That would effective their business with more patients and more precise visits. y The municipality gets more patients taken care of, with less money spended.
11.5.2009 Kaj Söderman, SGNet Kaj Söderman [email protected] +358(0)400 212333