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Aging with dignity became DIGNIO

Innovation in Home Healthcare and Telecommunications Health Solutions
Norway needs to build good alternatives to institutional beds for the elderly who want to stay home longer. We have neither "hands" nor money. If we can make it safe to stay at home, the money will go much further in home-based care compared to institutional. It was this challenge "Ageing with Dignity"-project should find a good solution to, writes Lars Dahle, CEO of DIGNIO in the company newsletter.

Healthcare at home
Of the 70 billion we spend on elderly care, about half of the money go to the approximately 40,000 beds in institutions of various kinds, and the other half of the almost 200 000 go to seniors who receive health care at home.

DIGNIO is addressing the challenge expressed by many elderly, the insecurity of staying home. “There is barely a week without a new case in the media of elderly and vulnerable people who do not get a decent offer and are not being taken well care of”, says Dahle engaged.

Lars Dahle and his team have established relations to the "Whole Systems Demonstrator" project in Newham, London; a project that has been of great inspiration to Dignio. Also NRK found inspiration in the Newham-project as shown on the news in October last year (http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/232797/).  


From project to established company
DIGNIO, which received project funding from Innovation Norway, is now ready for the next chapter. Sign up for the company newsletter to follow next chapters.

The company vision is to see a paradigm shift in the elderly care where we change the focus from solely "to treat" to primarily "to prevent", from unilateral curative to preventive health care. This will lead to confident seniors who want and are able to stay home longer. The elderly experience a relatively high quality of life because they have good control of their own health.

"Now we are somewhere on the way to a concrete" proof of concept "expresses Dahle. Dignio seek to use existing technology, but to integrate it in new ways. “The system should ideally be co-developed with 1-2 municipalities who wants to lead the way in home health care.”

 Appeal
“Do you have any tips when it comes to scholarships, funding or other ways to fund our operations, we appreciate this. Likewise, we would like tips on municipalities that can be open for cooperation”, says Dahle.

Interested in following DIGNIO? Send a mail to Lars@dignio.com to receive company newsletters.
 
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