The needs identified by the members of the Casal de Gent Gran-Pomar social centre, and which the students will work on, are:

• Detecting high-risk emotional states, especially due to living alone. One of the keys to healthy ageing is having the right frame of mind.
• Maintaining healthy self-care habits, such as personal and home hygiene, eating properly, medication compliance, etc.
• Keeping elderly people active through the use of entertaining or therapeutic digital applications and devices.

These challenges have been put to vocational training and university students at various centres (Centre d’Estudis Secundaris Joan Maragall in Badalona, Escola de Noves Tecnologies Interactives, Escola Universitària d’Infermeria Gimbernat and the UOC) so that they can work on them to find innovative solutions.

The students will work on their innovative proposals for addressing the challenges by means of an online platform created by the UOC. An expert committee will choose the finalist ideas, which will be presented at a working seminar that will be attended by all the people involved in the project.

Contact Hubbik if you would like to take part in the innovation process.