5.4.2 Themed seminars

INNOVAGE SEMINAR

Chair: Hanneli Döhner, Eurocarers
Francesco Barbabella, National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Italy and Areti Efthymiou, Eurocarers: The impact of web-based services in supporting family carers of older people: results from a multicentre pilot study
Benjamin Salzmann, Wir Pflegen e.V., Germany: Pilot study of the German innovAge internet platform for carers: discussing usefulness and virtual social support
Frida Andreasson and Elizabeth Hanson, Swedish Family Care Competence Centre: Online support for carers. Using a social forum and social network as a means of developing the role of informal caregiving
Arianna Poli, National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Italy: The Innovage-Eurocarers web platform supporting family carers of older people with dementia: results from an Italian pilot study