The Generation Care Story and Organizing Framework

Generation Care is the Winner of the "Battle of the Minds" 2022 Convergence hackathon. The idea was pitched by "The Outsiders"team, consisting of Elisabeth Rieff, Tingting Wang, Matthijs Netten, Timothy Houtman, Teddy Vijfvinkel and Jeffrey Sweeney.

The Generation Care Framework Promotes A Culture of Informal Care

A high quality, affordable, accessible, and sustainable health care for an aging population with a limited work force. "Generation Care" adds the dimension of self-sufficiency, creating a guiding framework for a health and caring society.

More, better, high-precision, targeted, more efficient, personalised - the traditional biomedical view of healthcare provides valuable, technology-enhanced point solutions for when the patient enters the healthcare system. Recognising that health is a continual dynamic process influenced by context and social capital, Generation Care broadens this scope by including social and behavioral aspects. 'We map any intervention according to how it helps all members of society become either healthier, more self-sufficient, or both, thereby providing a common objective for researchers, practitioners, and key stakeholders such as health insurance companies.

Healthcare is not only an individual responsibility, but first and foremost one of society at large. The Generation Care framework assists in finding countermeasures to forces that inhibit personal health and self-sufficiency, such as inequality and social isolation. It addresses the impact of medical interventional and preventative solutions, as well as social policies - from an app for medication reminders to Convergence flagships, and from community healthcare service programs to educational reform.

We envision our framework to be a digital instrument, used to monitor the status of individuals, communities, and society, promoting a culture of informal care. There are no quick solutions, it takes a generation to build a healthy and caring society. Generation Care leads the way towards a new health mindset.