FairCare – The network based solution for collaborative future care

What is FairCare?

FairCare helps older adults, but also their relatives and friends, to find various services from their own region easier. This relief is possible through the so-called ‘FairCare platform’. On the FairCare platform you can find various services for professional care as well as for everyday and voluntary services. Such services can be for example:

Home care or 24-hour-care
Visiting service that helps in the household (washing, sewing, etc.)
Mediation of care aids
Pedicure
Leisure activities (yoga, dancing, etc.)
Transport services

FairCare helps to find appropriate services in relevant situations of life of older adults – for everyday things but also for special challenges.

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FairCare Social Franchise Concept

The whole concept of the FairCare platform is based on the social franchise system. That means that health and care facilities as well as consulting centres can operate the FairCare platform as a franchisee. On the respective FairCare platform of a franchisee various service providers as partners of the franchisee can offer their services. Each franchisee has his own area in which he is active.

To receive a license as a franchisee the potential franchisee must contact the master franchisee of his region. After that the next steps will be discussed in a personal meeting.

The master franchisee is responsible in his respective region for the distribution of FairCare to franchisees. This one is also the direct contact person for all franchisees – no matter whether it is a question of content or technical question about the FairCare platform.

On the other hand, a master franchisee must contact the so-called ‘FairCare Association’, which is the organization behind FairCare.

At the moment FairCare is still a project and the platform as well as the social franchise concept get tested in the pilot test phases.

What are the advantages of FairCare?

Master-Franchisee

Franchisee

User

Dissemination of an internationally tested and developed software and franchise solution
Introduction of an innovative coordination tool in the care and health sector
Ambassadors for the cooperation of informal and formal care of the future

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Coordination and organization of care and comfort services
Reasonable response to customer requests
Optimized resource management across the entire network
Increased range by franchise brand

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Quick mediation of needed help
Easy access to organizations
Central contact point for many needs

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Who is behind FairCare?

The FairCare platform and the FairCare social franchise concept will be developed in the international EU research project ‘FairCare’. Nine international project partners are responsible for the development of these solutions. More information regarding the project partners are available under the menu item ‘Partner’.

This project is funded by the AAL Joint Programme, which focuses on the development of products and services on the basis of information- and communication technology.

Background Information to AAL

Facing the problem of demographic change including population aging, decreasing birth rates, changing family structures and extended worklife it is important to reconsider social structures. At that point AAL (Active and assisted living) Programme takes action.

The plurality of programs already tries to work against demographic change. AAL Programme tries to improve living circumstances of elderly people and expands the usage of information and communication technologies (ICT). Several cross-boarder projects result from that.

Further Goals of these programs are to integrate innovative ICT based products, services and systems for elderly people at home, in society and at work.

What is FairCare?

FairCare Social Franchise Concept

What are the advantages of FairCare?

Master-Franchisee

Franchisee

User

Dissemination of an internationally tested and developed software and franchise solution

Introduction of an innovative coordination tool in the care and health sector

Ambassadors for the cooperation of informal and formal care of the future

Coordination and organization of care and comfort services

Reasonable response to customer requests

Optimized resource management across the entire network

Increased range by franchise brand

Quick mediation of needed help

Easy access to organizations

Central contact point for many needs

Who is behind FairCare?

Background Information to AAL

Funding Program

National Funding Agencies