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AGES 2.0ACTIVATING AND GUIDING THE ENGAGEMENT OF SENIORS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA(VS/2012/0346)

THE WORKPLAN

WORKPLANSTART 1/10/2012 – END 30/09/2014

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WORKPLANPHASE 1 – PROJECT START & SETUP

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WORKPLANPHASE 1 – PROJECT START & SETUPDuration

October 2012 – January 2013

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to put in place the organizational and procedural framework in order to guarantee smooth implementation of the research

Activities• Development of a training package• Draft of research procedures and manual for project delivery• Training to carers• Recruitment of project staff

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WORKPLANPHASE 2 – DELIVERY OF EASY PC

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WORKPLANPHASE 2 – DELIVERY OF EASY PC• Duration: February 2013 – May 2014

• Core Activity of the project

• Recruitment of 120 elderly people involved in each country

• Baseline assessment for each participant on health, well-being, social participation and identity, and attitudes to computer use.

• 4 months of training and support each

• 4 months of follow-up assessment

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WORKPLANPHASE 3 – DATA ANALYSIS 1

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WORKPLANPHASE 3 – DATA ANALYSIS

Duration: June 2014 – September 2014

All data collected from participants will be analyzed to address the research questions and predictions posed.

Data analysis will allow to determine:• whether changes / improvements relating to cognitive ability, social participation and well-being are significantly different for our intervention and control groups• whether participants in domiciliary settings show greater improvements than residential participants• whether our findings hold firm across two different national settings.

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WORKPLANPHASE 4 – MONITORING AND EVALUATION

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WORKPLANPHASE 4 – MONITORING AND EVALUATIONDuration: October 2012 – September 2014

Monitoring•Aim: to ascertain the achievement of the milestones of the 5 steps of the project.

•Will follow the entire project, in order to make sure the various phases are implemented in a timely way and as anticipated.

•Object: design and preparation of materials; recruitment of participants; data treatment; results delivery; measures to ensure ownership and scale.

•Intermediate Monitoring Reports: May 2013, Jan 2014•Final Monitoring Report: May 2014

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WORKPLANPHASE 4 – MONITORING AND EVALUATIONDuration: October 2012 – September 2014

• Evaluation

• Aims: ensure the credibility of the study component of AGES 2.0; explore transferability, cost-effectiveness, and feasibility of the Easy PC instrument; understand the degree of transferability and scaling up of the project; assess the innovativeness of the model.

• Object: merits and implementation of the study; cost-effectiveness analysis; transferability and up-scaling; feasibility

• Intermediate Evaluation Report: September 2013• Final Evaluation Report: September 2014

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WORKPLANPHASE 5 – UP-SCALING STRATEGY AND FOLLOW-UP

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WORKPLANPHASE 5 – UP-SCALING STRATEGY AND FOLLOW-UP

•Duration: December 2012 – September 2014•Aim: to up-scale the EASY PC model and disseminate it to a wider audience.•Wide Up-scaling audience•Two Stakeholder Groups (one in Italy and one in the UK)•4 national and 1 transnational Stakeholders’ meeting•Easy PC Green Paper•Online Social package•Final Report and Final Conference

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WORKPLANPROJECT MANAGEMENT 1

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WORKPLANPROJECT MANAGEMENT

•Duration: October 2012 – September 2014

•Steering Committee: two partners’ representatives; chaired by ARS.

•4 meetings (3+ Kickoff): 2 in Ancona and 2 in Exeter

•Mostly in conjunction with other project events

•Organization activities, financial and administrative issues, logistics, etc.

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