Asturias had the necessary potential to lead an active aging initiative that would create the foundations for developing action strategies, aimed at the particular characteristics of the population, and preventive models supporting preventive medicine and 21st-century health.
ELDER, the challenge of aging: proactive, responsible and preventive responses to the aging of the population in the Principality of Asturias, was built on a pilot project that showed the feasibility of the overall characterization of aging in Asturias and the development of a frailty predictor index, with the active participation of older people themselves throughout the project. In addition, the internationalization of these processes was analyzed, contrasting similarities or differences with other European regions in terms of population characteristics and, therefore, of predictive variables.
The information obtained as a whole, together with that gathered from previous studies, made it possible to create a basis for developing a LabAging aimed at studying the issues related to aging in Asturias and developing action strategies and preventive models.
On the technological side, ELDER served as a demonstrator of how analyzing information with artificial intelligence techniques made it possible to develop diagnostic kits, predictor variables and specific strategies, as a basis for a later phase in which the overall characterization would efficiently drive preventive medicine and the technological development of geriatrics and gerontology in 21st-century Asturias. CTIC's contribution within the consortium focused on data analysis using artificial intelligence, geared toward predicting frailty in the older population as a basis for precision personalized medicine.
Call for grants to the Consortia of the Scientific Missions of the Principality of Asturias (Longevity and Active Aging Mission)
