ACTIVEHIP+: Activating older people after a hip fracture
Coming back from a hip fracture can be a long and difficult process. ACTIVEHIP is an educational program to support people recovering from hip fractures.
ACTIVEHIP provides training to help people recover from hip fractures, a process that is known to be challenging: one year after a hip fracture, 80% of patients are still limited in their daily activities. Co-designed with existing patients, caregivers, and sport scientists doctors, the program specifically aims to help prevent secondary fractures. It is a remote tool, monitored by healthcare professionals, that extends the assistance people receive after they leave hospital.
The program includes a selection of videos with carefully chosen exercises that people in recovery can follow, as well as expert recommendations on nutrition, medication and how to set-up an appropriate environment for the best possible rehabilitation. Through the programme, users can also participate in video conferences with others recovering from fractures as well as caregivers and specialist healthcare professionals.
- Researcher: Ariza Vega Sponsorship
- Group: TECe20-REHABILITATE-T
- Centre: University Hospital Virgin of the Snows
- Role in the project: Partners
- Duration: 2020 – 2021
Project website: https://eithealth.eu/project/activehip/