Pathway elements. 2.2.1 Entry point Entry points into both BeyondSilos pathways may vary according to individual service users and pilot regions. Individual end users may for instance be referred to the BeyondSilos service by health or social care professionals already working with them in other contexts. Depending on the “business” model intended to be adopted for mainstreaming purposes, direct subscription to the BeyondSilos services by older people and/or their family may be an option as well. Examples of the latter can, for instance, be found in countries where non-medical telecare schemes (e.g. social alarms, home security sensing) are usually not provided as a public duty under the auspices of the municipality or regional government. When it comes to hospital discharge in particular, the entry point is usually defined by an impending discharge event. Here, the BeyondSilos pathway would need to link in an appropriate manner into discharge pathways already existing internally to a given hospital.
