TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

Advances in science and technology—particularly information and communication technologies (ICT)—are changing the way in which seniors receive care, providing greater efficiency, safety, and convenience for seniors and caregivers alike. Explore innovative techniques and technologies that are helping meet the needs of aging societies in Asia.

Buddy HomeCare: Community-Based Healthcare Management and Monitoring System

Organization: Foundation for Older Persons’ Development (FOPDEV)

Location: Thailand

By leveraging smartphone technology with their community-based healthcare and monitoring system mobile app, Buddy HomeCare assists three target groups: older people with low incomes, older people with middle and high incomes, and youth with low incomes.

SmartPeep AI Elderly-Sitter System

Organization: SmartPeep

Location: Singapore and Malaysia

By combining existing surveillance technology with AI, SmartPeep offers “care-oriented optical sensors” that provide proactive alerts, drawing the caregivers’ attention to anomalies that occur in a resident’s room or a common area of the facility.

Improving the Health of Caregivers and Seniors by Promoting Safer Transfer Techniques

Organization: No Lifting Association (NLA)

Location: Japan

In order to relieve physical stress on caregivers, the No Lifting Association (NLA) has worked with Professor Hajime Asama to develop and popularize a system of “no-lift care,” which allows caregivers to care for the elderly without relying solely on the caregiver’s physical strength.

Innovative ICT Device Helps Seniors Control Bladder Function

Location: Japan

As people grow older, they experience many changes both mentally and physically, including bladder control issues. To address health problems associated with incontinence, a company called Triple W Japan K.K. has developed DFree, a wearable device that anticipates when the user will need to use the toilet.

Using ICT for Early Detection of Health Abnormalities

Location: Japan

AnshinNet is an ICT (Information and Communications Technology) tool that allows caregivers to quickly detect health irregularities in seniors. It is a health management system that focuses on the vital statistics that caregivers monitor daily, helping them find any shifts at an early stage.

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