As mentioned time and time again, the elderly population is growing at an alarming rate. People have been trying to find ways to help bridge the gap between people who need care and people who can do the care. AI changing senior care is the next step in the senior care revolution.
Healthcare Concerns for Seniors
By having a rapidly aging population, there are already social, economic, and health concerns. People have to change the way they think about providing care.
In particular, healthcare is a key concern. Many chronic diseases like osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes, dementia, and more need constant care.
What are medical professionals supposed to do? The US will face a shortage of between 40,800 and 104,900 physicians by 2030.
AI Changing Senior Care
Healthcare providers are hoping to give AI certain tasks when it comes to care. AI can be found in many steps of the care pathway, like intelligent tracking of biometric information to early diagnosis.
AI is more efficient than human doctors.
At Home Health Monitoring
There is a huge need for someone to be around to help with elderly people. Biotricity, a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company, is dedicated to delivering biometric remote monitoring solutions.
CarePredict is using AI to continuously detect changes in activity and behavior patterns to catch any health issues.
Smart Devices Help with Everyday Tasks
Apple and Fitbit have made smart wearable biometric trackers for everyone, including seniors. Seniors can use the built in AI to check inconsistencies in their biometric data.
These inconsistencies can detect a significant fall and sound an alarm.
AiCare claims to use machine learning analytics and wearable sensors to personalize care for each senior.
Smart Device Deducts Falls
A fall can cause a snowball effect of medical conditions. Xsens, Kardian, and Qventus have built AI powered fall detectors.
Virtual Companions
Loneliness is a real problem among seniors. They also need help with small tasks everyday. This has given rise to robotic caregivers. There are robots like Catalia Health’s Mabu, Intuition Robotics’ ElliQ, CT Asia Robotics’ Dinsow, and more are virtual home assistants for seniors.
They each have their own individual skills and perks.
Anti Aging Research
This may be the biggest impact of AI, helping further research. It helps anti-aging researchers develop methods to delay the process. It can explore different paths to prevent age related diseases.
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