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Tranforming eldercare in China
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As China’s elderly population expands, novel technology developed by IBM in collaboration with the Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, will help deliver quality, cost-effective care to more seniors at home, reducing demand on senior services institutions.
These trends have led to rapid growth in the eldercare market with revenues reaching nearly
Government leaders have set a goal to deliver 90 percent of care to the elderly in their homes, 6 percent in daytime care facilities, and just 4 percent in residential nursing homes by 2020.
The problem is even more severe in larger cities
people over the age of 60
220 million
194million
over the age of 60 by 2015
440 millionexpected over the next 20 years
of Beijing’s population was over age 60 in 2012 20% 33% of Beijing citizens are
estimated to be elderly in the next four decades
$320 billion
Conventional models of eldercare in China are unsustainable and require new solutions outside of traditional care models
A collaborative solution
The pilot project will use IBM’s big data analytics and social context management tools to help assess and predict aging citizens’ health and social risks, and provide evidence-based, personalized care pathways and preventive care. It will include the following services:
Providing eldercare at home is a cost-effective way to address the needs of the aging population, and IBM has the tools needed to enable the community of clinicians and social workers to deliver high quality, home-based eldercare.
90%
6%
4%
Home care assistance such as shopping, cleaning, and medication reminders
Intelligent medication reminders
Location tracking using GPS technology for people with Alzheimer’s Disease
Home security monitoring for people living alone
Games for mental exercise
Provision of Smart Phones
Intelligent health monitoring