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