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From listening devices that find falls to “Patient“Systems in hospitals and Robots that help with exercise In care, Singapore seeks artificial intelligence to help manage the health of their elderly population.
By 2030, a quarter Singaporeans will be at 65 or older – In 2010, the figure was one in 10 – and it is estimated that about 6,000 nurses and care staff would have to be hired annually to meet The goals of health workforce in SingaporeS
The technology is very necessary to help fill the difference in care in Singapore and elsewhere, according to Chuan de Foo, a research associate at Swee Swee Swee Hock School of Public Health. Societies around the world are “Unprepared“For the aging population, FOO wrote in” Scientific Journal Borders “last month and with its co -authors inventory AI and other technologies as” major forces with the potential to stimulate a change in the paradigm in healthcare. “
For FOO, artificial intelligence is ready to play a “huge” role in the care of the elder in Singapore, both in the assistance of clinicians to manage unpleasant conditions and in the supervision of administrative tasks such as monitoring the presence of hospital beds, he said in an email to CNBC. “Because the elderly in Singapore get more, we see them turn to teleculostions and digital tools that use AI technology,” he said.
AI is also used to detect diseases earlier, an area of personal interest for Dr. Han Cheeu, a research associate at the School of Public Policy of Lee Quan Yu in Singapore. He said that the illness of the late mother’s eyes could be diagnosed – and treated – there were methods for testing AI when she was alive as they are now. “It would be so useful when the family goes through this trip,” Chew told CNBC by phone.
According to Chew. “We can unfold AI, but it’s not about a complete replacement of human care … It’s really about helping caregivers and helping the elderly remain independent and aging in place,” he told CNBC via a video call.
Chew said, Discover when someone falls Below, with a signal sent to the next genus of a resident or connected to a call center for help.
These types of monitoring technologies should be used carefully, said Chew, in any jurisdiction that are located. “EI has to enable the elderly and not to undress them. They still have to have the choice to get involved, to set boundaries, and more importantly – to turn it off when they want it,” he told CNBC.
Pilot Care
Not only Singapore is looking to use AI for adult care. In the United States, Sensi.Ai is a rapidly developing “Care Co-Pilot”, which monitors the elderly using audio devices, which are usually included in three areas of their homes.
The co -founder of the company and CEO Romi Gubez said technology could provide more than 100 different insights, warning them of early signs of urinary tract or respiratory infections, or for falling or cognitive decline. “We combine multiple indicators that come from audio,” GUBS told CNBC via a video call. “Think about a respiratory infection, for example. This will (take into account) cada cada, frequency, type of cough, along with … complaints about fever, dizziness,” she said.
When Sensi.Ai is installed in a home, it creates a “output line” for two weeks, marking a number of “acoustic performance”, said GUBS, including non -verbal sounds such as objects that are moved, steps or snoring that combines with the clinical knowledge of their team. Once AI knows that the main sounds in a home, it can warn the care for any audio anomalies that can offer a health problem.
Gubs said Sensui was used by “tens of thousands of” elderly people in the United States, and a spokesman said the company was in discussion about potentially expanding Asia.
The age in AI
CNBC experts spoke with warn that AI should be used carefully when it comes to senior health care.
FOO has warned that excessive use of AI in consultations can lead to “worse health results” as not all elderly people can use technology and it warns that it should be properly designed to avoid “perpetuating digital epics”. In fact, the World Health Organization warn“The implicit and explicit bias of society, including around the age, are often reproduced in AI technologies” and its 2022. Brief policy The developers called to make the elderly participate in the design of new technologies.
In Singapore, the government “An action plan for successful aging“Details of its purposes, such as reaching 550,000 adults with a health and wellness program and reduce hospital deaths from 61% between 2023 and 2028.
But FOO said that the elderly’s opinions should be taken into account when determining how AI can handle their health needs. “Like all new initiatives, failure will be inevitable if the target audience, ie, are not on board. We (we must) hear their votes and adapt the national health strategy to meet their needs while not eliminating the human element of health.
To chew the approach to the care of the elder you will need to mix the person and the machine, describing it as “a high -tech but high touch”. “AI is probably best used as an additional set of eyes, ears and robots (CA) an additional set of hands, but not as a substitute for the provision of high -touch human care,” he said.
