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From listening to devices that detect falls to “The patient’s arrogance“Systems in hospitals and Robots help play sports In Singapore’s home care houses, artificial intelligence is looking for help manage the health of its elderly population.
By 2030 a quarter of the Singaporets will be 65 and older . Singapore’s workforce goals in healthcare.
According to Chuan de Fo Fo Fo Fo Fo, to help fill out the care gap in Singapore and in other places, according to Chuan de Fu, a scientist at the Singapore School of Public Health Swee Hock. Societies around the world “Demorally unprepared“For the aging population, Fo wrote in” Science Journal Frontier “last month, and with their co -authors described II and other technologies as” major forces with the potential for the management of the paradigm in healthcare. “
For FOO, artificial intelligence should play a “huge” role in the care of Singapore, both in terms of assistance to doctors to manage non -working conditions and in control of administrative tasks, such as monitoring the availability of hospital beds, he said in an email CNBC. “As the elderly in Singapore receive more smart, we see how they turn to telecomultations and digital tools that use AI technology,” he said.
AI is also used to identify diseases earlier, the area of personal interest in Dr. Khan Han, a research associate at the State Policy School Lee Kuan Yu. “It would be so useful if the family went through this journey,” Chen CNBC said.
According to Cheu, much attention in Singapore is “aging on the spot”. “We can expand the II, but it is not a complete replacement of human assistance … It is about helping the caregivers and help the elderly remain independent and the age,” he said CNBC through a video call.
Chew said Find out when someone falls Down, with a warning sent to the nearest family resident or connected to help in the count -center.
These types of monitoring technology need to be used carefully, the Chess said in any jurisdiction they unfold. “AI should expand the capabilities of the elderly rather than deprive them of control. They still have to have the choice to choose, set the boundaries and, more importantly, turn it off if they want,” he said CNBC.
Care “
Not only is Singapore who looks at the use of II for the care of the elderly. In the United States Sensi.ai, it is a fast-growing “care pilot” that tracks the elderly using audio additives, which usually connect to three areas of their homes.
The co -founder of the company and the CEO of Roma Guber said the technology could give the caregivers more than 100 different ideas, warning them about early signs of urinary tract or respiratory infections, or to fall either cognitive. “We combine several indicators coming from the audio,” said Gube CNBC by video call. “Think, for example, about the respiratory infection. This (takes into account) cough cadence, frequency, type of cough together with … complaints around fever, dizziness,” she said.
When Sensi.Ai is set in the house, it creates a “basic line” for two weeks, noting a number of “acoustic indicators”,-said the booths, including non-verbal sounds like the objects that move, traces or snoring that combines clinical knowledge of his team. Once II knows the basic sounds in the house, it can warn caregivers about any audio anomalies that can offer a health problem.
Guba said the Senshes used by “tens of thousands” of the elderly in the United States, and the press -secretary said the company was discussing potential expansion in Asia.
Eugenism in II
CNBC experts said AI needed to use carefully when it comes to older health care.
FOO warned that excessive use of II can lead to “bad health results”, as not all the elderly can use technology, and he warned that it should be properly designed to avoid “perpetuating digital Agem.” Indeed, the World Health Organization alert“The implicit and obvious prejudice of the society, including about age, often concern AI technology,” and its 2022. A short policy They called on developers to participate in the development of new technologies.
In Singapore Government “Plan of action for successful aging“Details of its goals, for example, achieve 550,000 elderly people with a healthcare and healing program, and reduce mortality in the hospital from 61% to 51% between 2023 and 2028.
But phone said that the opinions of the elderly should be taken into account when determining how AI could meet their health needs. “Like all new initiatives, the failure will be inevitable, if the target audience, that is the elderly, will not be aboard. We (we need) to hear their votes and adapt the national healthcare strategy in accordance with their needs without deleting the human healthcare element. This is a problem,” he said.
For CH, the approach to care for the older will need to mix human and the car, describing it as “high -tech but high touch”. “AI is probably best used as an additional set of eyes, ears and robots ( – an additional hand set, but not as a replacement for high human care,” he said.
