How IoT Can Help With the Aging Population Problem

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How IoT Can Help With the Aging Population Problem
1. Reducing Falls
2. Promoting Medication Adherence
3. IoT Generates Data for Improving Elder Care Experiences
4. IoT Can Facilitate Independent Living
5. Combating Social Isolation
Tech Provides Solutions to Support an Aging Population
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The world faces a pressing question: how can we care for aging citizens who are only getting older as life expectancy (LE) increases?
Some of the technologies associated with the Internet of Things (IoT) could help with elder medical care, particularly in these five ways.
Data published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that at least 300,000 older people per year become hospitalized for hip fractures and 95 percent of those injuries happen because of falls.
But the researchers who designed that elder medical care IoT device for predicting falls envision a future in which people have smartphone apps to pinpoint fall risks and transmit the data to doctors who could take preventive action.
Rising health care costs are a big concern among the economic issues associated with aging.
Besides the potential increase in hospital visits, as many adults age, they need in-home health help to handle things like medication adherence.
IoT can be used to address this problem area in elder medical care.
A report from Berg Insight examined the use of IoT devices for medication dispensation throughout Europe.
These elder medical care IoT solutions tell health professionals when patients take medications and whether they do so as instructed.
3. IoT Generates Data for Improving Elder Care Experiences
Many hospitals and similar facilities already use data-collecting devices that keep tabs on things like patient vitals or the locations of individual patients.
A study published in 2002 asserted that by 2030, the economic burden associated with aging should not be greater than the economic impacts of raising the baby boom generation in the 1960s — that is, if social and public policy changes occurred without delay.
However, we should also explore how connected home devices could make those economic burdens more manageable.
Smart home devices make homes safer and more convenient for inhabitants

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