QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Tech Trends Aim to Address Aging's Grand Challenges
By Sarah Lai Stirland
San Francisco, Calif. in November caught a glimpse of the future—and Senior Living Executive can report
S that it
like “Star Trek” than “Bladerunner.” That means that we’re not likely to have
humanoid butlers replacing senior living staff, but rather technologies that are going to be invisible and ambient. They will sur- round us and help us, but in an unobtrusive and easily accessible way—much like the ship’s voice-activated, faceless, ambient computer in “Star Trek.” This was one of the main takeaways from the conference, which focused on good de- sign and interaction, and how that design when combined with artificial intelligence (AI), automation, sensors, and other tech- nologies, can help us with the many chal- lenges that face us as we age. Another was how AI can improve the provision of care. More generally, the ideas and solutions discussed at the conference centered on how emerging technologies and better operations can help the senior living sec- tor address the eight “grand challenges” of aging, as identified by the founders
enior living executives who at- tended the Aging2.0 alliance’s 2017 OPTIMIZE conference in
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of Aging2.0 through their work with the community. They include: Engagement and purpose; financial wellness; mobility and movement; enhancing daily living and lifestyles; improving the quality and efficiency of caregiving; care coordination; maintaining brain health; and improving the end-of-life experience. The exercise of creating categories of
challenges “essentially gives the answer to the ‘why' of: Why are we all doing this? Why is there this need for innovation in aging?” explained Stephen Johnston, Aging2.0’s co-founder in an interview. “There's mini examples of where it could be done better for quality of life for individuals, inefficiencies and challenges in care operations, managing our aging popu- lations, and the fact that it's just not working for a lot of people, and for the health care budgets,” he said. The entrepreneurs in this market face a
growing demand for their services: Globally, the number of people over the age of 60 is projected to grow by more than half to 1.4 billion people by 2030 from 2015, accord- ing to the United Nations. The number of people over 80 is expected to triple globally to 434 million in 2050, from 2015.
EIGHT 'GRAND CHALLENGES' OF AGING
Engagement and Purpose
1
Financial Wellness
2 3 4 5 6
Mobility and Movement
Enhancing Daily Living and Lifestyles
Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Caregiving
30 SENIOR LIVING EXECUTIVE / ISSUE 6 2017 Care Coordination
Maintaining Brain Health
7
Improving the End-of-Life Experience
8
In addition to blending seamlessly into everyday life, AI should: solve important human problems, promote engagement, work for everyone every day, and grow with users’ needs and opportunities. Good design leads to technologies that learn and predict human behavior, bring useful products and services to the world without creating a dependency, and accelerates good ideas and trends.
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