Future Developments in Aged Care

Future Developments Ray Delany National Institute for Health Innovation 25 May 2007 Agenda • Genesis of a strategy • Vision for AT • Moving too quickly – cautionary tale • Current state 1

Drivers • Aging “baby-boomers” generating massive spike in aged population • Continuing low levels of Government funding • Need to maintain and enhance quality of care • Increased expectation in aged care population • Increasing accessibility of Assistive Technology worldwide • Selwyn Foundation Business Plan 2004 Demographics • Dependency ratio set to double • 18/100 currently • 45/100 by 2051 Source: Statistics NZ 2

“Baby-Boomers” Archetype • Healthier – benefit from public health programmes; immunisation; smoking cessation etc. • Longer lived – 100+ no longer remarkable • Self centered and demanding. Expect to shape the world to their needs • Technology literate Vision for AT • Ensuring basic safety – Portable devices to allow communication and monitoring; e.g. fall detection, roaming, panic alerts • Assistance with daily living – Environmental control within residences; e.g. doors, voice commands, dialogue with caregivers and peers, reminder systems • Responding rapidly in emergency situations – Monitoring individuals and residences by exception only. Links to caregivers and emergency services; Technology control centre. 3

And others … Technology for Independence Safety Residential Residential Access control Access control Assistance Sensory equipment Sensory equipment Intruder monitoring Intruder monitoring Response Building control Building control Communications Communications Organisational Personal Personal Organisational Management GPS, Fall detector, GPS, Fall detector, Management Monitoring Biomonitoring, Panic Biomonitoring, Panic Monitoring Rapid response buttons, Reminders, buttons, Reminders, Rapid response Dialogue Building access Building access Dialogue 4

Current State • Better understanding of the realities • Independent living units being designed with converged networks • Needs of life different to needs of organisation; people not objects • Smart buildings; hard to make the business case Questions bartn@selwyncare.org.nz r.delany@auckland.ac.nz 6

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