Ray Delany National Institute for Health Innovation

1. 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
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2. 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
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3. “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.
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4. 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
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6. 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
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