The document discusses the challenges related to the aging population in the U.S., particularly focusing on the need for technology to support senior wellbeing as life expectancy increases. It highlights the benefits of smart home technologies and remote monitoring systems that can improve care efficiency and reduce costs for family caregivers. Case studies demonstrate cost savings and enhanced care management through the implementation of these technologies.

1. Date
Smart House
Delivering Senior Wellbeing with Technology

2. Challenges

3. Senior Demographics
The U.S. currently has a population of 51 million
citizens age 65 and older
That number is expected to double by 2060.

4. Life Expectancy is Increasing

5. Life Expectancy is Increasing
A WOMAN TURNING age 65 today can
EXPECT TO LIVE on average UNTIL AGE
86.6
A MAN REACHING age 65 today can
EXPECT TO LIVE on average UNTIL AGE
84.3

6. The Flip Side of Longevity
✤ Healthcare costs are increasing
✤ People haven’t saved up for a long retirement
✤ Number one fear among seniors is visiting a doctor
because of out of pocket costs

7. Caregiving Shortage

8. Caregiving Shortage

9. Caregiving Shortage

10. Themes

11. Desire to Age in Place

12. Leslie Saxon, founder and executive director of
the USC Center for Body Computing, said,
“Imagine a model of healthcare that’s always
available and driven by data so you’re
continuously collecting data off your body, about
your environment, your nutrition, and
activity,”… “then it delivers back to you
personalized health care throughout your whole
life. You don’t have to be in a brick-and-mortar
building to get it, and you have access to the
Moving towards a Wellness Model of
Care

13. Technology Trends

14. Technology Spectrum
✤ Computers
✤ Smart Phones
✤ Voice Assistants
✤ Wearables
✤ Virtual Reality
✤ Smart Sensors
✤ Cameras
✤ Robotics
✤ Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Software

15. Digital Voice
Assistants
Amazon EchoGoogle Home

17. Use Cases
✤ Communication with Caregivers and Family Members
✤ Information
✤ Entertainment
✤ Microservices
✤ Medication Reminders
✤ Social Connectedness
✤ Home Automation

18. Virtual Reality
✤ Caregiver Training
✤ Cognitive Behaviors
✤ Pain Management
✤ PTSD
✤ Wellness
✤ Anxiety

20. Sensors
✤ Data capture
✤ Sensory
✤ Ultrasound
✤ Motion
✤ Camera

21. Use Cases
✤ Fall Risk Management
✤ Wandering
✤ Activity Tracking
✤ Behavior Analysis
✤ Presence Detection

23. Nighttime Falls
Sleep Patterns & Sleeplessness
Odd & Erratic Eating Habits
Sedentary Lifestyle & Wandering
Infrequent or Excessive Bathroom Activities
Medication Adherence

24. Can Technology be used for Cost
Reduction

25. Case Study Family CaregivingAraceli Garcia, 31, is the medical and financial power of
attorney for her maternal grandparents, both with
Alzheimer’s and other chronic illnesses like diabetes. Her
grandfather, 90, speaks little English. Her grandmother,
89, speaks none at all. Ms. Garcia’s mother, 56, provides
the hands-on care, dressing and bathing, cooking, but
doesn’t drive or speak English well.
“That leaves me,” says Ms. Garcia, who is single and lives
with her mother in San Diego county. Ms. Garcia confers

26. Solution Remote Monitoring

27. Cost Benefit
✤ Araceli Garcia used to spend 20 hours every week in caring for her
grandparents which has an economic cost of $400 weekly
✤ With a virtual care monitoring system in place, she is able to reduce
that time to 15 hours every week
✤ This translates into a cost saving of $100 weekly, or $5200
annually.
✤ The cost of installing the virtual care monitoring system was $ 2000,
and a monthly subscription fee of $55, total cost $660 annually.
✤ Net saving $2540, not forgetting the peace of mid dividend.

28. Case Study Age in Place
✤ John and Mary are in their late 60’s, they are fairly technology
aware.
✤ They plan to live and age in their own homes into the
foreseeable future. They both have aging parents, currently
they live separately, but they need to plan for a future where
they may have total care of their aging parents in their own
home
✤ Their fear; the cost of moving them to a Senior Living facility is
on the average $3500 per month, their financial situation
doesn’t allow for that.

29. Solution Home Automation

30. Cost Benefit
✤ Thinking ahead and planning for a situation where can
potentially save $3500 per month by not moving into a
senior living facility

31. Use Case Skill Nursing Facility
Their challenges
✤ Managing manpower costs
✤ They work with insurance providers and their mandate
is to reduce readmission rates
✤ They also need to reduce post discharge care
management costs, like monitoring medication
adherence and care compliance

32. Solution: Custom Voice Application

33. Cost Benefit
✤ The facility has been able to reduce readmissions rate
✤ Better compliance - better healthcare outcomes
✤ Reduced manpower operations by 10 hours per week.

34. Thank you for your attention!
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