Smart technology empowers the elderly care industry

The elderly care industry is closely related to thousands of households and is also an important part of actively responding to the aging population. The "Report on the Development of China's Aging Industry (2021-2022)" shows that as of the end of 2022, the number of elderly people aged 60 and above in China has reached 280 million, including approximately 44 million disabled and semi disabled elderly people

The elderly care industry is closely related to thousands of households and is also an important part of actively responding to the aging population. The "Report on the Development of China's Aging Industry (2021-2022)" shows that as of the end of 2022, the number of elderly people aged 60 and above in China has reached 280 million, including approximately 44 million disabled and semi disabled elderly people. With the deepening of aging, there is an urgent need for medical care and long-term care for the elderly, especially those who are disabled or semi disabled.

At the first Shenzhen International Smart Elderly Care Industry Expo held recently, a large number of new elderly care technologies, application scenarios, and new models such as exoskeleton rehabilitation robots, feeding robots, and auxiliary arm transfer machines were unveiled, revealing new trends in the development of the smart elderly care industry.

At the exhibition site, Tencent released an intelligent care product for disabled elderly people - a silver hair assisted hugging transfer machine. Dou Ruigang, the head of the Yinfa Technology Laboratory of Tencent's Sustainable Social Value Business Unit, introduced: "The product adopts a semi circular shoulder curve and a two-stage lifting design, which optimizes traditional lifting movements and can easily lift the elderly. It can also be transferred to multiple environments such as wheelchairs, toilets, and beds, improving nursing efficiency and safety

It is worth mentioning that the silver hair assisted hugging transfer machine also has an intelligent solution, which can use information transfer equipment to connect the elderly care mode. Based on Tencent Cloud, the product's displacement data, push rod strength, battery usage times, etc. can be stored in the cloud, and its usage parameters can be adjusted within the relevant WeChat mini program. In the future, this product is expected to monitor vital signs such as heart rate and blood pressure in real-time for the elderly, and integrate medical resources such as elderly care institutions and communities to better provide health management and auxiliary treatment for chronic diseases for the elderly.

The "Several Measures for Promoting the High Quality Development of the Big Health Industry Cluster in Shenzhen" issued in 2022 proposes to focus on innovative fields such as brain computer interface intelligent aids, rehabilitation robots, biomimetic prosthetics, 3D printing technology, rehabilitation training equipment, and brain like medical devices. For mid to high-end rehabilitation medical device manufacturing projects with high technological content and occupying the forefront of the market, priority should be given to inclusion in the major industrial project library of Shenzhen.

Rehabilitation aids are products that improve, compensate, replace or enhance human function, implement auxiliary treatment, and prevent disability. They can enhance the self-care ability of functional groups and improve the quality of life of rehabilitation groups. "Zhang Teng, Deputy Minister of Development Planning Department of Shenzhen Pingshan District Investment Promotion Service, introduced that in recent years, in order to continue promoting the development of intelligent rehabilitation aids industry, Pingshan District has created the first municipal level specialized demonstration park in Shenzhen to gather and develop the intelligent rehabilitation auxiliary industry, the "Shenzhen Intelligent Rehabilitation Auxiliary Industry Base", and has settled in the park the provincial-level "Dawan District Auxiliary Equipment Innovation Center", forming the first centralized and contiguous development ecosystem of the intelligent rehabilitation auxiliary industry in Shenzhen. As of now, five platform service institutions have been established in the park, including an industrial design innovation center, a clinical application demonstration center, and a rehabilitation exoskeleton industry transformation center. More than 30 innovative intelligent auxiliary equipment enterprises have been introduced.

As the first enterprise to settle in the park, Shenzhen Ruihan Medical Technology Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech enterprise in the fields of brain computer interface and intelligent rehabilitation medicine. Led by cutting-edge technologies such as brain computer interface, intelligent robots, artificial intelligence deep learning, and rehabilitation medical technology, it mainly provides solutions for hospitals, communities, and families in terms of neurological rehabilitation, cognitive rehabilitation, and other related fields.

For elderly people living at home, especially those with disabilities and dementia, they often face difficulties in discovering unexpected events, meeting diverse needs, and high accompanying costs. To address the above issues, Shenzhen Happiness Health Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. announced at this exhibition a Shenzhen Smart Elderly Care Service Platform that provides precise and intelligent services for government departments, elderly care institutions, and the general public.

By integrating smart terminal resources, the platform will focus on enhancing the sense of security for home-based elderly care. "Hu Yueming, General Manager of Shenzhen Happiness Health Industry (Group) Co., Ltd., introduced that the platform has built 35 family elderly care beds in Xiangmihu Street, Futian District. Exploring the pilot construction of family elderly care beds, it can combine six types of monitoring and alarm equipment, including smoke fire detection alarms, human sensors, emergency buttons, and sleep monitors, Provide elderly safety monitoring services. The platform has integrated multiple sub business systems such as the home community elderly care service platform and the elderly meal assistance platform, and has constructed eight smart scenarios, including home community smart activity management, institutional elderly care room safety monitoring, and a 15 minute elderly care service circle. As of July this year, the platform has provided more than 20000 home and store services for elderly people at home.

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