Elderly Health Monitoring: How AI Tools are Changing the Game

August 2 2023

As the elderly population grows, monitoring their health presents many challenges for caregivers and healthcare professionals alike. Traditional monitoring methods such as periodic check-ins or manual tracking of vital signs can be time-consuming and don’t necessarily provide a complete picture of a person's health status.

 

This is where artificial intelligence (AI) comes in. AI tools can monitor various aspects of a person's health, including vital signs, physical activity, and sleep patterns, among others. With this data, caregivers and healthcare professionals can have valuable insights into an individual's overall health status, helping them to identify potential health issues early on. AI not only improves the efficiency of healthcare services but also reduces costs.

 

So, what are some of the AI tools that are being currently tested? In this blog article, we’ll let you know how exactly artificial intelligence is disrupting elderly health monitoring and how each product can help seniors, their family members, and healthcare professionals.

 

AI Tools for elderly health monitoring

 

As you may know, in the last couple of years the use of AI tools and services has been growing exponentially. Tools such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Dall-E have been released to the public, and for at least content creators, things haven’t been the same since. If AI is impacting illustrators, copywriters, and marketers, can you imagine how elderly care professionals can be benefitted from it?

 

 

Thankfully AI has made strides in elderly health monitoring. In fact, there are already some AI products and tools on the market that have helped both seniors and caregivers. These are some of those tools:

 

• CarePredict: With CarePredict, seniors wear a wrist-like watch called Tempo that detects their daily activities such as eating, walking, and toileting, as well as their location. It also comes with a button for real-time communication with caregivers and indoor location tracking that can alert caregivers if the user enters a restricted area or leaves the building.

 

Thanks to deep machine learning, all the data gathered from the Tempo and indoor tracking can help recognize trends and the user’s daily patterns. Any unusual activity detected or any daily task not carried out as expected is alerted to caregivers in real-time via CarePredict’s app, web, text, or email. 

 

• People Power Family: Most seniors might not even want a caregiver or medical care professional hovering over them all the time. That is why this AI tool helps seniors live independently. People Power Family comes with front door entry sensors and motion sensors for other home areas like the kitchen, rooms, and hallways.
  
  

 

This solution doesn’t come with a wearable product, but its sensors help understand the daily patterns of a senior, and these insights are sent to caregivers. If there is any unexpected action, such as falls, late-night activities, or not even being home at a certain hour, these alerts are sent to caregivers.

 

• SafelyYou: According to their official website, over 95% of falls go unwitnessed. To prevent falls of seniors from going unalerted, SafelyYou comes with cameras to be installed in rooms. If a fall is detected, their AI notifies caregivers and shares with them the video of what happened. A fall assessment is then carried out to know what proper precautions should be in place to avoid similar situations from arising in the future.

 

For peace of mind, only the footage of falls is saved, and it can only be accessed by caregivers who have permission. There are no wearables and there isn't audio or live streaming.

 

• ElliQ: Elderly care is not just about monitoring health. AI has also made breakthroughs in helping seniors feel accompanied while empowering them to take control of their well-being. Meet ElliQ, a care companion that comes with a tablet and is voice-operated.

 

ElliQ's AI initiates conversation, suggests activities, gives reminders, and answers questions, helping seniors feel less alone. In fact, all conversations seniors have with ElliQ help it provide a tailored experience, much like how a relationship grows. If the senior doesn't feel well, ElliQ will alert family members or caregivers.

 

Also, ElliQ keeps seniors mentally active by providing them with videos, games, news, trivia, jokes, and more. And if that’s not enough, it reminds them to stay connected with their family and friends with video calls or messaging.

 

• Mabu Robot: Powered by behavior-based conversational AI, this robot learns about the senior's personality, interests, and treatment. Over time, Mabu will be able to provide a personalized experience, creating conversations to remind seniors to take their medicine or ask how they feel on a daily basis.
  
  
  
• ElphasCare: The University of Waterloo's engineers are utilizing both AI and wireless technology to monitor seniors without the need for wearables, providing early insights into any health problems.

 

ElphasCare includes a wireless transmitter that emits low-power waveforms that bounce off various objects and people inside an area and are captured and processed by a receiver that resembles a modem.

 

All this information is then analyzed by an AI engine, so even when a senior is sleeping, these waves provide the receiver with that data. In fact, the system can alert care workers if there is a decline in the senior's mobility, the possibility of diseases such as urinary tract infections, and more. The University of Waterloo has partnered with Gold Sentinel, a Canadian company, to commercialize ElphasCare.

 

The Future of Elder Health Monitoring with AI Technology

 

Since seniors over the age of 65 constitute about 17% of the U.S. population, and there is a projection of the population increasing to 22% by 2050; there is a greater need than ever to develop AI-powered tools and solutions for elder care. Detecting falls, reminding seniors to take their medication, assessing cognitive function, and detecting early signs of dementia are just a few examples of how artificial intelligence can aid us.

 

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in elderly health monitoring is a significant step forward in ensuring the well-being of seniors. As AI continues to develop, it is expected that even more sophisticated and personalized tools will emerge, revolutionizing elderly health monitoring and care, and we can wait to see what’s in store for us.

 

And it's not just in elderly health monitoring that AI is making a significant impact. AI is also transforming the marketing industry. At Ultim Marketing, AI is the new revolution. It's making strides in developing strategies in the automotive industry, from predictive analytics to AI-generated commercials. As AI-powered tools and solutions are developed, we can expect to see even more innovative and personalized marketing campaigns.

 

AI is revolutionizing multiple industries, from healthcare to marketing, and is poised to make a significant impact in the years to come. With advancements in AI technology, we can expect to see even more sophisticated and personalized tools emerging, making it easier for us to care for our seniors and create more effective marketing campaigns. The future looks bright for the integration of AI into our daily lives.

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