With the global population set to age rapidly over the next two decades, a burgeoning market is developing to help individuals maintain a positive and active lifestyle within their communities and homes. As part of the Embassy of Sweden's Health & Care program series, AARP cosponsored the session "Home Care for the Future" with presentations and discussion on how the interweaving of technology and in-home care will play a critical role in allowing individuals the ability to remain in their homes and active in their communities.
Health & Care: Home Care for the Future (AARP)
The program, moderated by David Kushner, began with a brief overview of health care in Sweden by Mr. Anders Carlsson and Ms. Ann-Margaret Knapp, who emphasized the triple-helix model, where local governments, businesses and universities work together to drive innovation and development to provide better care.
Innovations in the Swedish and U.S. Marketplace
Seven representatives then presented different products and services currently available to help increase the quality of life. The companies presenting were: New Millennial Homes (USA), Open Care (Sweden), Comfort Audio (Sweden), Doro (Sweden), Patient Access Solutions (USA), Health-Care Technology Alliance (Sweden), and e-Pill Medication Reminders (USA).
New Millennial Homes builds individually-designed homes constructed to allow individuals with disabilities to remain in their home. Open Care is a development platform that allows the various parties involved in caring for an older individual to effectively exchange information. Comfort Audio provides assistive hearing aids designed to eliminate common background noise so that individuals with hearing problems can more easily conduct everyday activities. Patient Access Solutions showcased its Mobipen technology which reduces administrative work by allowing care-workers to electronically store a variety of information on a digital pen that can then be uploaded to a computer. Health-Care Technology Alliance is an NGO that brings together a variety of organizations and corporations to deliver better care to elderly patients. E-Pill Medication Reminders produces a variety of items designed to help people to remember their medication, including a pill-box with a timer and an automatic pill dispenser.
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