With social progress and development, population aging has become an inevitable social phenomenon. Data show that 267 million people on the mainland have entered the aging population. If calculated by 55 years old, the number of elderly people is as high as nearly 400 million, and this number will continue to rise in the future, including many disabled and semi-disabled elderly people.
In the face of the menacing aging of the population, the current nursing work preparation in the mainland is not sufficient. Mainland elderly care and care workers have relatively low working incomes and poor sense of professional identity.
In the current rapid development of science and technology, it has become the general trend to increase efforts to adapt science and technology to aging, combine services and smart equipment, provide tailor-made technology products for the elderly, and rely on science and technology to solve the problem of helping the elderly.
Family aging to improve the fire prevention ability of the elderly
According to the fourth sample survey of the living conditions of the elderly in urban and rural areas in China, 67% of the lonely elderly can cook at home and forget to turn off the fire, and more than 41% of the fire cases in the house are some cases in the home of the elderly.
In order to help the lonely elderly improve their ability to cope with fires and effectively prevent the occurrence of accidents and deaths, Anqiu City installed a networked independent smoke detection alarm for the local lonely empty nesters. The alarm accurately detects smoke concentration in the event of a fire and emits an audible and visual alarm. For the elderly with hearing and visual impairments, the vibration reminder set up in the bed is used to notify the elderly, which can more comprehensively deal with the pain points of inconvenient information reception for the disabled and lonely elderly.
At the same time, this alarm is also connected to the local construction of the smart fire protection comprehensive supervision and management platform, in the monitoring room, for the total number of equipment, alarm equipment, fault equipment, offline equipment, etc. 24 hours all-round supervision, the overall information, location distribution, location information, alarm information of the alarm equipment at a glance. Once the fire is perceived indoors, it will immediately send reminders to the monitoring system, guardians and management personnel synchronously, and notify relevant personnel to go to rescue in time to avoid the losses caused by the fire to the greatest extent.
The networked independent smoke detection alarm provides the elderly with more comprehensive fire response capabilities, scientifically realizes the age-appropriate transformation of the lonely elderly families, and provides them with safer life guarantees.
Service combined with technology to liberate the "hanging elderly"
Going out to breathe in the fresh air and see the beautiful scenery is necessary for old age. But for the disabled elderly and the elderly who live at home all year round, going out seems to be a luxury. Many old communities are not equipped with elevator equipment, and the installation of elevators is not only expensive, but also considers whether the building is suitable for installation, which is very difficult to operate. As a result, more and more "hanging old men" who want to go out but can't get out appear.
"Snap" "Snap" ... Under the control of a young volunteer, Aunt He, a disabled elderly man living on the 3rd floor, finally went downstairs on an advanced "climbing machine". Aunt He is disabled and weighs heavily, every time she goes up and down the stairs is a huge challenge, "The last time I went downstairs, the community took me to get vaccinated, I asked 8 special guarantees plus my husband to carry me down together, my husband accidentally broke a rib, the next time upstairs is really not easy." Aunt He said.
The "climbing machine" that carries Aunt He up and down the stairs is shaped like a large wheelchair, with its own intelligent cushioning comfort system, the old man sits down and fastens the seat belt, you can take the old man up and down the stairs steadily, the machine also has its own step edge sensing function, automatic brakes, people sitting on it is a bit like sitting on a sedan chair. The appearance of the climbing machine made Aunt He finally go out easily.
This climbing machine is specially imported from Austria by the local street as the "axis" of the street public welfare project. When residents need it, they can make an appointment by phone, and the staff will bring a "climbing machine" to the door to serve the elderly. At the same time, the disabled and dementia elderly in the low-income subsistence allowance can enjoy free upstairs or downstairs services 12 times a year, and other elderly people can enjoy preferential services when using the elderly care service love card.
The combination of service and smart equipment, through a professional sustainable operation mechanism, allows more "hanging elderly" to go out of the house and realize the freedom to go up and down.
High quality and low price, let the elderly hear the world again
Many older people have hearing problems, but few wear hearing aids. They either think that just the "back of the ear" does not need to be corrected, or they cannot hear or speak, and they do not want to burden the child.
In the mainland, about one-third of the elderly over 65 years old have moderate hearing loss, but the use rate of hearing aids is less than 10%. Although the hearing aid sparrow is small, it is a micro-electronic product with all the organs, the price of imported hearing aids is often tens of thousands, and domestic hearing aids are still lacking in technology and experience, which makes hearing aids far less popular than reading glasses.
When the volume of many domestic hearing aids is amplified, it often amplifies with voice and noise, and when there is no voice information that you want to receive, it will amplify the bulk noise in the entire room, the noise of the fan, and even the noise of the car outside the window. After wearing it for a long time, it will cause damage to the auditory nerve. Helping domestic hearing aids overcome technical difficulties such as noise reduction has become the focus of audio engineer Shang Shidong in the past two years.
Shang Shidong uses AI technology to learn from environmental background noise in batches to improve the experience of domestic hearing aids. After continuous research, the domestic hearing aids of this new AI algorithm have been improved by 80%, and it has also been selected into the "Elderly Products Promotion Catalog" of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Accurately meeting the needs of the elderly and providing high-quality and low-cost products has become the common goal of socially relevant enterprises in the future.
In the context of increasing aging, the needs of older people are also increasing. Eliminating the "digital divide" of the elderly through the landing of more application scenarios of high technology and helping the elderly to keep up with the footsteps of the "digital age" is a necessary condition for creating an age-friendly society.
We should jointly pay attention to the problem of social aging, use scientific and technological means to reduce the cost of various services for the elderly, and continuously improve the accessibility of technology to help the elderly, so that every elderly friend can enjoy a happy old age.