A Great Tech Development for Elderly Receiving Care at Home:

Caring for the elderly has its ups and downs. On the one hand, it can be lots of fun, especially when listening to old stories about the past. On the other hand, it can be very stressful, particularly when their hearing begins to fade, dementia steps-in or they are recovering from a severe physical injury. The latter scenarios present huge challenges for family members and relatives, who are now charge with the responsibility of either providing or finding suitable quality care for their elderly love one.

 Above all else, it is inevitable that some elderly will require some form of care at home, at some stage in their life. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), by 2050, approximately two billion people will be above the age of 60 yrs.

We live in an advance world, yet technology seems revolve around the youths, whilst making the elderly feel like a fish out of water. But not for long! In recent months, a few start-up companies have started developing and/or moderating modern technology geared towards the elderly, and more so, towards elderly healthcare at home.

For instance, Healthcare-Temps aims to make life easier for elderly people requiring care at home through virtual care on smart watches. In other words, elderly people at home can now speak to a healthcare-specialist from the comfort of their home via 3G Android Smart Watches.

This application saves them time, arranging transportation, travelling to and from the clinic or hospital and avoids waiting queues. Further, if the elderly user is more serious or beyond the requirements of virtual care, they can in turn get a home visit from a healthcare professional, such as, Doctor, Nurse, Neurologist, therapist and so forth. This also put the family members at ease since they know their love ones are just one touch away from accessing a healthcare professional. Especially family members who work long hours or live in separate dwellings from their love ones.

What’s more, with healthcare-temps smart watches, the elderly receiving care at home can also check their blood pressure, heart rate, monitor motion, GPS tracker & activity and loads more. Coming soon will be alarm/panic button direct to ambulance facilities and/or key family member in times of falls or other emergency system. Tech development, like this, has the potential of cutting elderly care cost in £1,000s per month.

Another tech development that could help elderly receiving care at home, include waist-line airbags, which can cushion people, in the event of a fall, minimising hip-injury or hip-replacement surgery.

To find out more about Healthcare-Temps Smart Watches, visit care-mart.co.uk