Article : ageing
Aged Care For The
Young At Heart
The Future of Aged Care is such a big topic, if for no other reason 1 in 4 of
Australian’s are going to be in the Age Care demographic in the next 25 years.
R
obots and stay at home technology is going
to play a big part in this future and this
week I took Clare Brady of Channel 7’s
Today Tonight on a virtual tour of how this might look
in a decade or two, these were her take-aways from
our chat:
“Waiting in the wings are
robots washing hair to replace
human hairdressers; and for
more independence in the home,
elderly people will soon have
robots that remember faces,
where you put your glasses and
how you like your tea”.
Futurist Morris Miselowski is convinced the sorts of
inventions seen in Hollywood films like ‘Robot and
Frank’ aren’t the stuff of fantasy. He says seniors’
mornings will never be the same again when homes
come equipped with elite sensors.
“If it senses anything untoward – so if we normally
get up at 9am but we’re not up yet – it will shake the
pillow, rock the bed, draw the curtains to let in light.
Then, if you don’t get up, it will phone somebody,”
Miselowski said.
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“When you’re in the bathroom it will monitor
your vital signs, take sugar tests out of your urine,
breath test you, and in the mirror it will check your
complexion. it’s quite incredible (and it’ll happen) in
the next ten to fifteen years.”
It’s a real challenge as in 40 years one in four
Australians will need some form of care and will be
living, on average, well beyond 100.”
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Channel 7’s Today Tonight –
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