Overview of Academic Studies on Smart Care for the Elderly and Comprehensive Solution Design

Authors

ZhongYan Lin, Fuzhou Digital Healthcare Industry Technology Innovation Center (Minjiang University), ChinaFollow
ZuoYong Li, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Processing and Intelligent Control(Minjiang University), ChinaFollow
DaChuan Zheng, Minjiang University, ChinaFollow
JinQuan Tang, Minjiang University, ChinaFollow
XiaoYuan Wu, Minjiang University, ChinaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Due to historical reasons and urbanization progress, demographic development change has promoted China to enter an aging society and the elders’ demand for medical care and health care has increased rapidly. Meanwhile, the rapid development of information technology is driving the “Smart Care for the Elderly” model which is based on the Internet and regards the internet of things as the medium which has gradually developed into a complete a system, and a series of solutions have been formed. This paper started with the analysis of China’s elderly population status quo, combed academic studies on domestic and foreign “Smart Care for the Elderly” and applications in recent fifteen years and explored how to build a comprehensive “Smart Care for Elderly” solution with improved functions which incorporates such key elements as information technology and social sciences.

Recommended Citation

Lin, ZhongYan; Li, ZuoYong; Zheng, DaChuan; Tang, JinQuan; and Wu, XiaoYuan, "Overview of Academic Studies on Smart Care for the Elderly and Comprehensive Solution Design" (2016). ICEB 2016 Proceedings (Xiamen, China). 42.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/iceb2016/42