Use Of Emotional Technology For Senior Care

Home-care for the elderly has become very common in the last few years because of an increase in the elderly population in today’s society. It has also increased the demand for new policies to be made in order to maintain an adequate level of care without excessively increasing social spending. Since there is an increase in the elderly population, there is a rise in aggravating social issues that need complex caring services.

In the world’s search for artificial intelligence, Emotional Technology (E.T.) is the latest milestone. E.T. measures biometric data in order to define emotions. It uses this data as inputs for various digital applications. E.T. is based on two major pillars, detection and conversation. Detection and conversation have developed so much in the technological world that it is now possible to combine both in an effective way in Emotional Technology.

Detection includes extracting biometric data, which has garnered a lot of exposure in recent years. This made monitoring one’s own emotions possible. This makes a huge amount of data available for new applications. The conversation includes connecting products to each other. Both these aspects can be combined into Emotional Technology. 

E.T. can monitor heartbeat, perspiration, speech and body language to detect mood. Often E.T. works with the help of a set of bio-sensors integrated in a chest-strap or in a wrist-band. These sensors capture information that can be measured. Then with the analysis of the result, proper diagnosis can be done according to the person’s physical and emotional state. The devices are able to relay this information to the caregivers, allowing them to take action. It helps them to devise new activities, treatments, and health care regimes. It also allows caregivers and doctors to monitor physical and emotional progression.

With the help of E.T. effective health care services can be provided to the elderly. There are a lot of developments in this area. Some of the services that E.T. can provide are:

Robot Assistance: In the vast area of robotics there is an active development of social robotics, with the aim of being used by people in a social environment. Due to their physical visibility and society awareness, the most known developments are in the form of robot assistants. Emotional robots exist in the world of technology that can demonstrate human-like emotions and perceive the emotions of people that interact with it. Its aim is to be a companion robot.

Cognitive Assistance: They are mostly software-based and are able to communicate with people with the help of other robots and mobile devices. They can aid people affected with memory loss by periodically reminding the users of activities, events or general information.

The elderly care service paths have to be constantly realigned to the changing polypharmacy requirements of the ageing. Emotional Technology is the next step in the continuous process of humanizing technology. As time goes by, the amount of data available through all kinds of emotional technology will be valued and used as inputs for various intelligent applications and it will of great help because the world’s geriatric population is steadily increasing and so is the demand for elderly care services.

Communities like Primus are continuously evolving to adopt new and meaningful ideas and technologies that make life comfortable and enhance the quality of life among seniors. While there may be a long road ahead in terms of adopting new technology for senior comfort, we are proud to say that we are making inroads in adopting smart tech at senior homes at Primus.  With home automation technology and smart tech like Primus Companion ™ our custom technology platform — to keep you connected with each other, always. It also helps restock on prescriptions, buy supplies, or get health checks done, all of it is just a tap away.