Advancing Health and Health Care for the Ageing Through Technology

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Advancing Health and Health Care for the Ageing
Through Technology

• United Nations Commission on Social Development
• February 15, 2005
• Lisa Gaudet, CAST Commission,
• Manager, Office of Remote Care Technology
• Northeast Health, Troy, NY

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Outline

• Global Aging Challenges
• Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST)
• Background
• Purpose
• Corporate Members
• White House Conference on Aging
• Work Groups
• Web Site
• Conclusion

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Aging Population Challenges

• People 65 older were never more than 3 of
  global population until the 1900s.
• Today in developed world they amount to 15.
• In 2030 they will represent 25 of global
  population.
• Causes
• Falling fertility rates (fewer births per woman)
• Rising longevity (longer lives)

Source Center for Strategic and International
Studies
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Global Population 65 Years and Older
Source U. S. Census Bureau
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Aging Population Challenges

• Fertility rate has fallen from 5.0 to 2.7 births
  per woman since the mid-1960s.
• In developed countries, it is has fallen to
  1.5far beneath the replacement rate needed to
  maintain a stable population over time.
• Global life expectancy has risen from age 45 to
  around age 65, and in developed countries, it has
  risen to between age 75 and 80.
• This represents a greater gain over the past 50
  years than over the previous 5,000.

Source Center for Strategic and International
Studies
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Aging Population Challenges

• Fiscal burden
• health care benefits moving toward 12 of GDP in
  developed nations
• Human resource shortage
• fewer replacement workers
• fewer health care workers
• tighter immigration policies
• Family Challenges
• fewer children to care for aging parents
• families geographically separated

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Future Scenario

• In the US alone -
• Eldercare needs will surpass childcare needs.
• One in three households will have a family member
  with cognitive decline.
• There will be 400,000 fewer nurses to provide
  care.
• A healthcare system on the verge of collapse
  under the weight of its most needy beneficiaries.

Source CAST Progress and Possibilities White
Paper
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Center for Aging Services Technologies

• The Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST)
  is the key catalyst for bringing together
  international companies, universities, aging
  services providers, and government to drive
  awareness, development and application of
  technologies that will improve services for the
  aging.
• Goal To improve aging services through the
  thoughtful application of technology.

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Center for Aging Services Technologies

• CAST mission is to unleash the potential of
  technology for innovative development across the
  continuum of health care, housing and services
  for the aging in order to
• Improve quality of care and quality of life
• Help older adults maximize their independence
• Support the needs of professional and family
  caregivers
• Reduce health care costs
• Increase aging services providers efficiency

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Center for Aging Services Technologies Corporate
Members
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Center for Aging Services Technologies White
House Conference on Aging

• WHCoA occurs once a decade to
• make aging policy recommendations to the
  President and Congress
• develop recommendations for additional research
  and action in the field of aging
• assist the public and private sectors in
  promoting dignity, health, independence and
  economic security of current and future
  generations of older persons

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Center for Aging Services Technologies White
House Conference on Aging

• CAST is the Technology Partner for this
  conference
• CAST will have a Technology Pavilion highlighting
  new emerging technologies
• CAST will provide a Vision Video white paper
  to all delegates outlining the mission, vision
  and goals of CAST

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Center for Aging Services Technologies Work Groups

• 6 workgroups that collaborate on projects to
  advance the field of aging services technologies
• Future Business Economic Model for Aging
  Services
• Technology Vision
• Needs Research
• Funding Aging Services Technologies
• Electronic Health Wellness Records
• Web Communications

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Center for Aging Services Technologies Web Site

• Developed in response to international requests
  for "a place to learn what's happening in aging
  services technologies.
• A dynamic clearinghouse that is created
  and maintained by content providers.
• A vehicle for stakeholders across the globe
  to collaborate

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Essential Elements of Center for Aging Services
Technologies

• Global information sharing between international
  companies, providers, researchers, and
  governments
• Seeking technology solutions that allow for
  increased quality of life, dignity and
  independence in the aging process
• Providing a central repository for research
  results, product information and partnering
  opportunities in the area of aging services
  technology

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Conclusion

• For more information
• Regarding CAST www.agingtech.org
• Regarding this presentation
• Lisa Gaudet, Manager
• Office of Remote Care Technology
• Northeast Health
• Troy, NY
• gaudetL_at_nehealth.com
• 518-271-3149