With the deepening population aging, the care of the elderly has become a thorny social problem. Until the end of 2021, China's elderly aged 60 and over will reach 267 million, accounting for 18.9% of the total population. Among them, more than 40 million elderly people are disabled and need 24-hour uninterrupted care.
「 Difficulties faced by disabled seniors 」
There is a proverb in China. "There is no filial son in a long-term bedridden caring." This proverb describes today's social phenomenon. The aging process in China is getting worse, and the number of people who are old and disabled is also increasing. Due to the loss of self-care ability and the degradation of physical functions, most elderly people fall into a vicious circle. On the one hand, they are in an emotional state of self-loathing, fear, depression, disappointment, and pessimism for a long time. swear words against each other, causing the distance between the children and themselves to become more and more alienated. And the children are also in a state of exhaustion and depression, especially because they do not understand professional nursing knowledge and skills, cannot empathize with the state of the elderly, and are busy with work, their energy and physical strength are gradually exhausted, and their lives have also fallen into "No end in sight" dilemma. The exhaustion of the children's energy and the emotions of the elderly stimulated the intensification of conflicts, which eventually led to an imbalance in the family.
「 Elderly disability consumes entire families 」
At present, China's elderly caring system consists of three parts: home care, community care and institutional care. For the disabled elderly, of course, the first choice for the elderly is to live at home with their relatives. But the biggest problem facing life at home is the issue of care. On the one hand, young children are in the period of career development, and they need their children to earn money to maintain family expenses. It is difficult to pay attention to all aspects of the elderly; on the other hand, the cost of hiring a nursing worker is not high It must be affordable by ordinary families.
Today, how to help the disabled elderly has become a hot spot in the elderly care industry. With the advancement of technology, smart elderly care may become the most ideal destination for old age. In the future, we can see several scenes like this: in nursing homes, the rooms where the disabled elderly live are all replaced with smart nursing equipment, soft and soothing music is played in the room, and the elderly lie on the bed, defecate and defecate. The intelligent nursing robot can remind the elderly to turn over at regular intervals; when the elderly urinate and defecate, the machine will automatically discharge, clean and dry; when the elderly need to take a bath, there is no need for the nursing staff to move the elderly to the bathroom, and the portable bathing machine can be used directly on the bed to solve the problem. Taking a bath has become a kind of enjoyment for the elderly. The whole room is clean and hygienic, without any peculiar smell, and the elderly lie down with dignity to recuperate. The nursing staff only need to visit the elderly regularly, chat with the elderly, and give spiritual comfort. There is no heavy and cumbersome workload.
The scene of home care for the elderly is like this. One couple supports 4 elderly people in a Chinese family. No longer need to bear huge financial pressure to hire caregivers, and don't need to worry about the problem of "one person is disabled and the whole family suffers." Children can go to work normally during the day, and the elderly lie on the bed and wear a smart incontinence cleaning robot. They don't have to worry about defecation and no one will clean it up, and they don't have to worry about bed sores when they lie down for a long time. When children come home at night, they can chat with the elderly. There is no peculiar smell in the room.
The investment in intelligent nursing equipment is an important node in the transformation of the traditional nursing model. It has transformed from the previous purely human service to a new nursing model that is dominated by manpower and supplemented by intelligent machines, liberating the hands of nurses and reducing the input of labor costs in the traditional nursing model. , making the work of nurses and family members more convenient, reducing work pressure, and improving work efficiency. We believe that through the efforts of the government, institutions, society, and other parties, the problem of elderly care for the disabled will eventually be solved, and the scene dominated by machines and assisted by humans will also be widely used, making nursing for the disabled easier and enabling the disabled elderly to live in their later years more comfortable. In the future, artificial intelligence will be used to realize all-around care for the disabled elderly and solve many pain points of the government, pension institutions, disabled families, and the disabled elderly themselves in the nursing care of the disabled elderly.
Post time: Apr-27-2023
