Original text of UN News Global perspective Human stories
June 15th is World Day to recognize the issue of elder abuse. In the past year, approximately one-sixth of elderly people over the age of 60 have suffered some form of abuse in the community environment. With the rapid aging of populations in many countries, this trend is expected to continue.
The World Health Organization released guidelines today outlining five key priorities for addressing the issue of elder abuse.
There are various ways to abuse the elderly, such as physical, psychological, or emotional, sexual, and economic abuse. It may also be caused by intentional or unintentional neglect.
In many parts of the world, people still hold back the issue of elder abuse, and most societies in the world underestimate or overlook this issue. However, the accumulating evidence suggests that elder abuse is a major public health and social issue.
Etienne Krug, Director of the Social Determinants of Health at the World Health Organization, stated abusing elderly people is an unfair behavior that can have serious consequences, including premature death, physical injury, depression, cognitive decline, and poverty.
An aging population planet
The global population is aging, as the number of people aged 60 and above will more than double in the coming decades, from 900 million in 2015 to around 2 billion in 2050.
WHO said that, like many other forms of violence, abuse of the elderly increased during the COVID-19 epidemic. In addition, two-thirds of staff in nursing homes and other long-term care institutions admit to committing abusive behavior in the past year.
The agency stated that despite the increasing severity of this problem, the abuse of elderly people is still largely not on the global health agenda.
Combating age discrimination
The new guidelines call for addressing the issue of elder abuse as part of the 2021-2030 Healthy Aging Action Decade, which is consistent with the final decade of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Cracking down on age discrimination is of utmost importance, as it is the main reason why abuse of elderly people receives little attention, and more and better data is needed to raise awareness of this issue.
Countries must also develop and expand cost-effective solutions to prevent abusive behavior and provide "investment reasons" for how the funds to address this issue are worth the money. At the same time, more funds are also needed to address this issue.
Yes, aging is becoming increasingly severe, with a shortage of nursing staff. In the face of severe supply-demand conflicts, abuse of the elderly has become an increasingly serious problem; The lack of professional nursing knowledge and the rise of professional nursing equipment are also important factors contributing to this problem.
Under the severe contradiction between supply and demand, the intelligent elderly care industry with AI and big data as the underlying technology rises suddenly. Intelligent elderly care provides visual, efficient and professional elderly care services through intelligent sensors and information platforms, with families, communities and institutions as the basic unit, supplemented by intelligent hardware and software.
It is an ideal solution to make more use of limited talents and resources through technology enabling.
The Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, intelligent hardware and other new generation of information technology and products, make it possible for individuals, families, communities, institutions and health care resources to effectively connect and optimize the allocation, boosting the upgrading of the pension model. In fact, many technologies or products have already been put into the elderly market, and many children have equipped the elderly with "wearable device-based smart pension" devices, such as bracelets, to meet the needs of the elderly.
Shenzhen Zuowei Technology Co., LTD. To create intelligent incontinence cleaning robot for the disabled and incontinence group. It through sensing and sucking out, warm water washing, warm air drying, sterilization and deodorization four functions to achieve disabled personnel automatic cleaning of urine and feces. Since the product came out, it has greatly reduced the nursing difficulties of caregivers, and also brought comfortable and relaxed experience to disabled people, and gained many praises.
The portable bed shower launched by ZuoweiTech can make it no longer difficult for bedridden elderly people to take a shower, and nursing staff can easily take a comfortable bath for the elderly without moving them. Three bathing modes: shampoo mode, which can complete a shampoo in 5 minutes; Massage Bathing mode: which can be bathing on the bed, the key is no leakage, and after a proficient operation, you can take a shower for only need 20 minutes; Shower mode: Which allows the elderly to enjoy the feeling of their skin being moisturized by warm water, and operate proficiently for 20 minutes. Eliminating the smell of the elderly, not only reduces the workload of home care but also effectively ensures the safety of disabled elderly people.
The multifunctional transfer machine launched by ZuoweiTech allows elderly people easy to engage in basic daily activities like ordinary people with the help of nursing staff. They can move indoors, watch TV on the sofa, read newspapers on the balcony, dine at the table, use the toilet normally, take a safe shower, take a walk outdoors, enjoy the scenery, and chat with neighbors and friends.
The gait training electric wheelchair launched by ZuoweiTech can help paralyzed elderly people stand up and walk! This device adds a "lifting" function to the basic of the electric wheelchair, allowing disabled elderly people to stand up and walk safely. Not only does it reduce the workload of nursing staff, but it also effectively reduces the bedtime of paralyzed elderly people, greatly improving the quality of life for nursing staff and paralyzed elderly people.
Various intelligent devices enable the elderly to step into the age of wisdom, providing real-time, convenient, efficient and accurate services for the elderly, so that the elderly can realize the vision of having something to support, something to rely on, something to do and something to enjoy.
Post time: May-06-2023
