UNMUKT Conference on: Technology – Driving Growth in Senior Care

UNMUKT Conference on “Technology – Driving Growth in Senior Care”

at IIIT, Hyderabad 15^th Nov 2019

Some Notable Points

·         Time management was excellent. Started on time. Ended on time

·         Almost (23/24) all resource persons came and delivered their part, minding time allotted.

·         Jayesh Ranjan mentioned about Selfie based app for TS pensioners for life-certificate

·         Jayesh: Suicide among elderly is a concern

·         Jayesh: Appreciated OBF launched less than a year ago

·         Ravi Narayan stressed that Social organizations should come together & work together

·         Senior care industry is nascent, interdisciplinary

·         Mohit Nirula: Technology brings seniors and children closing distance gap

·         Columbia Pacific community eager to provide testing ground for Apps and solutions

·         Telemedicine services across several centers of covai care started many years ago

·         Sleep apnea can be monitored via wearable device

·         Rajeshwar of HelpAge: Technology should compensate our absence from the scene

·         HelpAge SOS App is doing exceeding well

·         Technology is not just IT – but other technologies also are important

·         Adarsh Narahari: Wearables won’t work! Explained why! (I agree with him)

·         Aarti: AI Robots – our digital twin – can predict our mood swings

·         Ramu Muthangi of ApnaCare: Gave a demo of Alexa. Spoke of kits for AD, Parkinsons Stroke

·         Aparna: Empowerji App gives short video based training for dozens of elder related items

·         Rajit Das od Evexius: Healthcare Integrator. Human touch is most important

·         Lakshminarayana GoldCoast: Fall detection alerts wearable & emergency alert  device

·         Aparna: Making elders adopt and use after training is a great challenge

·         Sailesh MIshra explained ‘all about Alexa’ even how to write Apps for its execution!

·         Mahesh Joshi of Apollo: Enabling accessibility & affordability in healthcare is most important

·         People are not interested in preventive care, while doctors have lost personal touch

·         Getting seniors to come to DCC is a great problem

·         Primary care family physicians should come back – including home visits

·         GOI is coming up with regulations / guidelines for retirement communities

·         Caregiver and geriatric training facilities are inadequate

·         We have not heard of rating of geriatric care giving outfits

·         Several start ups had a chance to introduce themselves briefly

·         There was not much time for questions / interactions

·         Audio was poor – back benchers  could not hear properly

·         Distribution of directory of participants would facilitate  interactions

·         Folder of all pamphlets / brochures of all participants would prove useful – B2B?

·         Many people I knew were there: KRG, Monimita, Smitha, HelpAge, OBF, Life Circle, Aparna and others

·         As a professional Info gatherer I gained a lot; purpose served; worth the time & distance!