UNMUKT Conference on “Technology –
Driving Growth in Senior Care”
at IIIT, Hyderabad 15th Nov
2019
Some Notable Points
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Time
management was excellent. Started on time. Ended on time
·
Almost
(23/24) all resource persons came and delivered their part, minding time
allotted.
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Jayesh
Ranjan mentioned about Selfie based app for TS pensioners for life-certificate
·
Jayesh:
Suicide among elderly is a concern
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Jayesh:
Appreciated OBF launched less than a year ago
·
Ravi
Narayan stressed that Social organizations should come together & work
together
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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
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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)
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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
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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!
