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What is Elder Care

AI-Enabled Social Robotics in Human Care Services
Elder care refers to the specialized care and support provided to older adults who may require assistance with activities of daily living or who have health conditions that require ongoing management.
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Decentralized Interaction With Elder-Care Tasks: AI Supporting Robot
Umma Khatuna Jannat (Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, India), M. Mohan Kumar (Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, India), and Syed Arif Islam (Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, India)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8171-4.ch002
Abstract
The rate of ageing in the world is extremely fast. Elderly people are becoming more and more prevalent all over the world. The need for services like hospitals, retirement communities, and assisted living facilities has increased as the proportion of older persons in the population rises. For legislators, medical experts, and society as a whole, recovering command over this populace's assumptions will introduce new difficulties. With the aid of smart robot technology, older people can live independent, satisfying lives while remaining safe and secure. As a result, the most notable aspect of this paper is an occy robot. An AI model is used to process facial recognition and speech data, and occy assists elderly people with daily tasks. Occy is more effective for home appliances and healthcare systems. Occy may do tasks like equipment control in the home, safety, and wellbeing sensing, travelling outside, emergency situations and everyday other tasks.
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