Empowering Elderly Care Through Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

This section discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) can transform the elderly care sector and positively impact how aging populations live. As the world is becoming an aging society increased pressure to ensure patients receive personalised, effective and sustainable healthcare is being placed on traditional healthcare systems. These technologies (AI technologies) are finding innovative solutions to needs in remote health monitoring and wellness, disease prediction, companionship, and rehabilitation, as well as, fall detection. Other ways that AI helps in emotional well-being are besides clinical support by eliminating the feeling of social isolation with the help of virtual assistants and socially interactive robots. The chapter presents a technological overview of AI in elderly care application and indicates its potential advantages, but critically analyzes its ethical consequences, as well as psychological and societal effects.