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Broadband Networking and the new Gerontechnology or “What will I do when those fibers grow grey”

Broadband Networking and the new Gerontechnology or “What will I do when those fibers grow grey”. Dr. Bill Kearns Associate Editor, Gerontechnology Journal Department of Aging & Mental Health University of South Florida. Two Big Trends. Networks are getting faster (we all knew that!)

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Broadband Networking and the new Gerontechnology or “What will I do when those fibers grow grey”

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  1. Broadband Networking and the new Gerontechnologyor “What will I do when those fibers grow grey” Dr. Bill Kearns Associate Editor, Gerontechnology Journal Department of Aging & Mental Health University of South Florida

  2. Two Big Trends • Networks are getting faster(we all knew that!) • Baby Boomers are getting older • By 2050 20% of the population will be over 60 • Striking differences exist between regions. One out of five Europeans, but one out of twenty Africans, is 60 years or older. • In some developed countries today, the proportion of older persons is close to one in five. During the first half of the 21st century that proportion will reach one in four and in some countries one in two. (Source: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Secretariat)

  3. The impact of population ageing is increasingly evident in the old-age dependency ratio, the number of working age persons (age 15 - 64 years) per older person (65 years or older) that is used as an indicator of the 'dependency burden' on potential workers. Between 2000 and 2050, the old-age dependency ratio will double in more developed regions and triple in less developed regions. The potential socioeconomic impact on society that may result from an increasing old-age dependency ratio is an area of growing research and public debate.

  4. Census 1975

  5. Census 2050 • 1 year in a nursing home = $59,000

  6. Gerontechnology defined • “Fitting technological environments to a vital, productive and happy life up to a high age.” • Health & Self-esteem • Housing & Daily Activities • Communication & Governance • Mobility & Transport • Work & Leisure Source: James L. Fozard, Ph.D.

  7. Activity Compass • Patterson, D., Etzioni, O., Fox, D., Kautz, H. (2002). The activity compass. In: Proceedings of UbiCog ’02: First International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing for Cognitive Aids, Gothenberg, Sweden. Downloaded from http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/djp3/AI/AssistedCognition/publications/compass03tr.doc on 1/26/06

  8. Electronic Monitors • Electronic pill reminders • Electronic health monitors (Health Buddy)

  9. Smart Houses

  10. Ultra Wideband RF Tracking • Converts any home into a smart house • Can be integrated into alarm systems • Can provide LBS • Is accurate to less than 20 cm • Can generate enormous amounts of data in a short time • Kearns & Moore: UWB for measuring wandering in persons with dementia

  11. Networked Robotics • Saito, T., Shibata, T., Wada, K. & Tanie, K. (2003). Relationship between interaction with the mental commit robot and change of stress reaction of the elderly. Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation. July 16-20, Kobe, Japan.

  12. Dementia tracking systems… • Outdoors: GPS based networked services for finding lost elders who wander from nursing homes • Indoors: Ultra-wideband RF systems allow placement to within 20 cm within a building so the movements of a person with dementia can be better understood and predicted

  13. Whither Internet2? • All the systems I just discussed were networked. • The data is just lying there waiting to be analyzed. We can either learn or not. • High speed academic networks must be extended to those natural labs (home/ALF/NH). • We can perform cross cultural comparisons-networks span the globe. • We don’t have much time! We’re all getting older!

  14. The Future Gerontologist?

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