Ho Seh Bo? (Eldercare)

Supporting Seniors - Empowering AAC Volunteers

We are a trio from diverse backgrounds, united by a shared mission to create a kinder, more inclusive Singapore – especially for our seniors! Together, we are not just building a better tomorrow but also one that is filled with love and respect for those who have paved the way for us!

Team members:

• Fujinami Yuji, Developer

• Sriram Jeyakumar, AI Engineer

• Vikrant S/O Suresh Kumar, Hardware Specialist

Problem Statement

As Singapore's population ages, the number of seniors living alone is projected to increase, particularly as fewer people choose to form families. These seniors are especially vulnerable due to the lack of nearby support and potentially diminished faculties needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Ensuring they are not neglected and can live and leave with dignity requires consistent outreach and frequent visitations by Active Ageing Centres (AAC) and volunteers. However, frequent home visits and tracking these visits and the status of each senior are manpower-intensive, and manpower is a limited resource.

While volunteers could help alleviate some of the burden, initiating them into AACs’ practices and integrating them with the seniors requires significant resources. Our team believes that robust digital solutions could enhance AACs' operational efficiency without compromising quality of human interaction. Such solutions could streamline processes and enable AACs to engage a broader volunteer base, thus supporting more seniors effectively.

Proposed Solution

Our application empowers AAC staff and volunteers to conduct more personalized house visits for socially isolated seniors while seamlessly digitizing visitation records. By leveraging AI, the application equips staff and volunteers with contextual knowledge about seniors before visits, generates dynamic, personalized questions to enhance engagement during or after visits, and provides managers with a comprehensive overview of visitation activities. Additionally, it offers actionable insights for timely interventions in critical situations.

Through this tool, we aim to empower AACs to preserve the invaluable human touch in their services, blending traditional house visits with the efficiency and precision of digital technology, ensuring these seniors receive the attentive and tailored support they deserve in this digital age while streamlining the AACs’ operations and easing their workload.

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