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The Spanish population over 65 years of age represents 17% of the total. It is estimated that in 2050, this percentage will exceed 30% and more than 4 million people will exceed the 80 age barrier. In recent years life expectancy has increased and there has been a change in the family social model. Until a while ago, it was normal that when a person reached a certain age or began to show signs of dependency, they would move to live with their closest relatives. However, it is increasingly common that instead of this, the transfer is made to a residence.
New technologies have carved a niche for themselves in residences and are contributing very satisfactorily to the well-being of users
He concept of residence has also changed much in recent decades and its evolution has resulted in a much more humane model in which user care is the main thing. In the case of CleceVitam residences, the model of Comprehensive Person-Centered Care (AICP) which consists of getting to know each user as much as possible so that their stay is unbeatable. one is also made assessment of physical and mental state to know which therapies and activities are the most appropriate in each case. Here comes into play a very important factor to highlight and it is none other than the technological innovation. Advances in this field have found a niche in residences and are contributing very satisfactorily to the well-being of users.
On the one hand, it is used as a tool to foster a healthy and active aging. There are various devices and devices that are commonly used in residences for this purpose. One of the newest are the yetitablet. These are giant, interactive tablets that are used for therapeutic purposes. They are very versatile and very well received by users because, among other things, they help them to interact, since group activities are carried out with them and this constitutes a important social stimulus. Normally these are board or memory games to work attention, language and memory, with a background neuro-rehabilitator in some cases and maintenance of cognitive ability as far as possible, in others.
In CleceVitam residences, the use of virtual reality glasses. Specialists point out that thanks to these glasses, the results obtained in cognitive stimulation are very satisfactory, managing to improve the user’s mood while slowing down cognitive deterioration. Sometimes these glasses are used with a complement that consists of pedals connected via bluetooth. The activity to be carried out consists of pedaling while viewing a landscape through which the user takes a tour as he pedals. In this case, technology is used to stimulate cognitively and physically.
Technology at the service of health
So far some examples of the application of technological advances in the performance of therapeutic activities. However, technological innovation has also been incorporated into the routines of CleceVitam nursing homes where the monitoring and control of certain health parameters such as the measurement of body temperature, blood pressure or blood oxygen saturation. This is carried out by means of a device that, after digitally recording the measurement data, automatically sends this information to a computer. A process that considerably reduces the time invested in this work, leaving more time to serve the user.
Due to their location in places with low population density, some CleceVitam residences have implanted telemedicine for the days in which the doctor is not present at the residence. Through a screen, doctor and user interact in real time. It is a very useful system to resolve doubts, make income or periodic assessments.
But technological immersion does not end there, it has also spread to other areas of the residential environment, such as cleaning. CleceVitam residences have the xenex robotthe first disinfection technology that uses ultraviolet pulsed light (UVC) capable of destroy the current SARS-CoV-2the cause of Covid-19, up to 99.99% in just two minutes, as demonstrated by the Security Service of the CSIC National Center for Biotechnology.
Another very exclusive technological advance can be found at CleceVitam Ceritania, where a smart laundry that does an ecological, low-consumption industrial wash and that subsequently labels the clothes using a chip so that once the garments are washed, the system itself helps to classify them by identifying the names that appear on the labels and thus preventing them from being lost .
The benefits of using technology in the care of the elderly they are evident and their progress will allow us to continue improving the quality of this type of services, which will have repercussions on the well-being of users.