With India’s growing population, elder care is becoming increasingly important for families and the healthcare industry. It has also given birth to new businesses. Now such startups have also come up which offer innovation based solutions, which can take care of the elderly at home from anywhere. This is especially true for those who live far away from their parents. An example of this is the doji. Doji is a healthcare company that provides Artificial Intelligence (AI) based remote monitoring of patients and also sends alert messages to the patient’s family in case of emergency.
This Bengaluru-based firm has recently introduced Shravan. This is a system through which children living far away from elderly parents can monitor vitals like their heart rate, blood pressure and sleep status. This data is shared with families and healthcare providers through a mobile application and can be accessed at any time.
Shravan helps families and even those living abroad keep track of their parents’ health and medical needs by issuing real-time alerts.
Mudit Dandwate, co-founder and CEO of Doji, said that traditional methods of health monitoring often provide real information about the disease, but real-time data is necessary to detect the disease in time.
Existing systems, such as occasional health check-ups, support from relatives and limited telemedicine, are of limited help and generally prove inadequate in emergency situations.
As a result, even diseases that could have been treated are ignored until it is too late. Present in over 200 hospitals across over 40 districts, Doji seeks to bridge this gap by providing early detection of health issues and addressing medical needs in a timely manner. Beyond personal products, elder care is also undergoing a major transformation.
Organizations like Kites Senior Care are focusing on providing health care and support to the elderly in a familiar, home-like setting. With this, older people are helped according to their needs. Rajgopal G, CEO of Columbia Pacific Community and Kites Senior Care, said that families are now also preferring to focus on such needs for their parents instead of old age homes.
Kites has served over 6,500 senior citizens in the non-hospital category and over 2,400 senior citizens through retirement homes. Rajagopal explains, ‘Many older people are also becoming more comfortable with digital devices for health care consultation, health monitoring and contact with families. At Kites we help them understand these technologies and ensure they feel confident rather than overwhelmed.