Interactive health mirror: This is how Goslar's senior citizens stay vital!

Interactive health mirror: This is how Goslar's senior citizens stay vital!

In the Asklepios Schildautal Clinic in Seesen, the geriatric department expects exciting innovations. The chief physician of geriatrics, Olga Magdea, and the care management Regina Wand presented the innovative "Hello Mirror". This interactive health system is specially developed for the older generation and is intended to help seniors to make their everyday life more active and healthier. Through touch or voice commands, users have the option of accessing a variety of programs that are tailored to their needs. From physiotherapy exercises to memory training to mindfulness exercises - the result is a varied everyday life that contributes to the promotion of cognitive and motor skills.

The use of the "Hello Mirror" not only promises an improvement in the quality of life for the seniors, but also relieves the nursing staff by making everyday care more efficient. The more regularly the system is used, the greater the positive effects on the physical and mental health of the elderly. The current development in the field of geriatric care shows how important such initiatives are.

growing demands on geriatrics

on the horizon are big challenges. Demographic change will significantly increase the need for geriatric medical care in the coming years, especially since the BabyBoomer generation will soon reach the age group of 75-year-olds. Anecdotes already show that the capacities in geriatric care are scarce. Only recently reported Ärzteblatt geriatric specialists and inadequate financing in this area.

The numbers speak for themselves: While between 1999 and 2017 the number of geriatric hospital beds rose by 99.5% to 18.121, the current infrastructure is not prepared for future requirements. By the middle of this decade, the capacities in geriatric rehabilitation would have to be expanded by about 25% in order to meet the growing need. Current waiting lists for geriatric rehabilitation often mean that patients have to wait up to 14 days for a recording, which makes the situation critical in rural and urban regions.

perspectives for the future

The increasing numbers make it clear that geriatric care must be improved. The patients are getting older and often have several health problems at the same time. It is therefore crucial that the existing treatment approaches are improved and financing is secured. Numerous experts demand that geriatrics are no longer treated as a simple additional designation, but must be recognized as an independent department.

The developments in the Asklepios Schildautal Clinic with the "Hello Mirror" are a beautiful bright spot in the middle of these challenges. It remains to be hoped that further innovations and better framework conditions will follow in order to make geriatric care sustainable. This is the only way to enable older generations an active and independent life. Together it is important to stand up for the appreciation and the necessary resources in geriatrics; After all, the topic of age is about our future.

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