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Elderly Living Alone - Health and Safety Concerns - Coggle Diagram
Elderly Living Alone - Health and Safety Concerns
Age Group and Sex
Solutions
Regular Check In by medical worker or social worker
Education
Peer support vis community
Improve home safety of elder such as installing grab bar support, duress alarm, slip free floor ..etc
Technology to provide real time support
Issues
Falling Sick Alone and no one to tend to
Dementia - ability to perform basic day to day function
Loneliness
Mental Issues such as depression
Prone to fall and no one to tend to
Weak Mobility
Poor nutriention
Feasibility
Cost Impact
Manpower Impact
Timeline
Sustainability
Data
https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/annual-number-of-seniors-aged-60-years-and-above-who-passed-away-alone-at-home-in-past-five-years-and-expected-trend/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20about%2010%25%20or,above%20live%20alone%20%5B1%5D
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https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/docs/librariesprovider3/research-policy-brief-docs/home-alone-older-adults-in-singapore.pdf?sfvrsn=6735541d_0
https://www.cf.org.sg/2022/03/11/5-critical-gaps-in-caring-for-vulnerable-seniors-in-singapore/#:~:text=Ageing%20well%20and%20quality%20of,such%20as%20dementia%20or%20diabetes
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Questions
Comfortable with solutions porovided
What does elderly fear most?
Home readiness
What Health Safety concern now ?