Today in Singapore, Nokia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with St Luke’s Eldercare (SLEC) to co-develop, conceptualize and trial Asia’s first fall prediction video analytics application for the elderly.
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| Sandeep Girotra, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan, Nokia, emphasising Nokia’s role in accelerating Asia’s digital future |
The solution, which leverages Nokia Bell Labs’ proprietary video analytics technology, creates an unobtrusive and continuous monitoring system to determine the likelihood of an elderly person falling. The personalized and predictive solution will analyse information about a person’s walking speed, gait width and step width, and predict and send an alert when there is an increased risk of the person falling.
Nokia
trials Asia’s first fall prediction video analytics application
trials Asia’s first fall prediction video analytics application
· Singapore’s
St Luke’s Eldercare to use Nokia Bell Labs’ proprietary video analytics
technology to predict and prevent falls among the elderly population
St Luke’s Eldercare to use Nokia Bell Labs’ proprietary video analytics
technology to predict and prevent falls among the elderly population
- Agreement
represents start of reimagination of healthcare in Asia, catering to a
critical aspect of healthcare risk within the elder community
24 October, 2017
Singapore – Nokia today signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with St Luke’s Eldercare (SLEC) to co-develop and conceptualize
innovative solutions for the elderly. As part of the MoU, Nokia and SLEC are
trialing Asia’s first fall prediction video analytics application.
(MoU) with St Luke’s Eldercare (SLEC) to co-develop and conceptualize
innovative solutions for the elderly. As part of the MoU, Nokia and SLEC are
trialing Asia’s first fall prediction video analytics application.
The solution leverages Nokia Bell Labs’ proprietary video
analytics technology to create an unobtrusive and continuous monitoring system
to determine the likelihood of an elderly person falling. The personalized and
predictive solution will analyze information about walking speed, gait width
and step width, and predict and send an alert when there is an increased risk
of the person falling. This application will be integrated into Nokia’s IMPACT
IoT Platform in the next phase, to allow the caregiver to view and collect
information from the solution and other sensors that the elder is using.
analytics technology to create an unobtrusive and continuous monitoring system
to determine the likelihood of an elderly person falling. The personalized and
predictive solution will analyze information about walking speed, gait width
and step width, and predict and send an alert when there is an increased risk
of the person falling. This application will be integrated into Nokia’s IMPACT
IoT Platform in the next phase, to allow the caregiver to view and collect
information from the solution and other sensors that the elder is using.
A joint study on eldercare IoT innovation, developed by Nokia
and the Eden Strategy Institute, revealed that one-in-three elderly
Singaporeans is likely to experience a fall once a year, with resulting
injuries contributing at least S$1 billion to total healthcare costs.
and the Eden Strategy Institute, revealed that one-in-three elderly
Singaporeans is likely to experience a fall once a year, with resulting
injuries contributing at least S$1 billion to total healthcare costs.
Being an experienced aged-care service provider with an
extensive network of senior care centres around Singapore, SLEC’s role is to
provide guidance and feedback on the software development process.
extensive network of senior care centres around Singapore, SLEC’s role is to
provide guidance and feedback on the software development process.
Dr. Kenny Tan, Chief Executive Officer of SLEC, said: “Our
partnership with Nokia aligns with our commitment to meeting the evolving needs
of our patients, clients and caregivers, and our long term vision of
transforming community care. We hope that by trialing this solution with Nokia,
it will enable significant improvements on fall risk prediction, early
intervention, and care provision before seniors suffer an injury.”
partnership with Nokia aligns with our commitment to meeting the evolving needs
of our patients, clients and caregivers, and our long term vision of
transforming community care. We hope that by trialing this solution with Nokia,
it will enable significant improvements on fall risk prediction, early
intervention, and care provision before seniors suffer an injury.”
Danial Mausoof, head of Strategic Marketing, Asia Pacific &
Japan for Nokia, said: “Nokia is committed to
transforming digital healthcare and our innovative solutions aim to make a real
difference in the lives of people. By empowering the elderly to live
independently through personalized and predictive solutions, we are shaping the
future of technology to transform the human experience, accelerating a digital
future and reimagining healthcare in Asia.”
Japan for Nokia, said: “Nokia is committed to
transforming digital healthcare and our innovative solutions aim to make a real
difference in the lives of people. By empowering the elderly to live
independently through personalized and predictive solutions, we are shaping the
future of technology to transform the human experience, accelerating a digital
future and reimagining healthcare in Asia.”
Nokia IMPACT IoT Platform key facts:
- Gives communication service providers, enterprises and
governments a secure, standards-based platform on which to build and scale
new IoT services. - Manages
data collection, event processing, device management, data
contextualization, data analytics and applications enablement for any
device, any protocol and across any application. - Features NetGuard Endpoint Security (NES) network-based
anti-malware solution providing robust, multi-layered security across the
platform to safeguard data, identities and devices. - Provides
industry leading device management capabilities with over 1.5 billion
devices managed and a device certification program. - Supports
wide range of IoT devices, including video cameras, environmental sensors
to monitoring temperature and air quality of healthcare institutions,
asset trackers to locate medical equipment, and more.
Did you know?
· According
to UNESCAP, the Asia-Pacific region is currently home to about 60% of the world’s population of older persons (age
60 and older). The number of older persons in the region is expected to more
than double from 547 million in 2016 to nearly 1.3 billion by 2050.
to UNESCAP, the Asia-Pacific region is currently home to about 60% of the world’s population of older persons (age
60 and older). The number of older persons in the region is expected to more
than double from 547 million in 2016 to nearly 1.3 billion by 2050.
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